CPU Upgrade

[JohnNada]

Hi,

I have an HP Workstation XW6200, which as far as I'm aware has two single core Intel Xeon 3.4Ghz processors. I really don't know anything about processors, and would like an upgrade. As a video editor, I've just started working with full HD footage, and my current setup really can't cope with it too well. I'd appreciate it if somebody could advise me on what I need to consider before upgrading. Like I said, I really don't know anything about processors, so please break it down for me in newbie friendly language. If possible, I'd like to have two quad core processors, but I'm not sure what socket type I need, or what else I need to consider before buying new processors. Please advise...

Thanks

 

[Lepton87]

Anything modern will wipe the floor with this antique. It's still p4 based, to be fair video encoding was one of a very few competitive areas of that CPUs compared to AMD's chips of that time. Two quad cores CPUs is a bad idea. If you want to go socket 2011 2xXeon 6 cores chips make way more sense, 8 cores would be even better but they cost a pretty penny.
To be more specific you need two Xeon E5 CPUs, which come either in socket 1365 or 2011. The former has 3 memory channels the latter has 4, it's unlikely it's going to matter to you.

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/59138

take a look.

 

[Durvelle27]

You could look into a FX 8350 or i7-3770K