Hey that’s so helpful thanks! Is that on the community sidebar or your profile you’re referring to?

I’ve accepted my fate

I’m using eBay and honestly can see quite a few listings at that price (2nd hand ofc)

The i5-7500 is only £30 so almost 1/3 of the price of the 7700 which is great. Would 4 threads be enough for my application? Also what stat/website do you use to look at idle power?

Yeah honestly either would probably have plenty of power for my use case. The last column shows approximate 2nd hand prices in the UK. The 7700 is around £85 and the 7700k is around £120 although with some searching I’m sure I could find both cheaper. Thanks for the info

Yeah I’ve got quite a lot of content with h265 so that’s definitely worth knowing thanks!