I've gathered Tualatins are well known quanities for HTPCs, run good and cool/quiet, and are faster than prior P3s. My goal is a quiet and reliable/stable HTPC (no overclocking) and would go with an Intel chipset (either 815E or 845G). I want to get a HTPC this summer and have to ask this question while the getting is still good for Tualatin CPUs...
My primary question is are the P4 Northwoods as cool/quiet as the P3 Tualatins?
How much faster are P4 Northwoods w/ DDR266 or 333 memory at HTPC CPU intensive applications like HDTV tuning/recording? Are there any practical benefits of SSE2 in HD/video encoding?
I believe my key concern is noise instead of performance at this point, but am hoping someone with more experience can set the record straight on this, before Tualatin supplies disappear...
My primary question is are the P4 Northwoods as cool/quiet as the P3 Tualatins?
How much faster are P4 Northwoods w/ DDR266 or 333 memory at HTPC CPU intensive applications like HDTV tuning/recording? Are there any practical benefits of SSE2 in HD/video encoding?
I believe my key concern is noise instead of performance at this point, but am hoping someone with more experience can set the record straight on this, before Tualatin supplies disappear...