Threadripper still worth it at this point?

[BTVA]

Afternoon lads, I have been offered a 1950X for £400 from a friend. If I’d take this offer I would need to buy a new motherboard (Asrock X399M Taichi for £350 ish). So the total would be £750. Alternately, a brand new 8700K + Z370 M-ATX combo should be around £450.
50% of my workload is 3D modelling and architechture sketching & modelling, the other 50% is gaming (bf1 mostly) but I usually run at least 5-7 apps in the background + chrome.
What would be the best option? Thank you for your help.

 

[Minstadave]

I’d bite his arm off for £400. Monster of a CPU.

 

[InfiniteNoise]

If I could get a 1950X for £400, I'd get X399M and build a small-ish sized Threadripper PC without thinking twice.

For £400, it's really good value, that's a bit over half the price.

 

[humbug]

Yes its defiantly worth it, its a monster of a CPU.

 

[FlyingScotsman]

Cracking deal mate!!

 

[BongoHunter]

I would have that in an instant - wouldnt feel the need to go all out on the board though, £280 will get a feature rich board and save you the £70 you will need for a top of the line air cooler.

You will need 4 dimms to get the absolute best out of it too (quad channel)

 

[Deleted member 66701]

1950x is a monster of a cpu - mine performs EXTREMELY well in my 3D Modelling workflows.

 

[DarrenM343]

Agree with above. I hadn't had an AMD CPU for many years and been very impressed with the 1950X. I've not put it to use exactly how I thought yet due to lack of time but still makes a good all round CPU. IMO you probably won't notice a difference in games unless you watch a frame counter. I ran one bench comparing with the same CPU in an intel system and the same GPU in the 1950X was only very slightly slower at 1440P.
I've just left mine stock. Tried a quick OC but wasn't sure running all cores at 3750 or so (on air, didn't want to push it to 4k) was any better than leaving it stock with some cores hitting >4000 - didn't find a way to continue letting it still ramp up some cores automatically, but didn't look closely into it. It's a great CPU at stock speeds.
CPU;s seem to last years so £400 seems a deal

 

[BongoHunter]

Agree with above. I hadn't had an AMD CPU for many years and been very impressed with the 1950X. I've not put it to use exactly how I thought yet due to lack of time but still makes a good all round CPU. IMO you probably won't notice a difference in games unless you watch a frame counter. I ran one bench comparing with the same CPU in an intel system and the same GPU in the 1950X was only very slightly slower at 1440P.
I've just left mine stock. Tried a quick OC but wasn't sure running all cores at 3750 or so (on air, didn't want to push it to 4k) was any better than leaving it stock with some cores hitting >4000 - didn't find a way to continue letting it still ramp up some cores automatically, but didn't look closely into it. It's a great CPU at stock speeds.
CPU;s seem to last years so £400 seems a deal

On an ASUS Prime with air cooler I have mine at 3.8 all cores, and it still boosts round to 4.2 - just used the ASUS utils to get it there - seems to run cool enough with no scary voltage figures.

 

[DarrenM343]

On an ASUS Prime with air cooler I have mine at 3.8 all cores, and it still boosts round to 4.2 - just used the ASUS utils to get it there - seems to run cool enough with no scary voltage figures.

Thanks, I may have a look at that - just wanted to put a small OC on. I used the bios. I have the AI Suite installed so will have a play