Is a multi (6 or 8) core/hyper threading CPU essential for video editing

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I know the title is kind of badly worded but I am having no luck with answers to my first thread below and thought I would try a different tack entirely. I have a limited budget and want to future proof to an extent. My current PC has served me well for years, but I have enough cash to upgrade and would like to speed up my work flow. So for converting SD video to HD and then editing with Sony Vegas and possibly Adobe Premiere in the future, rather than use a i-74790 + GTX750TI 2Gb or FX8350 + R9 270x is there a cheaper option still that would give me stable and reasonably fast performance with these tasks. It would be nice if it could be quiet too and able to run games at 1080 HD at modest but smooth frame rates but the main task will be still and video editing.

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If that's the case, I'd agree with nukemaster. GPU will have little to do in video rendering and i7's HP and raw proccessing power will not realy be matched by FX 8 at stock. I'd love to OC the FX but Intel usually races ahead in these tasks w/o much efforts.

Also, you should go through this article (http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm), it'll help utilize your GPU and utilize things in a better way.

You can expect 30-40 FPS on BF4 on Ultra with the 750 Ti, so it is in no way a weak GPU. Yes, not as good as 270X, but video editing/ converting/ transcoding being your priority, I'd go with i7 + 750 Ti build :)
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This is going to depend quite a bit on your software.

Some software can use the video card to improve the compression performance. Many users will argue that software compression(pure cpu power with multi pass and all the good stuff) offers better quality and to be honest I think it may.

I would like to warn that trying to upconvert SD to HD will have very mixed results depending on the content.

In the end some software will be quite noticeably faster with HT on, but if the savings are enough, you can always set your projects to batch encode overnight when you are not on the computer anyway.
 
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I'd recommend neither. Get Xeon E3-1241 v3 and pair it with R9 270, would give you extreme performance comparable to i7 in terms of editing as Xeon is just locked i7 (like 4790) w/o integrated graphics. Also, R9 270 is b/w GTX 750 Ti and 270X, and is good for medium-high settings with comfortable 50+ FPS :)
 
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Thank you for your considered answer. I have upscaled/converted SD to HD before and yes you are correct the results are mixed depending on the original material etc. Once I have ploughed through the archived SD material then I will be editing HD footage shot on a Panasonic G6 micro 4/4 camera so maybe CPU power is more important than saving time in preserving this, so yes in that case overnight renders are an option. I will though possibly be using video more in my photography work and then time really does become money so the extra speed afforded by also utilising the GPU may well be crucial.
 
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Thank you very much for your answer. I will definitely look into the R9 270. Whilst I can fully understand the rational and reasoning behind using a Xeon I will probably not end up putting this PC together myself, and so am very limited in configuring an option that includes a server processor into a build, with any UK PC company that I have come across. I need to save money but just do not have the time or skills to build a PC myself. I appreciate your ability to think laterally and outside of the box though.
 
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If that's the case, I'd agree with nukemaster. GPU will have little to do in video rendering and i7's HP and raw proccessing power will not realy be matched by FX 8 at stock. I'd love to OC the FX but Intel usually races ahead in these tasks w/o much efforts.

Also, you should go through this article (http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm), it'll help utilize your GPU and utilize things in a better way.

You can expect 30-40 FPS on BF4 on Ultra with the 750 Ti, so it is in no way a weak GPU. Yes, not as good as 270X, but video editing/ converting/ transcoding being your priority, I'd go with i7 + 750 Ti build :)
 
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Thanks MeteorsRaining that article will be really helpful when I get the system up and running. I am still a little concerned that Sony Vegas will not be able to utilise the new architecture of the GTX750Ti GPU but I think the fact that it will run cooler than an R9 will mean the system stability will be better, and the i7 should provide enough horsepower with 16GB of ram to make it a nice little workstation. I do not want to use cooling systems if i cna help it.
 
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The i7 will be enough for the type of rendering you do, using GPU will only come as an option when you think you're lagging behind, which I don't think will be the case. You will most probably not need an af cooler as locked CPUs don't produce that high amount of heat, and the heat that's produced, is dealt with by the stock cooler rather decently. Enjoy your to-be build :)
 
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Stock cooling is fine, just remember to keep an eye on the system to ensure it does not get too much dust in the heatsink. that is one downfall to the Intel stock cooler, It seems to be effected by dust more(it still takes a long time to get enough dust to be an issue in most systems).
 
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