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Is this a worthwhile upgrade? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by seathru@lemmy.sdf.org to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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Sorry if this is a dumb question. My current gaming setup is a Intel I7-4790k, 32Gb ram and a RTX 2080 Super. I came across a AMD Threadripper 1920x, mobo, 64Gb ram for free basically.

Is that worth the time/effort to swap over? It seems to me it would be, but when I search around for info I get conflicting opinions. So any input/insight is appreciated.

Edit: Thank y'all very much! I think I was overthinking single threaded performance.

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[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't know much about the threadripper, but lol according to these benchmarks, yes, yes its worthwhile to upgrade, especially if you got it for free.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-4790K+%40+4.00GHz

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+Threadripper+1920X

Tldr: 8,000 vs 23,000 multithreaded benchmark score on cpumark