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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 505332" data-attributes="member: 16090">In case you want a long lasting system use Xeons instead of I7. 4K video will normally require at least 10 times the processing power compared to HD (or that much longer), and if the frame rate is higher so much more (or so much longer). And then it all depends on whether video processing will take full advantage of multi core architecture and whether it will use integer or FP (floating point) math. If  later then you need FP unit which I think is missing in the second unit of the processor. What that means is if there are 4 cores, then there are 4 processors, but there may also be 4 more integer units that can do processing - 8 in all, but they will not do FP. In case the software can use all the cores efficiently, say 80% then it will be wiser to go for high throughput Xeons as dual Xeon MB are available easily, while dual Core I7 are a rarity.Another good to have option in an MB is to have lots of RAM slots. That will enable easy addition of RAM, rather than discarding lower capacity ones for higher capacity ones. * slots is a good number as you can easily start with 2 DIMMS of 4GB each and then add 2, 4 or 6 DIMMS giving you a total of 8x4= 32GB. My MB has 16 slots so I can achieve 32GB with 2GB DIMMS.Here is an interesting article that deals with 4K video processing requirements.<a href="http://www.videomaker.com/article/17135-editing-in-4k-minimum-system-requirements" target="_blank">Editing in 4K: Minimum System Requirements | Videomaker.com</a><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/applications/broadcast/video-processing.html#overview" target="_blank">Video Processing</a></blockquote>

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