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CPU for video encoding

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Already pulled the trigger on the 3770k last night, it should arrive tomorrow. Did some encodes on the 2500k throughout the day for SD, 720p & 1080p then noted down the times so i can compare once it arrives.

I had thought the 2500k would last me another couple of years, then the random thought of upgrading for encoding crossed my mind yesterday and bang goes that plan :p
 
Already pulled the trigger on the 3770k last night, it should arrive tomorrow. Did some encodes on the 2500k throughout the day for SD, 720p & 1080p then noted down the times so i can compare once it arrives.

I had thought the 2500k would last me another couple of years, then the random thought of upgrading for encoding crossed my mind yesterday and bang goes that plan :p

good choice mate but there is no point for me to upgrade to i7 3770K because it bit closer to my i7 2700K
 
Already pulled the trigger on the 3770k last night, it should arrive tomorrow. Did some encodes on the 2500k throughout the day for SD, 720p & 1080p then noted down the times so i can compare once it arrives.

I encode 720p video @ 3000 bitrate on TMPGENC and a full series of around 12 hours takes about 1-2 hrs to encode into a different (DVD)format. CPU usage is around 90-98% 3570k @ 4.6Ghz. Fairly happy with it as it never takes too long, a 3770k should be even quicker.
 
The chip arrived a couple of days ago, I haven't started overclocking it yet and i'm already impressed. I set the 2500k back to stock speeds earlier then did the same 2hr duration 1080p to 720p encode on it and the 3770k. The 3770k was around 20% faster which is ok for a single file but considering i have months worth of stuff to get through never mind anything i buy in the future that'll be a lotta time saved.

I just hope the chip will do at least 4.5 like the 2500k did on this board, 4.5 was the every day speed for it but it could do 4.8. Preferably i'd like to run the 3770k at 4.5 but have something similar in the tank so it might mean a new board too as the z68ap-d3 a budget one when it was bought nevermind nowadays, hopefully not though.

Still gotta find a way to tell the missus the 2500k needs a new home, the justification for the 3770k was i could sell it so it would hardly cost anything. Now i'm itching to build a new HTPC with it :p
 
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