Hardware feedback needed...

[Shark]

Ok, Hi all!

I'm planning to buy soon a new system. I will basicaly dedicace this system to video editing (rip dvd to divx and dvd to svcd).

From what i understood reading some place, encoding to svcd will more ask for the cpu as encoding to divx will be harder on memory (at least i know for sure for the last point as i tested a rip from dvd to divx on two similar system with only memory difference: 256 Mo gave 5h30 encoding to divx as the system with 512 took half time!). So as for the cpu and memory, i know how to deal with that...

Now, with this new generation of HD (particulary with the new WD 8 Mo cache), i don't what what to do... i know that this 8 mo cache can make a difference for video acquisition and probably graphic use, as also server. But since my main purpose will be encoding, will i get an advantage to go to 8 mo cache? Please, i would prefer some real feedback, not benchmark, excpet if you are sure of what you advance.. When i'm talking of "improvement" in using 8 mo, i mean real improvement. For ex, i do not consider that passing from a 1.6 GHz to 1.7 Gz is a "worth" improvement, see what i mean? :)

So any comment are welcome as long as they are pertinenet and not only theoric ;)

Thanks

Shark

[ppera2]

256 MB is far enough for encoding. If you get double speed with 512 MB something other is problem.
For speed is good to have 2 hard disk and use one for source and second for target files - it will give more speed increase than some 8 MB cache on drive.

[killingspree]

are you sure they were the same ram type.. i would expect quite big speed differences between SD , DDR etc
anyway there are tons of other issues to, so if the two systems were not completely equal except the ram you cannot compare them!

regards
steVe

[Shark]

Thanks to both of you for the replies (sorry, get some computer pb which explain i didn't replyied sooner).

At my knowledge, memory was the same but may be not (i have to be sure, you give me doubt :D )

Thanks for the tips with 2 HDs. i was planning to buy two anyway but didn't think to use one as source and the other as target! Considering this, does the 8 mo cache worth the money in this perspective?

Thnaks once again. Seems the memory thing is not so "important" in term of direct performance...

Shark

[killingspree]

ok i don't know this from my own experiences but judging from numberous reviews i've read the 8 MB cache HDs should be significantly faster!
i'm actually planning on buying a 200 GB 8 MB cache WD caviar hd (:
price : around 280 €

regards
steVe

[dante the dutchman]

if u have the money go for dual ddr,it orks even faster then,first i had real time conmverting in cce of 1.5 or 1.6 nowe with dual ddr i have speeds about 2.0. the memory works faster so the processor can proces easier. i now have the asu sp4g8x deluxe an dwork sperfect with dual ddr