what cpu is better for video editing?

[twitchee2]

i am getting a a8n-sli with gig of ram.. i would like to know what cpu is better video editing. a 3200 or 3500? i dont want to OC is there a noticeable difference between the two?

 

[Duvie]

200mhz is the diff so I imagine there may be a noticeable time difference in rendering at end of editing but the question is...is it worth the extra price for that slightly faster speed??? There is a hefty premium for the 3500+ vs 3200+....

The money saved could be thrown into more RAM or a 74gb raptor or high density SATA drive......Thise are all areas that can have a very beneficial performance difference as well

 

[twitchee2]

thanks for the reply well the 3500 is only $40 more then then 3200 so should i go with thator just get the 3200?

 

[Duvie]

Where is that??? Pricewatch list them as being 70 dollars difference.....40 aint bad...takes a bit of the bite off....Makesd me think you can find both cheaper elsewhere perhaps..live in the US???

 

[SunSamurai]

I thought everyone knew the slower the CPU the better for editing video.

 

[twitchee2]

yea i do live in US the 3200 retail w/ hs/f is 239 at newegg and 3500 w/ hs/f is 279 at ZZF. something like that not 100# sure

 

[Duvie]

210 at monarch for the retail 3200+...they are top notch.....that puts it back to near 70 dollar diff... I say save the cash and getting better drives or better vid card....

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

*waits for dolt to enter thread and recommend P4 without even asking what software or codecs he intends to use*

 

[twitchee2]

i didnt look at monach for the 3200 im going to get 1 or 2 maxtor 250gb 16mb cache drive over the summer...i have to pay this comp off would you get the 3200 or 3500 im still soo confused

 

[twitchee2]

that my next quetio...what softwere would b best..ive used adobe premire in the past at schoo. is ther comething that better and cheaper?l

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

just get the fastest processor you can that fits your budget, 3500 being preferable. you have to weight out the price to performance ratio and make the judgement call yourself. personally i'd settle for the 3200 on 939 and get assloads of ram, then possibly drop in a dual core in a year or two.

as for the software, you might want to head over to software part of the forum and ask for AMD optimized video editing option.

 

[twitchee2]

so i should save my money and get a 3200 then drop a faster cpu in a while....i like your thinking i NO ONE has sugested that to me yet thank you.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

honestly dual core is just around the corner, if you get a socket 939 you'll have that option open when it comes out. i think it would be a huge benifit to your video editing needs when its out. you can just scrap by with the cheapest 939 CPU you can find and make up for it with lots of cheap DDR ram.

 

[twitchee2]

is this a wichester? http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...roduct_Code=120428&Category_Code=AMD64

can find it on the site on which it is..i think it because of the 90nm

 

[twitchee2]

yea i really like that idea thank you very much for bringing that to my attention

 

[Duvie]

The only 90nm chips are the winchesters...130nm chips can come in sckt939 but are in the 3500+,3800+ and 4000+ variety....

 

[Duvie]

Think about it this way....About a year from now when dual cors have been out a bit if they are not still cheap enough then we can help you oc that baby and likely pull another 500-600mhz out of it to tye you over a bit longer...Like an upgrade built in!!!!

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

yep,thats a winchester. and since AMD64s don't get much of a benefit from expensive ram just get 1.5 or 2 gigs of some value ram.

 

[twitchee2]

yea i though so thanks guys. yea i will prbly oc when the time comes and then get a dual core when they get to about the $300 range

 

[Duvie]

Better keep it in modules of 2 or 4 if you want the dual channel ram which its added bandwidth can actually be a boost in video apps...

 

[twitchee2]

yea i plan to get 4gb in dual channel evenually wont be for a while though. are 2 1 gig sticks faster then 4 512 sticks? both in dual channel

 

[Duvie]

Well I am not sure about the asus mobo, but some boards have to run slower speed and looser timings when all 4 dimms are filled...May wnat to research that a bit with actual asus users...maybe an asus forum....Usually the less amount of sticks the better, but price may be an issue there...

 

[twitchee2]

im going to work all summer to upgrade my comp and car a lil once i get my comp im going to be about 600 in thw hole with my parents im workin part time right now i will get the money slowly. i will have to look around about the 4 and 2 dimm speeds

 

[Duvie]

Are you buying the board, cpu and ram now though??? What Power supply are you looking at??

 

[Zebo]

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