Benchmark Results: A/V Encoding
While benchmark updates prevent us from comparing today’s builds to previous SBM results, use of the same processor should make the upcoming comparison between this $2,500 system and the upcoming $1,300 build interesting. However, we can still gauge the benefit of overclocking.
A 16% overclock yielded the expected 16% performance gain in Lame MP3 encoding, but iTunes surprised us with a 22% performance difference. Shorter memory timings in the overclocked configuration might be responsible for the added performance benefit.
An average performance gain of 16% in TMPGEnc matches the overclock, while a 15% lead in Mainconcept isn’t far from expectations.
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Are Europeans also able to join the contest?
Nice build but a shame that the I7 was not further overclocked.
Wouldn't a scythe orochi have matched into the system?
@Erdinger - No.
I'm on the .co.uk site and it's all US dollar and parts you can't get in the UK! Sad thing is . If you swap the $ for £ the price is about the same.
Perfect timing! I was just about to buy a gaming PC but all your articles on gaming budget PC's were outdated. Do you have any plans on what day the "Day 3: The $600 Gaming PC" will be published?
ehm everyday one article .... today came number two so tomorow number 3 ^^
it's BS to put 24/7 HDs in a normal system. They aren't designed for a normal computer that get's turned on and off once a day and will die faster