Computer performance - what does it take?

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akapaulk

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What parts would you use if you wanted the following:

  1. lightning fast boot
  2. quick DVD burning
  3. quick DVD decoding (onto harddrive)

10k RPM harddrive?
2 GB ram
DuoCore / QuadCore?

I am trying to find out the limits. Would DuoCore perform way better than QuadCore? Is this an overkill?
 
A few questions for you:

1) What OS are you planning to use?
2) Budget
3) Limits for what?
4) What else are you planning to do with this new system?

For quick DVD burning, you basically need a 18X to 20X DVD burner. What determines how fast a DVD burns is how fast the DVD burner is.
 
On the DVD's are you planning on re-encoding them to video files?
thats the only question i have to add to danny's response
 
Danny Bui:
I will be using XP and possibly upgrade to Vista once it becomes the standard OS.

I plan on doing basic word processing, internet browsing and Counter Strike :)

As you can tell, nothing too fancy and I know that my computer in the signature can do just that.

I just want the computer to boot very quickly and be very responsive. I have seen a DuoCore computer in action and it is much more responsive than my system (although mine seems pretty quick). Would Intel's QuadCore seem even faster or is QuadCore meant only for certain applications to take advantage of the full bandwidth of this processor?

Cat1yst:
I just use DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink. I would want this process to be ultra fast. I can get a quick DVD Burner but I want the whole re-encoding process to speed up.

Thanks for your help!
 
You're boot times are as much a function of the BIOS and it's settings, as they are the hardware inside. I couldn't think of a worse waste of effort that building a system around boot times. Unless you did something wrong, all fairly recent systems will boot in an acceptable time. Worry about what the system is capable of, once it is booted and running. That being said, your original list would do very well for DVD encoding. Just make sure you pick up a good DVD-writer as well.
 
no what i meant by re encoding is if your going to take the movie and make your own personal backup so you can watch it on your PMP or something

so like DVD-> WMV or MPG etc

(OT) djnes...is that a custom rank?
 
akapaulk said:
Would Intel's QuadCore seem even faster or is QuadCore meant only for certain applications to take advantage of the full bandwidth of this processor?
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Pretty much the only apps that take advantage of quad-core CPUs are any apps relating media encoding, video editing, and 3D rendering. There's only one game I know of that takes advantage of quad cores and that's Supreme Commander.

Are you planning to re-encode the DVD files to AVI, WMV, etc as Cat1yst has said? Or are you just doing a straight rip? A quad-core would help with the re-encoding the DVD to other media formats.

And what's your budget? Are you reusing any parts from your old PC?

If you want a fast booting PC, just limit the number of apps starting up during boot and don't install Norton AV. Simple as that. A fast boot is not entirely determined by the hardware, what apps you have installed and running at boot also determines your boot speed.
 
akapaulk said:
I just want the computer to boot very quickly and be very responsive.

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I just use DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink. I would want this process to be ultra fast. I can get a quick DVD Burner but I want the whole re-encoding process to speed up.
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If you built/configured the system right, you'll only need to boot up once in a blue moon. :p So a quick boot time is desired, but shouldn't be a huge deal. As someone mentioned earlier, you should be more concerned as to what the system can do once it is booted, hehe.

So, in order to speed up that process, you'll need 4 fast HDDs, and the optical drives must be on their own "channel," whether it be SATA or PATA. Rip to one drive per optical drive, then encode from that drive to the another drive, per source drive. Get it? Got it? Good.
 
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