i5 or i7 cpu for converting videos

[Masa27]

Hi pros,

If need to convert a lot of videos, i5 or i7 CPU?

 

[ykgoh]

i7 if you can afford. It helps.

 

[Krabs.]

at same clockspeed and number of cores ... the hyperthreading of i7 is about 30% boost for converting videos ....

so your 4minute shorten to 3minute





AMD zen is going to be announced very soon .... wait and see .... potentially 8core 16 thread beast while affordably priced

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

wait for amd release their zen cpu 1st den decide

 

[Ark Law]

Wait for AMD release to compare first before buying, if possible. Otherwise, def i7

 

[Masa27]

Thanks all for your reply.

Unfortunately not buying new one, just that friend giving ask me to choose 4690k or 4790k.

 

[allentkw]

Yeah. Would choose the I7 4790K

 

[exodiver]

Thanks all for your reply.

Unfortunately not buying new one, just that friend giving ask me to choose 4690k or 4790k.

The more cores the better for video conversion....

 

[singupingu]

Video processing will make use of the extra threads on i7. Sure getting i7 if can afford. Otherwise i5 fine too if budget is tight.

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[ikkozilla]

why not get used xeons?

 

[enenyi]

Hi pros,

If need to convert a lot of videos, i5 or i7 CPU?

Wad kind of video converter first?

If those open-sourced ones like Handbrake of ffmpeg or VirtualDub, i7 would defintely be better.

If converting via re-exporting in software like Adobe Premiere Pro, then GPU-accelerated rendering might help with export times, i7 still prefered but i5 still manageable.

 

[Elijahonli]

TS mention that friend giving, why still got people telling him about budget and getting used xeons ? lol

@TS get the 4790k. About 20-30% faster compared to i5 for encoding