Would this be an ok machine to encode x265 1080p?
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:48 pm
Hey everyone!
I have the opportunity to buy an HP EliteDesk 800 G5 with an 8 core i7-9700, 16 GB Ram with integrated Intel UHD graphics 630 for about half of what it usually costs.
I've started encoding some of my old DVDs and Bluerays to x265 10bit since I'm running out of space on my HDDs. My current system is a 4 core i5-8265U, 8 GB Ram and Intel UHD graphics 620 encoding anything takes a lot of time.
How much could I profit when buying the HP EliteDesk compared to my current setup? From what I read the processor and the cores are what's most important when encoding, right? A graphics card would be nice, but I'm not doing hardware transcoding and haven't read a lot about hardware encoding either except it's supposed to be not as good as the the usual option.
All this machine would be running, would be Plex and Handbrake (and MakeMKV).
What do you think?
I have the opportunity to buy an HP EliteDesk 800 G5 with an 8 core i7-9700, 16 GB Ram with integrated Intel UHD graphics 630 for about half of what it usually costs.
I've started encoding some of my old DVDs and Bluerays to x265 10bit since I'm running out of space on my HDDs. My current system is a 4 core i5-8265U, 8 GB Ram and Intel UHD graphics 620 encoding anything takes a lot of time.
How much could I profit when buying the HP EliteDesk compared to my current setup? From what I read the processor and the cores are what's most important when encoding, right? A graphics card would be nice, but I'm not doing hardware transcoding and haven't read a lot about hardware encoding either except it's supposed to be not as good as the the usual option.
All this machine would be running, would be Plex and Handbrake (and MakeMKV).
What do you think?