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*** Official Ryzen Threadripper Owners Thread ***

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Personally, I'd go with the 2950X over the 7900. I'm no expert with the technology behind CPU's but I think IPC less relevant moving forward as software takes advantage of more cores. In gaming @ 1440P or greater you're not going to know the difference either.
As above too, the 1920X is half the price of that 7900 with 2 more cores. The 7900 probably outperforms it in a lot of use cases but it's 2.5x more expensive too.
 
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Minstadave said:
That CPU looks awfully expensive when 1920Xs are available for £350. Yes it won’t have the single core IPC advantage but its less than half the price with more cores.

The 9900K will likely outperform the 7900X too.
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1920s are avaliable at £350 but their no better than the 7900x at IPC unfortunately

regarding the 9900K i would need more cores too no idea when x599 is avaliable otherwise id wait.

DarrenM343 said:
Personally, I'd go with the 2950X over the 7900. I'm no expert with the technology behind CPU's but I think IPC less relevant moving forward as software takes advantage of more cores. In gaming @ 1440P you're not going to know the difference either.
As above too, the 1920X is half the price of that 7900 with 2 more cores. The 7900 probably outperforms it in a lot of use cases but it's 2.5x more expensive too.
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i tottally agree with you. but things like this put me off
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https://youtu.be/S02-DlKaIIU?t=497
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trust me im sway both towards 7900x & 2950x
 
The more I look at X399 the more appealing it looks for longevity. I'm still on Sandybridge so I like to get my money's worth! I can see X399 lasting a very long time with all its connectivity and memory bandwidth. I'd buy X470 for 8 cores if the motherboards were as good as X399. So you think there will be new boards for 7nm TR?
 
It was the very reason I bought x399 and the 8 core 1900x, I wanted it to last and cope with my future needs but I had a broken machine to replace, I reckon there might be a few developments in 7nm that might mean it is not upgradeable like the next DDR standard and the next PCI-e standard so unless you are itching to upgrade then I'd hold off.
 
sandys said:
It was the very reason I bought x399 and the 8 core 1900x, I wanted it to last and cope with my future needs but I had a broken machine to replace, I reckon there might be a few developments in 7nm that might mean it is not upgradeable like the next DDR standard and the next PCI-e standard so unless you are itching to upgrade then I'd hold off.
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I have wondered just that. Luckily I don't have the money atm which is a good job as I keep flip flopping between X470 being good enough and the extra shiny of X399! I'll most likely decide when 7nm Ryzen is released and by then a bit more TR 7nm information may be available.
 
amigafan2003 said:
I don't notice those frame dips, even in VR - I think the issue is exaggerated and the numbers look worse than the actual experience.

I do however notice the 40% decrease in rendering times over a 7900x.
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I don't really notice it on my 1800x but 2950x is a different beast
Do you think it likely for me to get the ram running over 3200? At 32gb. Is it worth me getting a 3600 kit and hoping for the best?
 
If the price difference isn't too much, won't hurt to try. Even if you can't get it running higher, 3rd or 4th Gen TR might.
 
Go for it then, seems pretty minimal. Even if you can't get it running at its rated speed, if the other kit has higher bin ICs you might be able to get better timings.
 
WJA96 said:
If you want a cool-running PSU then the more efficient the better. Any inefficiency in the PSU is lost as heat and that means the fans have to run. I’d much rather have the 1000W 80-Plus Titanium than the 1300W 80+ Gold as the efficiency differential at the same load rating is about 40W of waste heat which is like running an old-school incandescent lightbulb and you know how hot they got even though most of the energy was going into light.

It will also save you money in running costs.
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Whenever I have read reviews of gold rated PSU they tend to be bordering on being just shy of higher rating.

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Even if account for the intake air temperature being lower on 1300W PSU by 6C, it still has lower exhaust temp than 1000W.

smogsy said:
Do you think it likely for me to get the ram running over 3200? At 32gb. Is it worth me getting a 3600 kit and hoping for the best?
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Using F4-3200C14Q-32GVK and F4-3200C14Q-32GTZSW on 1950X+ZE I can gain 3466MHz C15 1T pretty easily. I prefer 3400MHz C15 1T as need lower SOC and stock VDIMM (1.35V) plus I can tighten some of the secondary/tertiary RAM timings. As you're going TR gen 2 this should behave as Ryzen gen 2, ie be easier to gain higher RAM speed.
 
DarrenM343 said:
I thought you went with the 2990WX for some reason or am I thinking of someone else...or did you get one of each ? :)
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Cancelled the 2990wx - windows isn't in a fit state a take advantage of it. Might reconsider if I switch to Linux full time but I need to wean myself off Adobe suite first.
 
String said:
How you finding it for performance? Have you been using in a gaming scenario at all?
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Great for performance, nice to leave pbo on and see a 6% to 15% uplift in perf over my 1950x. Compilation speed boost in VS and Blender render speed is especially appreciated.

I've done some gaming on it, it's fine, inc vr. Games played so far are rocket league, planetside 2, pcars 2, elite dangerous and tw:britannia.
 
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