| Specs |
| Motherboard |
VIA M10000 Nehemiah |
| RAM |
512MB |
| Hard Disk |
60GB Fujitsu 2&1/2" |
| TV Tuner/PVR Card |
Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro |
| Optical Drive |
Panasonic Slot Load CDWR/DVD |
| Output |
50mw FM Transmitter |
| Power Supply |
70W |
| Noise |
22db @ 1 inch - 0db @ 1 foot (db halves per distance doubling) |
| Dimensions (W*H*D) |
330mm, 50mm, 250mm |
| Performance - All Tests Run On A Hot "Burnt In" System,
Not From Cold Switch On. (Central Heating On Full!) |
| Test |
Ambient Air Temp C |
Max CPU Temp |
Max Case Temp |
| Idle |
25 |
33 |
32 |
| Winamp MP3 Playback - Random shuffle |
25 |
37 |
36 |
| DVD Playback - Fullscreen "Bad Boys" |
25 |
42 |
38 |
Full screen WinAMP Visualization @ 1024 *
768 for two hours
100% CPU Load and 30%
Kernal load - Random Shuffle |
25 |
65 |
40 |
| "Hot CPU" - 6 Hour Burn Test - HD, Memory
& CPU |
25 |
65 |
40 |
| New Tests - using GBPVR (www.gbpvr.com) |
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| Recording TV - High Quality (1&1/2 hour record) |
24 |
37 |
37 |
| Watching TV - GBPVR - Live Preview |
24 |
43 |
39 |
| Watching TV - GBPVR - Timeshifting |
24 |
56 |
40 |
| Watching a Recording - High Quality |
24 |
55 |
40 |
| New Test -
MenCoder |
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1 & 1/2 hour long MPEG re-encode to xvid - hi quality
(took 7
and 1/2 hours to encode the file!!) poor m10000 doesn't
have enough grunt really (5fps) but it works
away overnight! |
23 |
72 |
43 |
| Testing Screen
Shots |
I ran
Hot CPU for 6 hours, this shot was taken after about an hour. The
case temp hovered around the 37->40 area, never went above 40 for
the entire test. The CPU temp maxed out at 65 during the "Complex
Matrix" Test and dropped a few degrees during the sorting and PI
tests. |
Straight after the Hot CPU test had finished, I
put in a DVD - "Bad Boys". I thought this would be a nasty test
as all that heat was still in the system, but within 10 seconds the
CPU temp was down to 45 Degrees, then it kept dropping until it
found a level of about 40,41,42 degrees playing the film. Even in
the big end sequence of the film with things exploding/flying around
the temp stayed at 42! |
Trace
from MBM5 at 30 second intervals over two hours. Using Winamp to
play random mp3s. Case temp leveled out at 36 Degrees C and the CPU
hovered +/- 1 degree around
that. |
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| Snapshot from the 7 & 1/2 hour
encoding session. At the end you can see the temps drop right off.
The Theater 550 does generate a lot of heat (even when it's not
doing anything) which has raised my case temp by approx 5 degrees
which has an effect on the CPU temps too, again a 5 degree rise
when running at full tilt! Nothing to worry about
tho. | |
Cooling Peformance &
Stability
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