Is the AMD FX-8350 good for video editing?

[Speedy Mcool]

I had an FX 6300, but I wanted to upgrade. I ordered water cooling and an AMD FX-8350. I will keep the water cooling either way but was it worth it to upgrade to the 8350? And the Evga GTX 960 SSC 4GB bottleneck it?

 

[Speedy Mcool]

I don't believe CPUBoss is particularly accurate; I've never read anything good said about it.
Anandtech has a comparison with the i5-6600, which is only slightly faster than the i5-6400: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=1646
The i5 is not always the fastest, but it is in most things, in some cases by a substantial margin.

Would it make a difference if I am editing 1080p videos?

 

[Onus]

It depends on the software you're using, and how well-threaded it is. Try it and see!

 

[Speedy Mcool]

It depends on the software you're using, and how well-threaded it is. Try it and see!

I am using adobe premier pro. Before I ask another question I really wanted to thank you for all your help!
Would I be able to encode a video (1080) and play a game like overwatch/minecraft at the same time and not lose performance?

 

[logainofhades]

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Ok, the 6700 option is $500, and it seems like it would be more worth it to just build a new computer in several years instead of spending 500 now.

The i7 6700 is slightly faster, than a 1231v3, but not enough to justify the added cost, unless features like M.2, for SSD drives, and possible future CPU upgrade, interest you enough to spend that much more. If money is tight, I would stick with the Xeon option.

 

[Onus]

You may need to tweak affinity (which cores a particular process is allowed to use), but you should be able to do more at the same time with the 8350 vs. the 6300.
Edit: I realize that's not a definitive answer, but there really isn't one, as it could depend on other resources being used as well.

 

[ikaz]

You may want to check this out as since your using adobe premiere and GPU acceleration is supported.

https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/adobe-premiere-pro-cc-and-gpu-support/

Here's an old Tom's article about 8350 with Adobe CS6

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328-9.html

Also check this out

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-8350_7.html

 

[madmatt30]

Speedy Mcool - regarding your question about encoding & gaming at the same time, yes generally , that's EXACTLY the type of scenario where the 8 cores pay dividends over your old 6300.

What you should do however (seeing as you have both a good board & cooler) is disable turbocore in bios & set yourself a multiplier of 21,21.5 or so to have yourself a little base clock boost

This will ensure a uniform clock speed across all cores on a heavy multithreaded load and or heavy app multitasking.

I would consider the i5 6400 a downgrade if anything for your type of use,.

 

[Speedy Mcool]

Run the benchmarks. You may be disappointed, but you may consider the improvement sufficient, even if it is small. The alternative is a lot more expensive.

So there is dramatic improvement. Encoding is 2x fast. I have not been able to notice any other differences. Can you suggest any other tests?

 

[Onus]

You could always give the system more to do, and see what it takes to bog it down.

 

[Speedy Mcool]

You could always give the system more to do, and see what it takes to bog it down.

Yes I want to. But as soon as I upgraded premier pro would say that it " Cannot find video modules, please update your GPU drivers" But my GPU ( Gtx 960 ) has all of the correct drivers, I even tried re installing the drivers. Nothing works, the only thing that works is for me to change to a windows basic GPU driver. But then I cant fully use my GPU. I have a feeling that this has something to do with the new CPU, since it started as soon as I upgraded. Do you know anything about this issue or what I can do about it?

 

[Onus]

Maybe reinstall Premier Pro?

 

[LenNZone]

Maybe reinstall Premier Pro?

That's what I'm trying now. I'll let you know if it works.

 

[madmatt30]

Try right clicking Premier pro & running as administrator.