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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/17/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick</b> <<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On 8/17/05, Anil Gupte <<a href="mailto:anil-list@icinema.com">anil-list@icinema.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I am going to build a system with a Celeron 2.6 socket 775 - any known problems<br>> with that?<br><br>For DVB (records stream directly to disk) and ivtv (PVR card encodes<br>video and audio) it'll be more than fine, as these cards work with
<br>minimal CPU power. The only problem I can see is perhaps 1080i HDTV or<br>if you're doing excessive CPU-based tasks at the same time.<br><br>(Like Phill, I'm also running a 2.4 CelD with DVB and ivtv cards)<br><br>Nick
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<div><br>For less heat and noise a Celeron Northwood would be better. Starmicro has Celeron 2.6 Northwoods for $65. Granted, it's a socket 478 chip so if you've already purchased your motherboard my suggestion is useless.
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