i5 750 vs i7 860

Tim Stannard wrote on 1/16/2010, 4:07 AM
Time for a new system. I'm inclined towards the Intel i7 850 over the i5 750 because of the fact it has Hyperthreading (and is a smidgen faster). Any benchmarks I've seen show only a very small difference between the processors - however what I'm really interested in is how much difference there is between the processors specifically running Windows 7 64bit and Vegas Pro 9 64bit.

Does anyone have any practical experience/comparison? Would the 50UKP difference be better spent elsewhere?

Should I forget these and the more power hungry (and more expensive once the motherboard is factored in) i7 920?

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RalphM wrote on 1/16/2010, 2:46 PM
Tim, I recently built an i7 860. I'm very pleased with it, having moved from a P4 1.4GHz machine. Check out the render test thread that you will find further down in the forum list to see how various machines compare.

I don't know whether it's worth it to you for the extra cost. I think it really depends on how tolerant you are of render times and how you use it. For editing, I'm not sure you will see a significant difference.

RalphM
xberk wrote on 1/16/2010, 3:04 PM
I built an i5-750 a few months back. Very pleased. I don't think Vegas takes advantage of any hyperthreading. Cost difference to me versus the i7-860 (at the time) was about $200 as chip and motherboard were less. I can use this towards a new 6 core chip maybe next fall. I agree that editing (timeline and preview) might not be much diff between the two. No doubt the i7-860 outperforms slightly on render speeds which might only make a real difference on long projects with heavy effects. Personally I think the i5-750 is the value spot to be for everyone but heavy users.

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srode wrote on 1/16/2010, 6:58 PM
A smidgen of overclock on it is free and will probably make them equal in render time on Vegas times.
Tim Stannard wrote on 1/17/2010, 5:05 AM
Thanks guys. That seems pretty conclusive. As this is purely for fun for me, shaving a small percentage off render times holds little significance. I was more interested in the editing experience and it seems there'll be no difference there.

Thanks again for your thoughts.