Dell Studio XPS Core i7 for Video Encoders

TeetimeNC wrote on 11/18/2008, 5:27 AM

Dell announced their new Core i7 PCs yesterday. The Studio XPS is directed at video encoding. I priced the following at $2189. I need a new PC and am thinking of this one. I will also consider building my own but not sure I can beat this price. Your thoughts?

1. PROCESSORS Intel® Core™i7-920 Processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz)
2. OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
3. WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2Yr Ltd HW WRTY, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis, 24x7 Phone Support
4. MEMORY 6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
5. HARD DRIVE 1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
6. OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD)
7. MONITORS 24 inch Ultrasharp™ 2408WFP Digital Flat Panel
8. VIDEO CARD 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850
9. SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
SPEAKERS No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
10. TV TUNER Hauppauge HVR1250 hybrid TV Tuner with Remote Control
11. KEYBOARD Dell USB Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
12. MOUSE Dell Laser Mouse
13. FLOPPY & MEDIA READER Dell Media Card Reader included in Dell Bluetooth Package

Jerry

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Jeff9329 wrote on 11/21/2008, 6:42 AM

There are starting to be results reported on the rendertest thread. There are two i7 results.

Both are the i7 940 CPU and both report 1:08 (68 seconds).

For comparison:

The fastest Quad core - QX9650 1:13 (73 seconds)

A typical Quad core - Q6700 1:45 (105 seconds)

Hulk wrote on 11/21/2008, 7:33 AM

Can someone post a link to that Rendertest project please?

- Mark

Jøran Toresen wrote on 11/21/2008, 7:49 AM

Here it is:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=526098&Replies=266

Jøran Toresen

jabloomf1230 wrote on 12/3/2008, 7:21 AM

Here's an update on the Core i7 platform. Intel X58 mobos that support dual Core i7 CPUs will appear starting in early 2009. Here's a link (translated from the original German):

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hardware-aktuell.com%2Fnews.php%2F862%2Fnehalem_skulltrail_kommt_anfang_2009%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=de&tl=en

This is an upgrade to the desktop Skulltrail platform (not workstation), but without all the cobbles. Initially, you will get 8 cores, but proposed Nehalem CPUs are rumored to have more than 4 cores per CPU.