Best CPU under $200

[Consoledotlog]

I'm looking at building a video editing system, and I'm really stumped on the absolute best CPU. I'm looking for AMD or Intel, just the best performance for editing under $200.

 

Thanks

[FAQBytes]

You can get two Xeon E5-2670's on Ebay for $140.

That is 16c/32t at 3GHz ea when at full turbo.

[RedWulf]

Well a xeon might offer more but I'm not certain how they stack up, but if you have a godly cooler then the FX9xxx would be good for video editing setting at $180 

 

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Wait for the new CPUs

[suchamoneypit]

7 minutes ago, Consoledotlog said:

I'm looking at building a video editing system, and I'm really stumped on the absolute best CPU. I'm looking for AMD or Intel, just the best performance for editing under $200.

 

Thanks

two e5-2670s will be pretty powerful for the money. Thats if you buy them used. The mobo will be expensive though.

[Consoledotlog]

Anything that wouldn't require two cpus or liquid cooling?

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 minutes ago, Consoledotlog said:

Anything that wouldn't require two cpus or liquid cooling?

 

Used Xeon or i7 from maybe Ivy Bridge. I mean it really depends on the video editing program. Some would work really well with an i5.

[Consoledotlog]

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Used Xeon or i7 from maybe Ivy Bridge. I mean it really depends on the video editing program. Some would work really well with an i5.

I'm using Adobe Premiere and some After Effects

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, FAQBytes said:

You can get two Xeon E5-2670's on Ebay for $140.

That is 16c/32t at 3GHz ea when at full turbo.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SR0KX-INTEL-XEON-E5-2670-PROCESSOR-8-CORE-2-60GHz-115W-20M-FOR-HP-SL270S-Gen8-/131567595910

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/111885818931?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82

And there, you have half a badass workstation.

[FAQBytes]

13 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

two e5-2670s will be pretty powerful for the money. Thats if you buy them used. The mobo will be expensive though.

Less than $200.

[suchamoneypit]

5 minutes ago, FAQBytes said:

Less than $200.

the CPUs will be under $200. The motherboard will not, but you didnt specify a motherboard or its budget or if you had one and its socket type.

[Sintezza]

1 hour ago, FAQBytes said:

You can get two Xeon E5-2670's on Ebay for $140.

That is 16c/32t at 3GHz ea when at full turbo.

Yeah but those old xeon´s lack on certain instruction sets like avx2.0.

Which will realy be a benefit to have for rendering in particular.

If the render application can support it like adobe premiere.

 

So i would not realy concider those old Xeon´s as a realy good option.

Allthough for the price you cant complain.

But those Xeon's basicly come more handy for servers in which allot of paralel threads come handy.

 

i would say the i5-6500 + a decent gpu.

[FAQBytes]

On 3/27/2016 at 6:30 PM, Sintezza said:

Yeah but those old xeon´s lack on certain instruction sets like avx2.0.

Which will realy be a benefit to have for rendering in particular.

If the render application can support it like adobe premiere.

 

So i would not realy concider those old Xeon´s as a realy good option.

Allthough for the price you cant complain.

But those Xeon's basicly come more handy for servers in which allot of paralel threads come handy.

 

i would say the i5-6500 + a decent gpu.

Honestly, while the 2.0 standard is a decent jump from the initial standard, it's nothing to write home about in my experience. My one E5-2680 ES CPU beats  my friend's i7-6700k in Cinebench and Handbrake tests, so doubling the number of cores at 100MHz less should still be an improvement. I understand Adobe handles the updated standard better, but I think that 2 E5-2670s should definitely beat an i5-6500 even in this instance. 

 

It has been reported that there is only an 8% nominal increase from the AVX to AVX2.0 standard in most real world applications.