Folks, i think i already know the answer to this but wanted to get y'all's opinion. I'm a designer and work with a lot of layouts, photos and videos. I do not play games at all.
I have a video project coming up and my old QX6700 won't cut it for rendering speeds even with MPE enabled. So, I have considered getting a new mobo/cpu/memory and a striped hdd to help supplement all my other existing parts.
Budget is a concern. IF i went with the 2500k, that extra $100 will help me get the HDD's to stripe. Otherwise it's a 2700k with just an existing HDD that's low on space.
I realize both are fairly stable OC'd, but i would rather not do it. However, if the 2500k oc'd can come close to the performance of the 2700k non-oc'd, while being able to get the additional drives, i'll do it.
Thoughts?
Thank you.
I have a video project coming up and my old QX6700 won't cut it for rendering speeds even with MPE enabled. So, I have considered getting a new mobo/cpu/memory and a striped hdd to help supplement all my other existing parts.
Budget is a concern. IF i went with the 2500k, that extra $100 will help me get the HDD's to stripe. Otherwise it's a 2700k with just an existing HDD that's low on space.
I realize both are fairly stable OC'd, but i would rather not do it. However, if the 2500k oc'd can come close to the performance of the 2700k non-oc'd, while being able to get the additional drives, i'll do it.
Thoughts?
Thank you.