Worth Upgrading

[tjrose91]

currently have a 5960X and am considering selling the system to upgrade it to a 3700x setup

 i could easily get $500 or more for the setup by selling the Combo with

CPU 5960x

MB x99-ud3

4x4gb Ram @ 2133xmhz and was able to OC it to 2400x

Stock LGA 2011 Cooler

Current Cinibench Score is 4026 and reddits posts see it as a 4300ish and currently dont see a reason why to upgrade if its the same performance i mainly game @4k 60fps or 70 if my OC works and do light video editing and am keeping the 3000mhz ram kit and Vega 64 AIO Liquid Cooled Version until another flagship AMD Gpu comes out would there be any benefits to upgrading

[Senzelian]

Don't upgrade.

There is really no point, especially because 4th gen Ryzen comes out this year iirc. 

[dizmo]

Agreed, too close to 4th gen Ryzen.

[tjrose91]

I mean what would be the best GPU upgrade i assume with newer MB it has more than one usb 3.0 front panel ports and onboard wifi for around the $150 to 200 range but i also like the extra pcie lane for tv tuner card and other expansions id like to have

[Senzelian]

22 hours ago, tjrose91 said:

I mean what would be the best GPU upgrade i assume with newer MB it has more than one usb 3.0 front panel ports and onboard wifi for around the $150 to 200 range but i also like the extra pcie lane for tv tuner card and other expansions id like to have

You probably got enough PCI-e lanes available on the current platform that you're on.

The 5960X offers 40 PCI-e lanes. (I think that's 16x directly to the PCI-e slots and another 24x over the DMI interface and the chipset.)

 

GPU wise you probably shouldn't upgrade either if what you're running is running fine.

 

[tjrose91]

On 4/30/2020 at 5:05 PM, Senzelian said:

You probably got enough PCI-e lanes available on the current platform that you're on.

The 5960X offers 40 PCI-e lanes. (I think that's 16x directly to the PCI-e slots and another 24x over the DMI interface and the chipset.)

 

GPU wise you probably shouldn't upgrade either if what you're running is running fine.

 

Also feels like this chips is similar to the Core 2 Quad in legacy status as they both held up for so many years i just feel like FOMO on the new tech glad i can keep putting add in cards t

 

i have a 6 add in cards currently and still have full bandwidth for GPU

 

NVME to PCIE x4 adapter For OS on PCIe1 (4x) on PCIe3.0 

Vega 64 on PCIe2 Current Bus Settings PCI Express 3.0 x16

Wifi card (1x) on PCIe2.0

Tv Tuner (1x) on PCIe2.0

USB 3.0 card as the mb connector is broken (1x) on PCIe3.0

 

 

1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIE_1, PCIE_2)
   * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIE_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIE_1 and PCIE_2 slots.
   
2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIE_3, PCIE_4)
   * The PCIE_4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIE_1 slot. When the PCIE_4 slot is populated, the PCIE_1 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
   * When an 28 lane CPU is installed, the PCIE_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode and the PCIE_3 operates at up to x4 mode.
   (All PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
3. 
   
4. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
   (The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
   
5. 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for the wireless communication module (M2_WIFI)