Is it about time for me to move to the next "best thing"

[thedarkdad3]

Getting to the point where I am unsure if my CPU can sustain what I do daily. e.g. video editing/photo editing,gaming,running multiple vms 

 

i've been juggling the idea of getting rig of some parts and moving to a newer playtform.

 

 

 

*Display Acer 32inch 4K, 3840x2160 //4K/IPS/ G-Sync 
*Storage 1 OS/Samsung EVO 1TB m.2 
*Storage 2*=x1 SSD Corsair Force Series, 960GB
*Storage 3*=x2  Seagate 3TB IronWolf NAS SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 64MB
*GPU* x1= nVidia GTX 1080i Founders Edition 
*CPU*=Intel Core i7 5820k Overclocked @4.4ghZ/H320 X2 Prestige 
*MB*=MSI X99A GodLike Gaming Carbon LGA 2011-v3  
*RAM*=Crucial Ballistix\64GB\DDR4 2200mhz 
*PSU*=eVGa #850G BQ, 80+ GOLD 850W,Modular 
*CASE*= Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Chassis(WHITE) 
*NZXT Hue+ Lighting Kit*

[themctipers]

not worth, no.

the IHS isn't even soldered.

[thedarkdad3]

meh maybe ill just go to threadripper call it a day. 

[SquintyG33Rs]

3 minutes ago, thedarkdad3 said:

meh maybe ill just go to threadripper call it a day. 

i don't think you'll get more power out of it. more like a step down since the single core performance isn't there. unless you do some 3D rendering on your CPU

[thedarkdad3]

On 8/19/2017 at 7:01 PM, SquintyG33Rs said:

i don't think you'll get more power out of it. more like a step down since the single core performance isn't there. unless you do some 3D rendering on your CPU

 

 

Correct , yes. I do 3d rendering/vmware stuff/gaming/photography editing. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

On 8/20/2017 at 2:01 AM, SquintyG33Rs said:

i don't think you'll get more power out of it. more like a step down since the single core performance isn't there. unless you do some 3D rendering on your CPU

Compared to Haswell-E? I don't think the single-core performance is going to suffer much. The multi-threaded performance and VMs, on the other hand, would be night and day. And to the extent that he intends to game in that monitor at native resolution, he could even have way weaker CPUs and still be GPU-bound.

 

Threadripper would be a massive upgrade, but an uneven one, with barely any improvements in some dimensions. So the question is whether he really will benefit enough from the areas where the major gains are at to justify the substantial investment ($800-$1000 +motherboard) it would require.

 

OP, what I would recommend is that you consider thoroughly what exactly is not working as desired, if anything, and closely examine what is holding you back in those cases. There are rendering programs that take advantage of all possible cores in the universe, programs that use a few cores and the GPU, and programs that could benefit from a Quadro (and sometimes a FirePro) due to driver nerfing. Not worth spending money in something that is "kind of better, in unspecified ways", or you may end up disappointed - your computer is nowhere near bad enough to ensure that you will see an improvement no matter what.

[SquintyG33Rs]

5 hours ago, thedarkdad3 said:

 

 

Correct , yes. I do 3d rendering/vmware stuff/gaming/photography editing. 

yeah but i saw 2 days ago that even Cinema4D is getting a native GPU renderer in R19. so CPU is becoming less and less relevant unless you're aiming for pixel perfection (since GPU is closer to an approximation, edit: this is only true for consumer graphics)