Just to confirm you realize that the E5-2670 can be paired with a high-end desktop X79 motherboard, they can be had for the same price as a decent Z170 motherboard and include great audio and a ship load of PCIe lanes for high speed storage. Again this costs way less than even a used Core i7 and in quality applications it will be worlds faster.
“Everything I change in a 5 min 4k video requires about 20 minutes to render thru the entire video.”
Is this GPU accelerated or what? That is horrendous, how do you get anything done? The E5-2670 system with a basic GPU is instant, you can change anything in a 4K video and it is INSTANT!
“Just importing it takes 20 minutes for each video imported when Im cutting and splicing several videos together.”
Importing a 5GB 4K clip takes less than a minute using a basic 2.5” SSD on the Xeon system.
“Lightening it is another, 20 minutes. Stabilize it, 20 minutes. Enhance the audio, 20 minutes. Watermark it, 20 minutes.”
That stuff should all take a matter of seconds, certainly no more than 10 seconds for a 5min 4K clip.
“Then finally export it to MP4 format can take an hour.”
A single Xeon will do that for a 5min 4K clip in well under 20mins, I would place it around 10mins.
I am not sure how much real research you have done and without being rude it sounds like very little. Do you realize that a Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K still costs well over $150 (twice that of the Xeon using the same architecture)...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/I.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=2600K&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
If you want a previous generation Haswell 4770K for example expect to pay at least $300, twice that of the dual Xeon E5-2670 setup!!!!
http://www.ebay.com/sch/I.html?_odk...12.TRC2.A0.H0.X4770K.TRS0&_nkw=4770K&_sacat=0
We are well aware of processor pricing, I know the market top to bottom and believe me when I say you won't do better than a $70 E5-2670.
I just purchased a copy of Pinnacle Studio 19 Ultimate, in the process of downloading. I will test the Xeon system, I am now interested to see the 4K performance.