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Not a bad idea, yeah most of the applications I use (from their results/data) display that single core clock speed is better.

I do a decent amount of high fidelity simulation work, but I'd say I spend most of my time in CAD or similar programs so I'll be purchasing an i9 7900X! Thanks for help and insight everyone provided!

@done12many2 Thank's for the help and providing your insight! I will defiantly be going the i9 route! I sounds like it comes down to where each CPU's performance per application converges with overclock + core count. Since overclock and increased cores increase thermal issues resulting in lower overclock capabilities. So you would recommend the 7900X over a higher core i9? Purely due to the thermal issues that are present with the higher core counts and increase in cost? Thanks again for the help! Having an older computer has greatly limited my ability in research and work... Can't wait to upgrade!

So @done12many2's prefers a i9 7900X over an 7920X or 7940X? I'm defiantly going the Intel route, appears to be much better performance capabilities with overclock. Thanks for providing some insight!

Thanks for the suggestion mate, however, my work wouldn't really benefit too much from such a huge increase in storage speed. I'd rather save the money and put it towards an additional GPU.

That is great to know! I had assumed with increase core count the overclocking capabilities would decrease logarithmically due to thermal the increase thermal load. I suppose if you have decent cooling thermals shouldn't be a major issue. I really everyone's appreciate your advice!

If thats the case, I might even jump upto the i9 7940X, with decent overclock I could get amazing simulation speeds, and still have good CAD performance!

For the i9 1920X? Threadripper can't seem to overlcock above 4.0 - 4.1 GHz which greatly limits CAD performance.

Really? Hmmm, I guess I have not been putting much weight into the power of overclocking.

That was what I was originally planning, however, it as absolutely terrible base clock, worse that I was expected.

Hello, I do a variety of different work, across several different platforms. I am having an extremely difficult time selecting a CPU for a workstation. I am considering the following CPU's: i9 7900X, i9 7920X, and AMD 1950X. i9 7900X ($900 USD) 10 core / 20 thread Base Clock: 3.3 GHz Turbo Clock: 4.3 - 4.5 GHz i9 7920X ($1100 USD) 12 core / 24 thread Base Clock: 2.9 GHz Turbo Clock: 4.3 - 4.5 GHz AMD 1950X ($800 USD) 16 core / 32 thread Base Clock: 3.4 GHz Turbo Clock: 4.0 GHz I do intend on overclocking the CPU's slightly to allow for better and more responsive performance. Daily Software SolidWorks Siemens NX Ansys COMSOL Multiphysics MATLAB (Usually used for in-depth theoretical simulations) 3ds Max (VRay, Arnold, and Octane) Photoshop AGI SystemsToolKit (AGI STK) Revit (Occasionally but not too often) Machine Learning Applications (Occasionally but not too often) My Issue: Most CAD programs are single core and benefit very little from additional cores. Thus in terms of CAD usability and performance a higher single core click speed is preferred. However, for simulation and analysis (thermal, fluid, and stress) often benefits from multiple cores, as does rendering. I am having trouble deciding which CPU I should select since i9 7900X offers great CAD performance while Threadripper 1950X has excellent simulation and rendering performance. Some rendering can be offloaded or used in conjunction with a GPU reducing render times. The Build CPU: Unknown (i9 or Threadripper) GPU: GTX 1080 Ti or XP RAM: 64 GB @ 3000 MHz SSD (for applications) HDD (for storage) Which CPU should I get? I think most of my time is spent doing CAD related work and simulations while they can take on the order of 1-2 days can possible be reduced to under 24h with the increased core count over my current system. Thanks for any advice!