Ben_R4mZ

Then I guess I'm confused as to how CPU's work, It doesn't make sense to me that the R7 8-core 3700X gets ~133 fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider but the TR 2090WX only gets 110. (Just going off LTT benchmarks in the product review videos for the 3700/3900 and 3rd Gen Threadripper. They both use an RTX 2080 Ti.) As many people keep saying whenever big core counts come up, games don't benefit from larger core counts, because they are by and large single-threaded processes so hyper threading is useless, but I still don't understand why a 12-core can't perform as well as an 8-core. They're both using the same amount of cores right? It also turns out that TR Gen 2 doesn't support PCIe Gen 4 either so I'm starting to like the sound of starting over more and more

I currently use a 4 year old, custom built, Sager gaming laptop with an i7 6700K, GTX 960M, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD+1TB HDD. Currently it powers this setup. I've been wanting to upgrade for a while but my new job gave me extra cash to finally go for it. Long story short I was going to buy an NZXT custom built rig, but while browsing Amazon saw a Threadripper 2920X on sale for under $350. I've had my eye on Threadripper CPUs for a while so, being the chronically impulsive person I am I bought it, (with accompanying motherboard), and started the process of learning how to build a PC while assembling a list of parts. (To all be bought on Cyber Monday to maximize on savings, if any.) My final build looks something like this: Corsair Icue 465X RGB Mid-Tower ATX Case Threadripper 2920X *Bought (Thermal paste as well) GIGABYTE X399 Aorus PRO Motherboard *Bought Corsair H100i RGB Platinum AIO (Turns out I don't need that thermal paste) 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 3200MHz C16 RTX 2080 Super w/ Windforce fans by GIGABYTE Corsair Force Series Gen 4 PCIe MP600 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD (that's a mouthful) 960 M.3 Gen 3 PCIe M.2 from Corsair just like above. (you pay a lot extra for Gen 4 :/ ) Samsung 860 QVO 1TB SATA SSD Corsair 750 Watt 80+ Gold PSU Misc other stuff like a Commander Pro and a CyberPower UPS. My primary use case is Gaming, Streaming/Recording said gaming sessions, and editing the footage down into questionably watchable videos. (I will also be upgrading to a 1440p, 144hz monitor so keep that in mind) I have the multitasking bug so anything that lets me game, record games, watch YouTube, and be in discord at the same time because I run 3 monitors is always a plus. My concerns are these. 1.) If the PSU is 750W, does the UPS have to output that much? I would assume so, plus It should power a monitor as well as anything else I plug into it for surge protection and such. (probably a stupid question but I don't honestly know the answer.) 2.) Will the Threadripper run 3200 MHz RAM? I've seen it's allowed "base clock" speed is 2966 or something but I don't actually know what that means. Am I not going to get the full benefit of my memory if I continue with this or sill it support custom RAM speeds up to 3200? 3.) I know the Threadripper series are not "Gaming" CPU's, stuff like the normal Ryzen 3/5/7/9 run games much better. (probably due to their integrated graphics or something idk) But most of the benchmarks I've been watching were done with 1080 Ti's and my big $600 question is; Will buying a 2080 Super compensate for my lack of gaming prowess on the side of my CPU? 4.) A smaller thing but I've only been able to get osu! to run on my computer if I let it use integrated graphics. If I set it to use the GTX 960M then it straight up won't run. Since the Threadripper doesn't have integrated graphics is there a good chance osu! won't even be able to run on it? 5.) Is quad channel memory something I should be shooting for? I'm only getting 16 GB (2X8GB). Should I up that to 32 and get 4X8 or will that not really be beneficial for me? Should I just scrap the "whole thing," (CPU and MoBo), and just buy a Ryzen 7 3800X? (Same price (~350) and does better with games) Or is this a decent build for my use case, I just have to change some BIOS settings, (upgrade for Threadripper Gen 2 and RAM speed), and it should work as I expect it to? (144+ fps in most titles these days; CoD Modern Warfare, Apex Legends, Metro Exodus, League of Legends, CS:GO, and so on, top of the line video editing, multitasking galore, etc.) Minor disclaimer, yes, I know that RGB is more expensive, it's a personal choice. If I'm building my first PC it might as well look as pretty as I can afford. (at least I'm not buying a waterblocked GPU) Thank you for your time, Ben_R4mZ