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TR4 vs AM4

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Ok this might have been discussed before but my current workstation/gaming system is crashing. Time for an upgrade, but which socket to go with? I do a lot of photo/video processing and I am currently in school (at 32 years old lol) going for a BS in computer science with a focus in graphic design. I also do a little gaming, so Which platform should I go with that would be the best of both worlds? I am also getting a gtx 1080 strix to replace my msi gtx 1060 so it won't bottleneck my new system. Will the extra cores be benificial or just overkill?

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6 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

What kind of video proccesing do you do? I think the am4 and the r7 2700x should be enough foir you, but if you also do 3d rendering then the 1950x could come into play.

I've played around with Adobe dimension and cinema 4 but like I said im currently in school and my major is in graphic design so I'm sure I would use a lot more of it in the coming year. If I went with am4 it would be the 2700x or the tr4 would be 1950x both running 32gb g.skill ram

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32 minutes ago, Tekred said:

I've played around with Adobe dimension and cinema 4 but like I said im currently in school and my major is in graphic design so I'm sure I would use a lot more of it in the coming year. If I went with am4 it would be the 2700x or the tr4 would be 1950x both running 32gb g.skill ram

If you have the money then the 1950x. 

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1 minute ago, Tekred said:

 

LOL I'll have no money after the 1950x

I prefer Ryzen 7 2700 non-X. Just from a financial standpoint, you shouldnt blow all your money at any time that's not an emergency

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I prefer Ryzen 7 2700 non-X. Just from a financial standpoint, you shouldnt blow all your money at any time that's not an emergency

I feel that once I start advancing in my classes then I'll appreciate the extra cores the tr4 has to offer. Shouldn't need to upgrade for a while 

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1 minute ago, Tekred said:

I feel that once I start advancing in my classes then I'll appreciate the extra cores the tr4 has to offer. Shouldn't need to upgrade for a while 

Yeah with a threadripper you can survive at least 5 years, but i already feel that the 8 cores of my 1700 are not enough.

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4 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

Yeah with a threadripper you can survive at least 5 years, but i already feel that the 8 cores of my 1700 are not enough.

I agree I have an older fx 8320 8 core chip OC'D to 4.4 for the last 7 years lol it felt like it was just behind the curve and finally all the years of extreme OC caught up to it. I will make a post in build logs once I get my hardware. Just swapping out hardware though 

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