Hi All, i am getting another PC for video encoding/transcoding mostly, It's not gonna be anything to special (expensive) i have 2 options, I was wondering what option would suit me best for "x264 1080p encoding/transcoding"
Sound: Six (5.1)-channel audio subsystem using the Realtek* ALC662
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4350 PCI-E 2.0 512MB 64-bit GDDR2
Network: 10/100/1000 Mbits/s LAN subsystem using a Realtek RTL8111C Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Case: Penta Digital Multimedia ATX
PSU : 500 Watt ATX Power Supply
Ok so these are the 2 options i have to choose from, I cannot mix and match or alter them in anyway, it's either 1 or the other.
Keep in mind that option #1 has an Nvidia card so CUDA can be enabled.... Basically what i want to know is, will the Dual Core with CUDA running out perform the Quad Core with no CUDA (It has an ATI Card) for x2641080p encoding/transcoding etc... ???
Any help would be much appreciated guys, thank you very much
Thx Xplorer4, Yeah i was leaning towards the Quad Core for obvious reasons... TPMGENC Xpress can use CUDA and is a good app but for the most part i use AVIDEMUX which does not... As for the i5 that would be great, but the budget just wont stretch at the moment.
So for h264/1080p playback the "ATI Radeon HD4350 PCI-E 2.0 512MB 64-bit GDDR2" will be fine i take it ? or will it mostly be processed by the Quad Core CPU ???
I didnt realize onboard was that powerful these days...but none the less, thedeificone, whats your actual budget? You may sacrifice some performance over a Dell,HP,etc, but unlike the HP,Dell,etc you will have much more room to upgrade. With a Core i5 OEM build, your going to be limited, likley, to a core i5 build and a low end video card, but with a custom build, down the road you could upgrade that Core i5 to a Core i7, that low end video card to a high end video card, and so forth.
