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i5-2500k or i7-2700k?

TDevlin

TDevlin

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Which one of these would be better for me to get? I'll be holding off until ivy bridge comes out but can't remember their specific names so just stated the sandy bridge equivelant.

If it was just for gaming I'd get the 2500k no questions, but just recently I've started to watch movies on my tv by streaming them to my ps3. It's fine for small movie files up to around 1gb or so, but I much prefer watching movies in HD and they come in around 4-10gb files which I have real problems streaming as it just stutters constantly.

This may be a bandwidth issue but I'm leaning more towards it being down to my current CPU. I've got a sony vaio laptop with an intel core 2 duo t7100 @ 1.80Ghz which is very weak in comparison to current CPU's.

So basically I'm asking, when it comes time to buy a new CPU, which one should I go for? I'm using ps3 media server to stream movies and that has to transcode the data for viewing on the ps3. So would the 2700k with all its hyperthreading ability be the perfect choice for glitch free streaming or is an i5-2500k more than capable, allowing me to save a few quid to spend elsewhere on more graphical goodness?
 
I'm pretty sure it does mate. not for standard dvd rips but many hd files such as MKV aren't natively supported by the ps3, so ps3 media server has to transcode those into an accepted format.
 
Ah maybe it does then then.... :l

I'm fairly certain the H.264 HD files I used to use were streamed directly from Windows media server to the Playstation.

I know ps used to be pretty limited with regards to codecs Sony granted permissions for....
 
Ghøst said:
Ah maybe it does then then.... :l

I'm fairly certain the H.264 HD files I used to use were streamed directly from Windows media server to the Playstation.

I know ps used to be pretty limited with regards to codecs Sony granted permissions for....
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I was using windows media player and also tversity and having all sorts of problems trying to play the files I wanted. Then someone on these boards recommended using ps3 media server, and now it's playing everything I throw at it :)

Only problem is with my limitations at the moment I'm having to copy the files onto the ps3 hard drive and play them from there to avoid the constant stuttering. It solves the problem but it's not ideal. It took me 3 hours to copy over a 6.5gb file last night.

It still may be bandwidth related but I'm pretty sure it's my weak CPU, as even transcoding the same 6.5gb movie on my pc before sending, takes a few hours. Whereas I'm sure a i7-2700k would zip through it.

Question is though, would a 2500k be up for the task as well?
 
TDevlin said:
I'm pretty sure it does mate. not for standard dvd rips but many hd files such as MKV aren't natively supported by the ps3, so ps3 media server has to transcode those into an accepted format.
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mkv is a container and these days most of the mkvs out there contains mp4 + AAC formats... you can simple extract them from PC then put them on the PS3 without transcoding
 
i7 is not worth the extra cost unless you do a lot of heavy application work such as video editing/encoding, graphic design etc, anything that'll really make use of the CPU threads.

For what you describe in OP, i5 would be perfectly fine for you :)
 
I had the same issue on wireless network to ps3, changed to wired ethernet and the problem went away. My ps3 media server is running on top of WHS v1 on a HP ML110, so the cpu is hardy great, but it converts on the fly everything I throw at it.
 
Ghøst said:
That's your network connection nothing gets transcoded when you're streaming files to your ps3.
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Well thats kinda not true tbh.

OP doesnt say it, but lot of people use ps3mediaserver great bit of software, and it does transcode files for ps3 if they are not in the correct format.
 
jkkc313 said:
mkv is a container and these days most of the mkvs out there contains mp4 + AAC formats... you can simple extract them from PC then put them on the PS3 without transcoding
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I've tried this using mkv2vob before I discovered ps3 media server. It removed the mkv container but split the file into 4gb chunks which is less than ideal as I'm not to keen on having a pause in the middle of a movie. Reminds me of the early days of dvd when some had to be turned over half way through.
 
I stream all my media via ps3 media server and never a single hitch. Very impressed with my new 2500K with everything i've thrown at it, especially overclocked :D
 
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