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General Category => General CG Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: bilko123 on 2020-02-19, 14:02:11

Title: Upgrading but worth it?
Post by: bilko123 on 2020-02-19, 14:02:11

Hi all,

Looking at getting a new PC built for our office, have had this one for a while now but it's still decent. I get 55 seconds on the Corona benchmark, if that's a good way of measuring?

While shopping around I was hoping to see a significant reduction on the benchmark times but all of the CPUs I see don't really get that time down much to be worth it.

I saw a benchmark of threadripper x 4 (When it says x4 in the benchmark results I assume that means there are 4 CPU's on the motherboard, or am I being dense?), a set up that would cost at least 4 times the price of my single i9-7960x. I'm not sure it's worth it at all, unless I'm missing something?

Also, I'm thinking I may use scan.co.uk to build but if anyone has any better recommendations i'd be really thankful.

Title: Re: Upgrading but worth it?
Post by: bilko123 on 2020-02-19, 14:05:05

Sorry, forgot my current specs:

Asus PRIME X299-A Motherboard
Intel Core i9 7960X s2066
AQUA 71160 Temp Senso int/ext
Fractal Design Celsius S24 HSF
2x16GB Cors Veng LPX DDR4 3000
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC Black
Corsair RM850X PSU
1TB Samsung 960 Evo M.2 NVMe
4TB WD WD4004FZWX Black HDD
Asus DRW-24D5MT x24 DVDRW MDIS