AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x with X399 AORUS Gaming 7 VS Ryzen 9 3950x

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Good Day Everyone,

 

I just want to get some additional input from this forum regarding my upcoming upgrade from my i7-7700k. I'm planning to switch to team RED since it offers value and performance and i am looking on this two options below:

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x with X399 AORUS Gaming 7 for $550 (Second Hand)
AMD Ryzen 9 3950x will be pairing with AORUS mobo but i haven't decided yet (Brand New)

I've done a little bit of research and the noticeable difference between this two is 1950x only uses PCIE Gen 3 unlike 3950x uses PCIE Gen 4. The purpose of this upgrade would be for a streaming, editing and gaming machine. 

Looking forward for your feedback as always! Thank you in advance.

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definitely go with the 3950X. i have a 1950X and it is now starting to show it's age.

the 3950X clocks higher, is more efficient and is generally just the better choice here.

 

the only reason you should ever go Threadripper iis if you really need all the PCIe lanes, which you don't for a streaming/gaming machine.

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1 minute ago, RollinLower said:

definitely go with the 3950X. i have a 1950X and it is now startinng to show it's age.

the 3950X clocks higher, is more efficient and is generally just the bbetter choice here.

 

the only reason you should ever go Threadripper iis if you really need all the PCIe lanes, which you don't for a streaming/gaming machine.

This does make sense. But i guess those PCIE lanes would come in handy if i added more storage for my edited videos?

 

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3 minutes ago, startmenu said:

This does make sense. But i guess those PCIE lanes would come in handy if i added more storage for my edited videos?

 

that depends how much money you want to throw at this. 

normally, mass storage for archived footage is handled by some HDD's, while you have some smaller NVMe drives for current projects.

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2 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

that depends how much money you want to throw at this. 

normally, mass storage for archived footage is handled by some HDD's, while you have some smaller NVMe drives for current projects.

  

This should be the answer I've been looking for. Thanks for your input man! 

[jaslion]

Well the 1950x is if you do any gaming far worse than a 7700k. It's made in a different way compared to regular ryzen and really suffers with gaming. It's nice for editing sure but windows to this day still struggles with threadripper 1000 and 2000 due to the way it's made. Threadripper 3000 fixed the issues and now performs much better compared to the later ones in windows (in linux the performance jump is far more gradual and as you would expect due to it actually understanding what to do).

 

So for sure go for a 3950x or 3900x if you need it now now. For streaming and editing a 3900x would be plenty. If you can wait till november 5 get the new 5900x will be better in gaming. But of course wait for benchmarks.

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Threadripper first generation is obsolete, Regular Zen 2 beats it, even with fewer cores.

Threadripper second generation is OK, but only if you need the extra cores and PCI-E lanes.

 

In about 20 days the Ryzen 5000 series (zen 3) will be released. From 15 to 20% increase in performance per core compared to Ryzen 3000 (zen 2).

Supposedly, Ryzen 5000 will beat Intel in nearly everything.

 

I'd recommend the Ryzen 7 5800X or the Ryzen 9 5900X.

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On 10/14/2020 at 5:12 PM, jaslion said:

Well the 1950x is if you do any gaming far worse than a 7700k. It's made in a different way compared to regular ryzen and really suffers with gaming. It's nice for editing sure but windows to this day still struggles with threadripper 1000 and 2000 due to the way it's made. Threadripper 3000 fixed the issues and now performs much better compared to the later ones in windows (in linux the performance jump is far more gradual and as you would expect due to it actually understanding what to do).

 

So for sure go for a 3950x or 3900x if you need it now now. For streaming and editing a 3900x would be plenty. If you can wait till november 5 get the new 5900x will be better in gaming. But of course wait for benchmarks.

Thanks for dropping by and giving your feedback! I will go with your recommendations!

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On 10/14/2020 at 6:00 PM, 191x7 said:

Threadripper first generation is obsolete, Regular Zen 2 beats it, even with fewer cores.

Threadripper second generation is OK, but only if you need the extra cores and PCI-E lanes.

 

In about 20 days the Ryzen 5000 series (zen 3) will be released. From 15 to 20% increase in performance per core compared to Ryzen 3000 (zen 2).

Supposedly, Ryzen 5000 will beat Intel in nearly everything.

 

I'd recommend the Ryzen 7 5800X or the Ryzen 9 5900X.

Thanks for dropping by and giving your feedback! I will go with your recommendations!