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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 54627" data-attributes="member: 14215"><p>:lol: I know that, i just meant that electric heating is expensive <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Usually when you want to heat a room you should do so from a heat source placed in a good spot to do so. I dont think using a computer is ideal <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Im surprised hear that electric heating is the only choice. Anyway i live in Denmark, and i spend lots of money on heating my apartment, but we use hot water for that purpose <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are some subtle performance differences between the different CPU's but looking at the overall picture its pretty even, and therefore i would definetly choose something that is easy to cool silently. I also think youll be hard pressed to find others that wouldnt strongly recommend the same for people buying a HTPC system now.</p><p></p><p>Btw, utilizing a low power CPU makes it possible to use a small fanless PSU such as the picoPSU: </p><p><a href="http://www.silentpcreview.com/article601-page1.html" target="_blank">http://www.silentpcreview.com/article601-page1.html</a></p><p>this means that you can easily get away with only having only a single case fan in the entire HTPC. Such a PSU would have trouble just powering a Pentium D without any other components <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>There is also the matter of fitting HTPC parts in a small case, where its nice to be able to use a small passive CPU heatsink. Some guy on the silentpcreview forum posted the following pic of his core duo:</p><p><img src="http://www.aq57.dial.pipex.com/y3.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>(he later removed the fan from the chipset heatsink btw).</p><p></p><p>Note how small the heatsink is, and yet it has no trouble cooling the Core Duo.</p><p></p><p>But i guess if one wants a little more performance in ffdshow at the cost of ~4 times the power usage, then you are right that one should choose to use a Pentium D <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Seriously though, i didnt meant to that definite, but i have serious difficulties seeing why one would go for a pentium D based HTPC design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 54627, member: 14215"] :lol: I know that, i just meant that electric heating is expensive :) Usually when you want to heat a room you should do so from a heat source placed in a good spot to do so. I dont think using a computer is ideal :) Im surprised hear that electric heating is the only choice. Anyway i live in Denmark, and i spend lots of money on heating my apartment, but we use hot water for that purpose :) There are some subtle performance differences between the different CPU's but looking at the overall picture its pretty even, and therefore i would definetly choose something that is easy to cool silently. I also think youll be hard pressed to find others that wouldnt strongly recommend the same for people buying a HTPC system now. Btw, utilizing a low power CPU makes it possible to use a small fanless PSU such as the picoPSU: [url]http://www.silentpcreview.com/article601-page1.html[/url] this means that you can easily get away with only having only a single case fan in the entire HTPC. Such a PSU would have trouble just powering a Pentium D without any other components :) There is also the matter of fitting HTPC parts in a small case, where its nice to be able to use a small passive CPU heatsink. Some guy on the silentpcreview forum posted the following pic of his core duo: [img]http://www.aq57.dial.pipex.com/y3.JPG[/img] (he later removed the fan from the chipset heatsink btw). Note how small the heatsink is, and yet it has no trouble cooling the Core Duo. But i guess if one wants a little more performance in ffdshow at the cost of ~4 times the power usage, then you are right that one should choose to use a Pentium D :) Seriously though, i didnt meant to that definite, but i have serious difficulties seeing why one would go for a pentium D based HTPC design. [/QUOTE]
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