Need help choosing a CPU build.
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:14 am
I would like to ask a question. Which CPU would be more idea for a HB rendering machine. I'm currently looking at building a machine on the 24th when I get home. I am a commercial truck driver who want to simplify his large media collection. Many of my media files are in MKV. Its just how I ripped them off DVD and BR over the years. I'm not home often as I live out of a truck. I only get to be home for about 8 weeks of the year. My choice if I want to support the family. I currently watch my media my Surface Pro 3, and I switch out my media via a 4TB Seagate harddrive. I have about 8TB of media I would like to make much smaller as it all in its more original forms in MKV. I also like to make some of that media playable on my Samsung S8.
As to what I'm looking at, I'm torn between a I7-8700K and a dual Xeon E5-2680 V2. One system is all new while the other is used parts. Both are about $1200 dollars to build. I understand HB doesn't effectively use all the cores in a high Core # machine, but that is where using multiple HB encodes would increase the workflow. But I'm worried the lower clock speed of the older Ivy Bridge CPU would make the encode much slower, even if I could run more encodes at once. If I go down the road with the 8700K, I plan on a delid and OC to 5Ghz.
So I can't decide which to build. Another question I like to ask is this. Due to x264 code only using about 6-8 cores, does it also utilize both threads of that core, or is it basically saying in a 6c/12t machine, HB can only utilize 6 threads effectively? That is one thing I really don't understand while reading the forums. Any help would be much appreciated.
As to what I'm looking at, I'm torn between a I7-8700K and a dual Xeon E5-2680 V2. One system is all new while the other is used parts. Both are about $1200 dollars to build. I understand HB doesn't effectively use all the cores in a high Core # machine, but that is where using multiple HB encodes would increase the workflow. But I'm worried the lower clock speed of the older Ivy Bridge CPU would make the encode much slower, even if I could run more encodes at once. If I go down the road with the 8700K, I plan on a delid and OC to 5Ghz.
So I can't decide which to build. Another question I like to ask is this. Due to x264 code only using about 6-8 cores, does it also utilize both threads of that core, or is it basically saying in a 6c/12t machine, HB can only utilize 6 threads effectively? That is one thing I really don't understand while reading the forums. Any help would be much appreciated.