[ILUG] Build your own MP3 player?

[John P. Looney]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:49:26PM +0000, Liam Bedford mentioned:
> > My big grip about building such a system is the fact that you would have
> > to put fans in it.
> The VIA C3 doesn't require a fan. The G3/G4 doesn't. The TM5600 doesn't.

 The TM5600 is a little dogdy - it'll go well over 55C running Seti at home
etc., and often, it's about half the speed of a C3, clock for clock
(depending on what you are doing). You would be better off going for a C3,
and just clocking it back to a 66Mhz bus (1/3 the speed, under half the
heat).

 With a decent video chipset (something that'll do hardware scaling at
least), a C3 should be more than sufficent. I'd trust it so much more than
a transmeta chip...

Kate

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