Video editing cpu

[twokids]

Hello,
I read the 2008 and 2006 and 2007 sugestions on a motherbard and cpu for a video editing computer. My question is the same but for the cpu,s of today (i3,i5,i7) or what ever will be in the budget of 398.00.

Thanks

Dave

 

[o1die]

Look for an i5 or i7 combo deal at frys. The 1366 920 is $199. at microcenter, but like frys, it's in store only. Newegg will sometimes discount $20-30 on their combo deals. Newegg has an asus P7P55 pro with i5 750 for $349, or 2 biostar boards with the 860 for a few dollars more.

 

[LePhuronn]

Sound advice above - you might be better off going with Hyperthreading so the i7s are the place to be.

 

[twokids]

Looking at all the google info out their I have seen that I would be going towrds the i5 and i7, on the hyperthreading note I havnt seen any software that says it utalisez the HT. With the new I7s will the hardware force programs to use it instead?

 

[LePhuronn]

All multi-thread aware apps support Hyperthreading, so for video editing the 97 is what you want.

What editing software are you using?

 

[twokids]

power producer 8.0 by cydber lynk,

Its to propiatartay softwhare for my jvc hdd camcorder.

 

[LePhuronn]

PowerProducer is 5, PowerDirector is 8

Most Cyberlink software is multi-core aware so I'd go with a quad core. Hyperthreading can make a difference (look at the i7 980X article posted on Tom's today about 6 cores vs 12 threads) but if you're on a tight budget you can get away with not having it.

I'm leaning towards the Core i5-750 with an Asus P7P55D motherboard or a Core i7 930 with an Asus P6TD Delxue motherboard