Is a 6700K CPU good for x264 encoding using a Bluray as a source?

[MANswers]

Hi all,

I am looking fowarding to upgrade my current i7 2600K CPU for VR Oculus Gaming.

However the PC will be used 50-50 for gaming and encoding.
Is the Intel i7 6700K good for video encoding? or should i be waiting for another 2 months till i7 6850k or i7-6900K releases in June (two months from now).

I have a ton of BluRay disks and i would like to start backing them up, plan to use Kodi and hence want to encode I will be using avspmod+simple x264 launcher and a plethora of other encoding/ripping/supplementary tools.

[lordsmurf]

The 6700k is great for encoding.
I use one.

[MANswers]

I was reading on another encoding forum, and the guy mentioned that he would wait for 6900k has the cores to be the most "futureproof".
What are ur thoughts about it?

[sneaker]

Well, both 2600K and 6700K have 4 cores. The 6900k will have 8 cores. It will be good for video encoding but maybe not as good as the 6700K for games/VR because those typically don't scale well with many cores. The 6700k has less cores but is more powerful per core. And the 6900k is going to be expensive (expected to be $1000).

[lordsmurf]

Per core matters more. Most video programs can't use more than 2-4 cores.

[KarMa]

Per core matters more. Most video programs can't use more than 2-4 cores.

Like Adobe PP and Vegas? As OP did not ask about those and just said x264 which is fine with many cores.

[SameSelf]

Hi all,

I am looking fowarding to upgrade my current i7 2600K CPU for VR Oculus Gaming.

However the PC will be used 50-50 for gaming and encoding.
Is the Intel i7 6700K good for video encoding? or should i be waiting for another 2 months till i7 6850k or i7-6900K releases in June (two months from now).

I have a ton of BluRay disks and i would like to start backing them up, plan to use Kodi and hence want to encode I will be using avspmod+simple x264 launcher and a plethora of other encoding/ripping/supplementary tools.

If the price rumors are true, Broadwell-E is turning out to be a slight disappointment. But for speeding up x264, Broadwell-E is the only way to go (unless you are willing to wait for Skylake-E). x264 is one of the few executables in the wild that scales well across cores which is far more important than single core performance. If I was getting paid for my encodes, I wouldn't hesitate one second in buying the 6950X. Time is money. It will also future proof you for x265/4K/UHD.

But when it comes to gaming, Broadwell-E (or any Extreme sku) is $$$ very poorly spent. So poor, you could probably get by with an i5 or keep your Sandybridge cuz the cpu stopped being the bottleneck a while ago. IOW, plow as much money as possible into the gpu(s).

Here is another thought. One of the mistakes people make these days when encoding is defaulting to 2-pass when 1-pass would suffice. 2-pass is crucial when trying to fit content on a DVD, but overkill if you are targeting the web or just about everything else. If you can use 1-pass, that will cut your encode times far more than a faster cpu.

But if you are like me and author DVDs and BDs, then I feel your pain. My projects typically require a full week's worth of encoding. So upgrading to Broadwell-E would literally save me days of encoding.

[pepegot1]

I ran Videostudio on two computers with the same project at the same time. The I7, 4790K finished two minutes behind the I7, 6700HQ and that's not a shabby machine.

[SameSelf]

I ran Videostudio on two computers with the same project at the same time. The I7, 4790K finished two minutes behind the I7, 6700HQ and that's not a shabby machine.

What were your fps and resolution?