Which one of these for video editing...

[mrbios]

i5 2300
i5 650
i5 760
Phenom II X6 1055T

All within £2 of each other, which one would be best for video editing (namely in adobe premiere elements 9 which is what the students use here) with HD video

One thing to note is that premiere elements 9 seems to make good use of all the cores, so i'm thinking the phenom but I'd like a more educated opinion on the matter?

Cheers

 

[DragonQ]

Well you should immediately discount the i5-2300 because it can't be overclocked and the i5-650 since it's only a dual core with HyperThreading.

Between the other two, the 1055T would be the fastest for encoding. It would lose against an i7 (quad core with HyperThreading) in most situations but since the i5 lacks HyperThreading, the X6 will beat it clock-for-clock in applications that can make use of 6+ cores (like the majority of modern video encoders). They should also both overclock to a similar level.

 

[mrbios]

Well you should immediately discount the i5-2300 because it can't be overclocked and the i5-650 since it's only a dual core with HyperThreading.

Between the other two, the 1055T would be the fastest for encoding. It would lose against an i7 (quad core with HyperThreading) in most situations but since the i5 lacks HyperThreading, the X6 will beat it clock-for-clock in applications that can make use of 6+ cores (like the majority of modern video encoders). They should also both overclock to a similar level.

Overclocking won't be of interest in this scenario, and cheers for pointing out that the 650 is only dual core, didn't notice that.

 

[wakayoda]

Wait for AMD Bulldozer?

 

[DragonQ]

Overclocking won't be of interest in this scenario, and cheers for pointing out that the 650 is only dual core, didn't notice that.

Oh...well if you're not overclocking the i5-2300 would probably be the fastest. Or, as above, you could wait for Bulldozer.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It depends on the encoders being used. If the software can only run on four cores the Core i5 will be faster otherwise the Phenom II X6 is a better choice IMHO.

 

[mikeyholt]

760

 

[Azuse05]

For video editing the amd hex cores are still the better chips, at least at the high-end which is surprising. Mid range I'm not so sure but I'd lean towards the 1055t still.

Remember that amd motherboards give you far more for your money, or the same for less, than intels, too.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=191

 

[mrbios]

Thanks Azuse05, very useful link!

We've gone for 8 x Phenom II X6 1055Ts, I'm not sure waht the closest thing on that list is to compare it to for the difference but this is the sort of difference we're going to see: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=92

I've not idea what the p4 660 is but that's probably the closest thing to what is currently in use! (pentium D 2.8ghz!)