Ryzen 9 7950x vs Ryzen 7 5950x Worth the Upgrade?

Ryzen 9 7950x vs Ryzen 7 5950x is it worth the upgrade? I think if you have unlimited funds I would say yes The boost clock of 5.7 is great for single threaded programs. That is not to say the 5950X is not a beast and can still hold its on. . I will stick with my 5950X at least for another generation.

[terramidiad]

Small correction, the 5950x is also Ryzen 9, not Ryzen 7

[brianmiller]

5950X is still awesome CPU for the next few years. Gaining more speed and clocks of 7950X at the cost of huge increase in TDP and crazy heat..phhhh not worth it, totally not worth it.

[dentreveal]

Would you recommend upgrading from the 5950X to 7950X for significant Blender stimulation performance?

[tomwells]

Agree with people wanting the newest but have no real use for it. I encode files with HEVC non-stop. Which utilises close to 100% of the CPU power. Only other thing that would draw similar power from the CPU is graphics rendering. Gaming rarely takes up even 50% of CPU power on ultra settings. Encoding and rendering are the only two things for what you need one of these CPUs. Even multitasking other things while gaming, will still give you lots of headroom on these CPUs. Hyped Marketing and no research leads to many mistakes from consumers buying the wrong products for their needs

[BoraBorizona]

Upgrade should be every 2 years or even 3 👌 but at the end it's all depends of your needs

[VelvetAcidChrist-nh]

the screen on the new iphones vs the older ones is worth, old ones you couldnt see in the sun..

[starbuck]

I'm running a 5950x and a RTX 3090. So tempted to upgrade, but would be around 4 grand to upgrade to a 7950x and a RTX 4090. That reusing all my NVME drives, case and power supply. I originally built the system as a high end system so I wouldn't be tempted to upgrade every 2 it didn't work, lol!

[swiftdetecting]

which motherboard works best ? it be for photo and video editing and gaming
and maybe animation as well

Also if u have 3080ti and a 3070ti what would u use them for as u cant link them together which is anoying

So working out what to build

as i dont think. can sell ethier card for what paid for 3070ti £850 when brought it

do u know any good travel game cases one would fit in as may build portable work station pc