LGA 1156 and 1366..no on board video?

[jranaudo]

Building a machine that will primarily be a general use desktop (office, internet,etc. No gaming.) but need something powerful for home video editing. Tired of waiting for videos to encode.

I am looking at Core i5 and i7 intel chips it seems there are no motherboards with these chipsets and on board video. Or at least very few.

The reason I want onboard video is twofold. One because a GPU card may increase noise due to an extra fan and two because other than video editing I don't really need a powerful GPU.

What's the deal? Can anyone explain this?

Thanks!

 

[amoghthegamer4]

Building a machine that will primarily be a general use desktop (office, internet,etc. No gaming.) but need something powerful for home video editing. Tired of waiting for videos to encode.

I am looking at Core i5 and i7 intel chips it seems there are no motherboards with these chipsets and on board video. Or at least very few.

The reason I want onboard video is twofold. One because a GPU card may increase noise due to an extra fan and two because other than video editing I don't really need a powerful GPU.

What's the deal? Can anyone explain this?

Thanks!

Only Sandy Bridge has onboard video. If I were you, I don't think you game much, so I would just get a cheap GPU like these:

5770 -$100

5850 - $180

6850- $160


I'd just get a 5770 since its quiet and overkill for what you will do. If you have the money, get a 6850 since its quieter and more energy efficient. If you want to go the Nvidia Way here is the best GPU for you:

GTS 450 - $100


I have that same 5770 in my dad's rig and he loves it! he uses it for web surfing and so on, but its whisper silent.

 

[dalauder]

Graphics cards help for video encoding--so a low end one like a 5670 should get the job done. But it sounds like Sandy Bridge (especially K series since overclocking will own in video editing) would be perfect for you. You should wait for it.

 

[jranaudo]

Do you mean graphics cards help for video rendering?

I thought the GPU plays NO role at all when encoding video. So say for example going from raw AVI to mp4.

 

[dalauder]

Oh, my bad. What I said about Sandy Bridge still stands though.

A LOT of websites seem to think the GPU has something to do with video encoding: http://techie-blogger.com/encode-your-videos-using-your-gpu/

 

[jranaudo]

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