Media PC Question

The_Man · Post by **The_Man** » August 16th, 2004, 1:58 pm

Will a 1.6ghz P4 Willamette(spelling probabbly not right) core be enough to make a media pc out of?

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » August 16th, 2004, 4:08 pm

When you say media, media PCs consist of DVD watching, music playing PCs. If that is what you are after, then yes 1.6GHz is more than enough.

Sumpin_Wong · Post by **Sumpin_Wong** » August 16th, 2004, 5:05 pm

My wifes 900mhz T-Bird is an excellent media comp. Our children use it to watch multiple DvD's during the week.

So yes, 1.6 is more than enough power for a "media PC"

monte84 · Post by **monte84** » August 16th, 2004, 8:05 pm

not if your wanting media encoding/decoding. It will do it, albeit a bit slow. The willamette P4's weren't that great.

Tebow2000 · Post by **Tebow2000** » August 16th, 2004, 8:17 pm

1.6 is fine but I suggest you go upto 2.4 if you have the cash

The_Man · Post by **The_Man** » August 16th, 2004, 11:10 pm

tv tuning will that work fine?

monte84 · Post by **monte84** » August 17th, 2004, 6:28 am

if you have a tuner card with hardware mpeg2, then ya