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reiyushin

reiyushin

reiyushin

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Hi there

I've been doing more and more video editing and finding my 2500k is too sluggish! Time for an upgrade but I'm torn between z97 and x99!

I do video editing on premier pro and after effects and I have to transcode most of the files before use.

I game on a single gpu and don't plan on going sli.

The upgrade costs aren't too dissimilar all in all it's cost about an extra £80 for x99.

So given my needs what would you pick?

x99 and 5820k or z97 and 4790k
 
Just upgraded to a 5820K as I do quite a bit of rendering. So far it handles it quite well so it was worth the money as far as I'm concerned. It's not overclocked yet either so will see how well it does will a little extra clock speed.
 
There is an argument against X99 unless you're REALLY going to exploit the multi threading aspect. I think it unlikely you will get the full value from it, but I have no idea as to your workflow. Given the 2 for 1 deal Gigabyte has on three of their boards right now, you could go with one of those and an i7 4790k (which would be great for your needs) and then in the future if you felt a need to move to X99, you'd get the motherboard free.
 
5820k all the way
last night converting mp4 to avi for my plasma while playing WoW in 3D still 50 fps :D not to mention torrents downloading chatting on vent some mp3s playin to.
 
Legend said:
There is an argument against X99 unless you're REALLY going to exploit the multi threading aspect. I think it unlikely you will get the full value from it, but I have no idea as to your workflow. Given the 2 for 1 deal Gigabyte has on three of their boards right now, you could go with one of those and an i7 4790k (which would be great for your needs) and then in the future if you felt a need to move to X99, you'd get the motherboard free.
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There certainly seems to be a big debate on this platform! I've seen the gigabyte boards and if they'd have extended that offer to some of their others I'd be tempted but I don't fancy the ones on offer!
 
What's your graphics card and which version of Premiere Pro are you using?

If you're on Nvidia, set the Mercury Engine to GPU use for editing and only do the final export on the CPU. It's dead easy to hack (i.e. change a text file) the GPU compatibility list to get your card working - plenty on Google about it.
 
For now I would get a 3770k for your existing rig.

Then when DDR4 prices settle go X99, but not until. Sorry, but paying up to £400 for memory is ludicrous I would rather encode slowly.
 
If I want one with a warranty I need to pay near 5820k prices, think it's better to sell now whilst my 2500k setup is worth something :)
 
Your 2500k will always be worth £80-£90 given Intel can't seem to replace it.

5820k is about the worst value for money right now, due to hiked board and ram prices.

You'd be better of paying £200 for a X58 board and Xeon for the time being, rather than paying those disgusting DDR4 prices.
 
ALXAndy said:
Your 2500k will always be worth £80-£90 given Intel can't seem to replace it.

5820k is about the worst value for money right now, due to hiked board and ram prices.

You'd be better of paying £200 for a X58 board and Xeon for the time being, rather than paying those disgusting DDR4 prices.
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I remember this type of argument being put forward to me when i was looking at building a 1366 socket setup for gaming. Everyone was like NO! get i5 you dont need hyperthreading and all that. I bet anyone with an old i5 rig would love to be able to drop a Xeon into it now but cant. The difference between the i5 rig and i7 back then was only about £100 lol thats what all the fighting and fuss was over. Its now completly justified after all.

Is it possible history is repeating itself with Haswell-E being bashed by the same sort of crew.

I ended up going 1366 and could drop a Xeon into this Sabertooth board, but im selling up. atleast iv retained a bit of value in my components because i thought about the potential of the socket and ignored the bashing.
 
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