From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QficX-0003bP-3w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:15:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E37E21C296 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 000A021C189 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so1598184gxk.40 for ; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:20:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jnFW5mcXTdGZJEzt5PvvQ33blqQt0ls88AAGO82O4Js=; b=EgG2HnUyQ9UkBf52rB9F/t50TjoXlQhQImoPg4u/HN+BSwymB+Q/8X4EXi6JBf8efO FtNLw5/ngm3H59JwkSSKTaAcIKvL4Wb3t1YKedeokXFbtaxgCRJJATh9bxBgjXhW2Iw5 2xnXvcaADp3/DIiuTXm9QbIn3svAdA459XCVc= Received: by 10.236.109.180 with SMTP id s40mr4222850yhg.202.1310257250196; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:20:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-92-3.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.92.3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a47sm846704yhj.80.2011.07.09.17.20.48 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:20:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E18F05F.40809@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:20:47 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110708 Gentoo/2.0.14-r1 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s) References: <4E100985.5090604@coolmail.se> <4E1212AF.9090908@coolmail.se> <4E12959C.5080709@coolmail.se> <4E13184A.5030601@orlitzky.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 49418170d9eca39b4f433e11e48082c3 Grant wrote: >>>> Yes, since a htpc doesn't need a powerful cpu (or a powerful gpu) >>>> >>> My learned-this-the-hard-way advice: while this is generally true, if >>> you ever come across a 720 or 1080p video that doesn't use a >>> hardware-accelerated codec, you would rather the HTPC not sound like >>> it's about to launch itself into orbit doing software decoding. >>> >> Completely true. I switched from nvidia-drivers to nouveau and now I >> rely on ffmpeg threads to decode 1080p. It works great most of the >> time. There are some videos that won't decode via threads, they >> return some sort of "cannot parallelize" error. >> >> I went with this Phenom II X4 3.7Ghz hog: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103934 >> >> I wonder if I'll be able to decode 1080p in software on a single core >> now without losing A/V sync. I kinda doubt it. I've been on an >> Athlon X2 3.1Ghz. >> >> >>> And if you're going to keep it in a cabinet, you would probably also >>> rather said cabinet not catch fire (I had to cut holes in the back and >>> mount fans). >>> >> I'm discovering that fans which are said to be very quiet actually >> are. I'm going to increase my case fans from 0 to 2 along with this >> aftermarket CPU cooler: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016 >> >> Thanks a lot for everyone's help. >> >> - Grant >> > I've put together the new system and everything works really well. > Here's the Gigabyte motherboard: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128490 > > - Grant > > > Nice mobo. I always want a lot of slots but rarely use them. I'm stuck in the old days where the mobo was basically a CPU and ram with a floppy port hanging off the side. lol Give us a speed report. What CPU did you get? Cores and all. Heck, I'm nosey today. Dale :-) :-)