Version: 9.00.00.2980720x480 DV to WMV320x240 (29.97 fps)282 kbps streaming
Audio
Lame TM MP3
Version 3.97 alpha 2Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3
Applications
Winrar
Version 3.40283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
3D Studio Max 6.0Discreet
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"Pixel: 1024 x 768Rendering Single
Synthetic
PCMark 2004 Pro
Version: 1.2.0CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra 2004
Version 2004.10.9.89CPU Test = MultiMedia / CPU ArithmeticMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
Wstream
Version: 5100 Operations with 25 MB file
Other
Windows Media Player 10
Version: 10.00.00.36.46
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I'd just go AMD or Core 2, the former having a much lower power draw and great overclocking potential than what you have here. My relative used to run Intel Extreme Editions like this, and the power draw was immense, he had to use water cooling. In the end he ditched it and got AMD. Not trying to say one is better than the other all the time (ie for media encoding the Intel was great), just some ideas to consider. Cheap dual-core AMD's based on AM2 are hard to beat at the moment.