Spec Me a video encoding PC

Beggs74 · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:39

My father in law mainly uses his PC for video encoding. His system is 4 years old and he'd like something more modern without breaking the bank. What would you recommend in terms of CPU, MoBo and memory?

Grimley · 26 Feb 2011 at 22:06

This (for intel).

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-066-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

This (for AMD)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-033-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

The imminent? release of AMD's latest CPU may change all that though, I'd wait a little longer if you can.

DragonQ · 26 Feb 2011 at 22:12

I'd wait for Bulldozer - video encoding is pretty much the best use of multiple cores and an 8-core Bulldozer could be perfect.

Judgeneo · 26 Feb 2011 at 22:18

DragonQ said:
I'd wait for Bulldozer - video encoding is pretty much the best use of multiple cores and an 8-core Bulldozer could be perfect.

I agree with this.

Also though, what is breaking the bank, such a term varies hugely from person to person. What are we talking, £300, £500, £800?

Beggs74 · 27 Feb 2011 at 07:16

Judgeneo said:
I agree with this.

Also though, what is breaking the bank, such a term varies hugely from person to person. What are we talking, £300, £500, £800?

As little as possible.

Brian8bit · 27 Feb 2011 at 07:26

An overclocked 2600k bundle will chew through whatever you throw at it and ask for seconds, thirds and desert. Even at stock the 2600k trounces the 1090T. So with a much larger clock expect even better performance.

That is if you're buying now. If he doesn't need it immediately, as others have said, it would probably be best to wait and see what kind of price/performance the new Bulldozer chips offer.