a pc only for encoding

[DvPs]

hi

i am thinking about buying a computer with wich i dont play games. i only will encode videos with it.

which hardware should i take. i have read that tbe best cpu will be a pentium 4 with HT.
but which mainboard? maybe with onboard vga..
what is about a shuttle?
it should be not to expensive...

mfg DvPs

[fewtch]

Purely encoding, no watching? Video card may not matter much...

Seems to me like almost everything is fast these days, in terms of mainboard. Differences between cheap & expensive might amount to what, 5 minutes shaved off encoding time? :p

IMO what you want is fast, reliable RAM, fast CPU and huge/fast hard drive. Avoid overclocking. Just my opinion(s).