Those replies give me a very good clue to what I can gain: About twice as fast if using a dual core 2.2ghz Celeron. That is logical as my processor is 2.1ghz and a single core.
A bit more surprising that it gets x10 faster using a quad-core i7 which, presumably, is running at about 3ghz, so x1.5 the speed and x4 cores. 1.5 x 4 = 6 times faster. I imagine the 16GB RAM has something to do with that. I wouldn't go that route as I want to keep XP 32bit for the time being. It is a bit of a dilemma for me, because this is just about the only thing I do on my computer that would benefit from this kind of speed upgrade (I don't play computer games). Everything else happens pretty well instantly anyway. I record roughly two LPs a week to WAV files which then need encoding first to FLAC, which takes about 2 minutes, and then to MP3 (320kbps "slow" / best quality) which takes 7 minutes making a total of about 9 minutes of encoding per disk. If I could bring that down to 2 minutes I would save around 14 minutes a week, or 12 hours a year. Ripping CDs to FLAC is more limited by the speed the disk spins but I still have to do the FLAC -> MP3 encoding job. Although the delays are frustrating, I am not sure I want to spend the £300 - £400 it would take to upgrade my PC with an i7. An AMD Phenom, mobo and 3GB memory would cost me around £200 and that would probably bring it down to around 2 minutes so that would probably give me the most bang for my buck. -- TheLastMan Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology DS107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.3 on Synology Package Manager *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85730
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