AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs Intel Core i3-3220 for video transcoding

[Jerry_03]

building a server that will mainly be transcoding video


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775


for video transcoding

 

[BuddiLuva]

The Phenom will be better.

More cores + overclockable

Also if you look around you can probably find the phenom for $70-80

 

[montosaurous]

Have you thought about the FX 6300? A little bit more expensive than the i3, but would be the best server CPU for that price range.