E5-2630v4 or 6900K

[Lord Alibaski]

Which one would you buy if 95% or the time you were using it for is video encoding and your normal day to day PC use...(no gaming on it).

Xeon E5-2630 v4 £629
i7-5960X Extreme £950
i7-6900K £950


Can't make my mind up just yet no rush either go until xmas time. The Xeon is at the front at the minute because of the extra cores and the extra £300 could go on the RAM.

Any advice would be appreciated.

PS....currently using an old 775 system so this would be a huge jump and probably my last build for many years.

 

[Lord Alibaski]

The Xeon is compatible with quite a lot of boards m8 so that wouldn't be the problem.

@ reef the 5960x is 2nd in line.

I don't use Handbrake I use Staxrip because I capture mostly VHS videos and Staxrip gives me much better encodes than Handbrake does.

At the min though I am only seeing 14fps when using x265/mkv this is on a Q9550 and 8GB ram. Just wondering if you have ever used Staxrip and what kind of fps do you get.

 

[Lord Alibaski]

Too many Xeons being thrown at me here.

 

[Lord Alibaski]

Would be great if someone could try Staxrip for me if anyone has any of these processors.

I just don't like Handbrake the cropping & deinterlacing of video and end product just seems much better in Staxrip.