1950x or 2950x?

[Syralys]

Same amount of cores different clock speeds that may be a 5-8% difference. My question is which would you go with for a video encoding and gaming build?

 

I've been doing some research and I have come to an idea that I may try a crack at these threadrippers just for my pc experience and learning. Since watching Linus and other youtubers use and make builds out of these CPUs that it made me wonder how much use could I get out of the higher core counts to get what I need out of them. 

[Firewrath9]

which ever one is cheaper. If they are within ~50$, then get the 2950X, else, get the cheaper one.

[Morgan MLGman]

What's the price difference? It's hard to say which one is a better pick without knowing that. Value-wise, the 1920X is excellent. It's cheaper than 9900K with 4 more cores under the hood, although it's worse for gaming obviously.

[Syralys]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

What's the price difference? It's hard to say which one is a better pick without knowing that. Value-wise, the 1920X is excellent. It's cheaper than 9900K with 4 more cores under the hood, although it's worse for gaming obviously.

1950x 579.99 

2950x 869.99

 

Both prices off of newegg.

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, Syralys said:

1950x 579.99 

2950x 869.99

 

Both prices off of newegg.

I asked because the prices vary from region to region. 1950X all the way in that case. Absolutely not worth even considering the 2950X at those prices.

[Firewrath9]

7 minutes ago, Syralys said:

1950x 579.99 

2950x 869.99

 

Both prices off of newegg.

you pay 300$ less, and the only thing you lose out on is...

100mhz (easily compensated by overclocking)

StoreMI (Abosolutely useless)

 

you can use that 300$ to upgrade from a low end X399 (i.e. Aorus Pro (279.99))

to something nice like X399 designare EX (385$)(love the looks!)

or the ASRock X399 professional gaming (has 10Gbe + 2x 1Gbe)(400$)

or get more ram (4x8(200$) --> 4x16/8x8(400$))

or get a stronger gpu

or more SSD

or a really nice watercooler (i.e. Enermax liqtech 360 TR4), then OC

etc.

[Syralys]

4 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I asked because the prices vary from region to region. 1950X all the way in that case. Absolutely not worth even considering the 2950X at those prices.

I will start a pc part picker build around the 1950x thank you both Morgan and Firewrath for your help.

[Firewrath9]

4 minutes ago, Syralys said:

I will start a pc part picker build around the 1950x thank you both Morgan and Firewrath for your help.

np.

you can always PM me if you need help, or if you want me to help you with your list.

[Stefan Payne]

8 hours ago, Syralys said:

Same amount of cores different clock speeds that may be a 5-8% difference. My question is which would you go with for a video encoding and gaming build?

Depends if you want to save money or have the performance.

For Performance the 2950.

8 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

which ever one is cheaper. If they are within ~50$, then get the 2950X, else, get the cheaper one.

Ähm, well, its like 290€ difference in Germany right now:

https://geizhals.de/amd-ryzen-threadripper-1950x-yd195xa8aewof-a1664849.html

https://geizhals.de/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2950x-yd295xa8afwof-a1867615.html

 

560€ for the 1950x

850€ for the 2950x