[mythtv-users] Re: Pundit OR Pundit-R ?

[mandal at optonline.net]

> Radek Svoboda wrote:
>> emory wrote:
>>
>>> I concur with Krunoslav -- when used with the Prescott cores, the
>>> Pundits are not "virtually silent" as ASUS or some users may claim. I
>>> have a 2.66 GHz Celeron D with a PVR 250, Seagate Barracuda, SBLive,
>>> and an 8x DVD burner in my pundit, and it is pretty noisy. When
>>> watching Live TV on myth, i use about 35% CPU, which causes the small
>>> case to go up to 48 degrees C, which bumps the CPU fan >2500 RPM CPU
>>> fan, at which point things become very noisy (especially the PSU fan).
>>>
>>> the speed of the Celeron D is pretty amazing -- but I would much
>>> rather wait for stuff to compile/encode than have a noisy box next to
>>> my TV. So I would go with the old-school Celerons. They are 10-15 deg
>>> C cooler and have 30 W less power.
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, they seem to be impossible to get now. Resellers here
>> offer only 2.0 GHz version as the last item with Northwood core.
>>
>> Does more GHz mean more dissipated temperature, or the warmth of the CPU
>> just depends on the usage?

>I found the answer by myself, in the Intel Celeron & Celeron-D technical
>specification. It confirm previous statements by the list contributors
>and may be useful to the others:

>Celeron Northwood ... thermal power varies .. 52W (2.0GHz)-68W (2.8GHz)
>Celeron Prescott ... thermal power fixed at 73W

>It looks like Prescotts are all the same inside, just locked
differently. Pitty.

I'm new to building PC but let me get this straight.
I'dbe better off buying a 2.4Ghz Celeron than a 2.8 P4?
At least in terms of noise.
How does this work in terms of processing power.
I'm planning on getting a Pundit-R
with 1GB of memory and throwing in
both a pchdtv-3000 and an pvr-500.
I want to be able to watch/record and maybe even burn
a dvd at the same time.
I see a 2.4 Celeron going for 98.00 (USD)
and a 3.0E Ghz P4 going for 180 (USD) normally my impulse is higher is better.  But if I can get the same amount of work done quieter and cheaper so bet it

Thanks
Mark A. X. Andal