Help deciding for custom water cooling

[SLI_Ready]

 

So, here’s my dilemma. I know how to pick out parts and whatnot, but the issue I have is with water cooling. The build I want to do is a hardline build for around 2000 usd, with roughly 1000 usd on water cooling parts. I could go for a ryzen 5 so I can upgrade later, but then the water cooling wouldn’t be doing much. The other option I was thinking was getting a secondhand 7940x for roughly the same price (I was going to get a high end b550 board, so difference in mobo price is negligible) TLDR, do I go modern so I can upgrade later, or old for more performance now along with the ability to flex my cpu?

[brob]

Is the system just going to sit there looking pretty or will it be used for something? If the later, what use?

[Helpful Tech Witch]

I'd get a faster modern PC and not water cool. A ryzen 5 5600x will curb stomp a 7940x. Even userbenchmark has the 5600x curbstomping the 7940x. 

Which is an achievement, userbenchmark is the hugest Intel shill in the internet

[IkeaGnome]

The problem with the 7940x is the lower clock speeds. If you're pretty much only gaming you will never utilizer the higher thread and core count. 

If HEDT made sense it would be a no brainer is how I see this.

[SLI_Ready]

5 minutes ago, brob said:

Is the system just going to sit there looking pretty or will it be used for something? If the later, what use?

It’s a diy desk pc, mostly for gaming. I’m currently running a laptop with a 3550h, so just about anything is an upgrade. 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

5 minutes ago, SLI_Ready said:

It’s a diy desk pc, mostly for gaming. I’m currently running a laptop with a 3550h, so just about anything is an upgrade. 

I'd get the ryzen 5 over it. Even a 3600 is much better.