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From: Godzilla on 5 Mar 2006 16:34
I am using a 350 MHZ Dell, running SuSE 9.2

All of the "requirements" sections of DVD burners data specify a
minimum of a 800 MHZ machine for operation. However, a friend
suggested that I could run an external DVD burner from one of the
ports of the USB2.0 card that I already have installed.

Which takes precedence in this case, the CPU clock speed or the
transfer speed of the USB2.0?

Thanks for anyone who has some experience with this type of usage.

Godzilla
From: David Wright on 6 Mar 2006 02:51
Godzilla wrote:

> I am using a 350 MHZ Dell, running SuSE 9.2
>
> All of the "requirements" sections of DVD burners data specify a
> minimum of a 800 MHZ machine for operation. However, a friend
> suggested that I could run an external DVD burner from one of the
> ports of the USB2.0 card that I already have installed.
>
> Which takes precedence in this case, the CPU clock speed or the
> transfer speed of the USB2.0?
>
> Thanks for anyone who has some experience with this type of usage.

The processor speed. USB 2.0 won't help if the processor isn't capable of
processing the data fast enough to feed the DVD drive. The reason for the
800Mhz is to produce a constant stream of information at a speed that keeps
the DVD busy, if it doesn't keep the buffer filled with data, you may loose
the disk. Even at 800Mzh I would recommend a burn safe drive that can cope
with momentary losses of new data without ruining the disc you are writing
to.

Basically you will need to buy a faster processor/mainboard before you can
burn DVD's reliably. If you want to stick with Dell, a basic P4 2.8Ghz
system comes in for around 270? at the moment, that would be more than
powerful enough for your purposes. Of course a decent, modern games playing
system would cost a lot more, but as the 350Mhz seems to do most things you
want, the 2.8Ghz Dimension 1100 would look like greased lightning in
comparison.

Dave
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