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Best value processor for HD video editing and photo processing?

dubcat

dubcat

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Hi - what is the best value processor for editing hi-def video from my panasonic camcorder and photographs in CS4/Lightroom? Is i7 overkill?

I'll be upgrading my VERY old AMD based PC. I'll need mostly new everything (I'm guessing I will only be able to salvage my case, hard drives, cables and fans to be honest) - i figured i would start by choosing a cpu. I tend to keep my stuff for a long time so don't want to use a CPU that will need upgrading in the near future - but also don't want to pay over the odds for something that is overpriced because it is so new and is perhaps more than what i need.

Hope that makes sense and that you can help -
Dub
 
Thing is I don't really have a specific budget in mind. I'll pay what i need to do get the job done right (and with a certain amount of future proofing built in). However, I also don't want to pay for something that is overpriced due to it being new / novelty factor.

If i7 is really head and shoulders above the nearest competition i'll go for it. However, if i can get something almost as good for a LOT less then i'll choose that instead.

Dub
p.s just had twins so expect to be doing a lot of video editing over the next few years. My 5 year old system is just so far from handling these files it's not even funny.
 
Maybe i'm being dumb here but isn't socket 775 end of life now? Does it make sense to base a new system on 775?
 
kenai - you sound a lot like me in terms of your upgrade habits. I am definitely someone who tends to go for significant upgrades rather than step by step ones. So with this in mind the Q9550 makes sense. The only thing confusing me is that I have read in another thread that the i7 is MUCH faster for video encoding, something I will be doing plenty of when editing those HD video files...
 
hmm that price difference may be better spent on an SSD rather than a slightly faster cpu and more new school mobo...
 
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