[Toonshorty]

My granddad does a lot of photography/image editing and video encoding.

He is currently running an old Pentium 4.

I said that I would make it better for him, here is what I had in mind:

Q8300 - £102
Samsung F3 1TB HDD - £60

I explained to him that Core 2 Quad > Pentium 4 and told him it would encode faster however when I considered a Q8200 everyone here went eww.

He will never ever overclock.

For video editing, image editing and backing up DVD's (just in case) would the Q8300 be the best budget friendly option?

Thanks.

 

[Tator Tot]

If you could afford it, a Q9550 or Q9400 will be better options

The Q8000 series suffers very bad from a lack of cache which actually can put it behind E8xxx CPU's in encoding.

They are also poor overclockers, you do say he won't be overclocking, but many people get the itch to.

 

[Toonshorty]

Trust me, he would break a world record for oldest overclocker.

So the Q9400 is good then? I have a feeling a Q9550 may be breaking the bank for them a little. He said he would have to save a while just to raise £150 for a HDD and CPU.

 

[Tator Tot]

I would go for the Q9400 then.

It's a very strong CPU

 

[tK FuRY]

Can his board handle a new C2Q? If not, you might have to go i5 or AMD

 

[Toonshorty]

It's a 775.

My dad built it just before mine (a few months before I think) and mine has the legendary 795X chipset and mine supports it so I will ask my dad to dig out the receipt just to double check.

 

[Riou]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toonshorty It's a 775. My dad built it just before mine (a few months before I think) and mine has the legendary 795X chipset and mine supports it so I will ask my dad to dig out the receipt just to double check.

Make sure the board can handle the newer 45nm Core 2 Quads. Some older 775 boards could only work with the 65nm Core 2 Quads.

 

[dralb]

It may also need a BIOS update to run a newer CPU even if it is supported. I'd check that, too. You could always buy a used Q6xxx. It would still be a huge improvement.

 

[dennyb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toonshorty Trust me, he would break a world record for oldest overclocker.

I hold some WR for overclocking on air. I will have to check if I am also the oldest overclocker--65 in January

Edit : 3rd fastest Q9650 on air
http://www.ripping.org/database.php?cpuid=851

 

[Toonshorty]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dennyb I hold some WR for overclocking on air. I will have to check if I am also the oldest overclocker--65 in January Edit : 3rd fastest Q9650 on air http://www.ripping.org/database.php?cpuid=851

He is in his 80's so he should do it just to be awesome.

Oldest overclocker ftw!

 

[JohnDProb]

seriously he should do it to get his ass into the guiness book