What cpu should I buy to suit my needs?

[kamui4697]

I am looking for something to take on video encoding mostly,occasional gaming,web surfing and downloading and heavy multitasking.

 

[saaiello]

You are gonna want a Quad core for video editing depending on your budget look into a Phenom II x4 955, I5 750, or an I7 920. The Phenom will be the least expensive and the I7 will be the most expensive.

 

[kamui4697]

i use dvd shrink and img burn or dvd fab7.which one will be able to encode video the fastest

 

[13thmonkey]

and perhaps an nvidia gpu if its video encoding, badaboom

 

[Emperus]

If you can wait for sometime then the AMD THUBAN series 6 core processors are going to be out soon.. If all the news is to be trusted, you would soon be getting two extra cores of performance for the price of the current intel i7 930.. That's value..

 

[kamui4697]

maybe that would be the better alternative thanks

 

[xaira]

amd hexacores will be making their debut on the 26th, so maybe you will want to wait for those, also if the apps you use support cuda, you can unlock the power of an nvidia gpu, food for thought, peace

 

[geofelt]

What is your budget?
The most capable cpu out today is the Intel i7-980X with 6 cores @3.33 and hyperthreading, giving 12 threads. If your application is multi thread enabled, that is the best, excluding workstations. It will cost about $1100.

A top cpu would be the i7-930 @2.8 for <$300. ($199 @ microcenter). With 4 cores and hyperthreading(8 threads), it can do a lot of work. It can easily be overclocked to 3.3 and beyond. On a clock for clock basis, the nehalem cpu architecture is a bit faster than the AMD offerings.

On a value basis, lesser offerings give you a fair performance for the dollar. The choice will be based on other considerations.