Is speed still king?

[Radium_Angel]

I'm searching for some new (to me) Sandy Bridge CPUs for a project workstation. I can get anything from 2 core to 8 core, the question I have is, beyond 4 core CPUs, do I go for the fastest speed, or more cores? This would be for converting my DVD/CD collection to digital, and then some general purpose computing.

 

I assume Ghz is still king here?

[Guest]

So a 2700K (Sandy Bridge) is 4 core 8 threads, probably your best option providing the board you have supports it. 

 

 

 

 

[geo3]

Converting how? CDs and DVDs are already digital.  Are you just ripping the files to disk or reencoding? Encoding generally likes cores. 

[Radium_Angel]

8 hours ago, geo3 said:

Converting how? CDs and DVDs are already digital.  Are you just ripping the files to disk or reencoding? Encoding generally likes cores. 

Sorry yes, converting to mkv or something.