[K2Grey]

These pros and cons are really irrelevant to the not so difficult task of decoding audio files.

 

[LeonvB]

Yes and no. Intel has a long history of matching their CPU's with good chipsets. The combo is stable, has decent performance, and in general is more compatible with all sorts of add-in charts. That last part is simply a matter of statistics: if you were an add-in card manufacturer, what would you test for: 80% of the market, or 20%?

And one shouldn't get a 6300 anymore: the 6320 is same price, better performance. Even worse: an E4400 outperforms the E6300 in most tasks, and is lower priced. The current good choices on Intel CPU's are E2160, E4400, E6420 and E6600.

 

[pentachris]

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Originally Posted by K2Grey /img/forum/go_quote.gif These pros and cons are really irrelevant to the not so difficult task of decoding audio files.

Correct. But is this the only audio related task your computer performs? In the brief time that I've been here, I've read several posts about members embarking on ripping and encoding projects with hundreds of CDs. Faster encoding could make a big difference.