- Apr 1, 2008
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I have a beefy multi-purpose PC that I use for various roles. For most of those roles(Plex server, gaming, Internet, 1080p video playback, etc), my i5 is plenty powerful enough. But one of the main roles of this PC is to convert my vast Blu-Ray & DVD collection to digital format and I use Handbrake to trans-code those videos once I rip them using MakeMKV.
My server mobo is based on the H97 chipset, so there is no overclocking available. Both the i5 & Xeon I am looking at run at 3.5Ghz, so the only benefits the Xeon brings is a slightly larger L3 cache and Hyperthreading. From what I have read, HT does help with the Handbrake trans-coding by a fair amount with most benchmarks seem to put it between 10%-25% better. I am just debating on if that is worth the $275 price tag.
The reason I am looking at a Xeon instead of an i7 is that they offer the same non-OC performance of an i7 at a lower price point. An equiv i7 would be about $50 more.
My i5 has a Passmark score of 7600 while the Xeon I am looking at has a Passmark score of 9894, a 30% increase! Just not sure I will see that 30% difference in Handbrake.
Thoughts?
My server mobo is based on the H97 chipset, so there is no overclocking available. Both the i5 & Xeon I am looking at run at 3.5Ghz, so the only benefits the Xeon brings is a slightly larger L3 cache and Hyperthreading. From what I have read, HT does help with the Handbrake trans-coding by a fair amount with most benchmarks seem to put it between 10%-25% better. I am just debating on if that is worth the $275 price tag.
The reason I am looking at a Xeon instead of an i7 is that they offer the same non-OC performance of an i7 at a lower price point. An equiv i7 would be about $50 more.
My i5 has a Passmark score of 7600 while the Xeon I am looking at has a Passmark score of 9894, a 30% increase! Just not sure I will see that 30% difference in Handbrake.
Thoughts?
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