Is Threadripper Worth It? - Productivity & Gaming Tested!

16 Cores. 32 Threads. $1000. Can Threadripper really be worth the investment - and trump Intel? Join PC Centric for the full review!
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[xXSilentAgentXx]

Just for gaming: Heck no!
For video editing - content creator & rendering videos faster etc. and sometime for gaming: Yes.

[scruff_]

Would be great for multi multi multi tasking

[DanielLiljeberg]

I'm looking at buying a 1950X to replace my i7 4790K. The single threaded performance is on par with what I have but the extra cores should see greater utilization moving forward from software developers. I also tend to have IDE's, VM's etc running when people ask me to play a round of CS or PUBG with them and not having to shut all of that down first is a huge upside for me. The huge amount of PCIe lanes is another and I plan to stack my new rig with fast PCIe based m.2 SSD's.

Sure, I have hunted the maximum framerates in CS etc before and under normal circumstances, I would probably have been getting a 7700K and a 1080 or a 1080Ti. But the truth is that the 1950X delivers playable framerates. 120 instead of 140 in some game is not something I would actually cry about if I don't stare at the fps meter. And I think we are at cross roads where a high core chip will be relevant for far longer than the 7700K for instance.

Modern features for running asynchrony code in C++ and other languages would make it much easier for developers to use.. Even games will probably start utilizing more cores better in the future and that would only bring performance numbers up for these kind of CPU's instead of down like for the 7700K.

[rysecnewton]

Ryzen 1700x here. Moved from a 2600k, couldn't be happier with it, especially for the price. At the time it's competitor was £1000.

[deathrager]

alot of games already make good use of 6-8 cores, so the 12 cores on this thing already comes in handy, future games will make use of even more so

[dropshot]

In a video that jaystwocents did on the new intel 16 and 18 core chips, he saw that in a number of aplications not all cores above 10 are utilized. May that is something that also aplies to threadripper in some aplications and that would be an explanation for the less than expected performance increase over the R7 1700.

[michalsavatar]

I do 3d rendering and purchased a new machine lately with the top of the line threadripper. Despite my machine rendering images really fast now which is great, I was some what surprised regarding multitasking. I really thought that the top of the line threadripper would be much better for this. I thought that I could do Photoshop work while I'm rendering an image in my 3d software but slows down Photoshop so much that it's practically unusable. When my 3d software is rendering, it's utilising like 99% of my cpu. Is that the problem? Can I twerk the threadripper settings to help with multitasking? I thought threadripper was supposed to be a beast when it comes to multitasking.

[DISLEX]

I use it for gaming because of not just the games, but all the streaming and chat software and whatnot that I run while streaming.

[PCSheepy]

Great video. Love the clarity and the motorway analogy is brilliant. Explains it perfectly.
Nice review as always👍

[justdubuc]

Funny I wanted to get this but when I was building my pc it wasn't out so I settled for the ryzen 1700 and I couldn't be happier

[phantomphreak]

Great content as always! Keep up the good work mate :)

[CrossplatformGamerMasterRace]

isn't Resolve made for a specific video editing cards not CPUs... also the main point of AMD CPUs is for multi-task.

[TheSocialGamer]

wow i never saw your channel ever come up on my searches until i started looking for information on the Threadripper. subbed..! easy on the eyes .. 😜👌

[opsxp]

I've been looking into a threadripper build myself, but when are we going to see that Razer LanceHead review! Was wondering how it compares to my current wireless Mamba chroma.

[deefin]

i noticed that he failed to mention the i7 8700k it actually out preforms a thread-ripper for gaming and running back round apps especially overclocked

[JacobWhitton]

I’m getting a MSI X399 SLI PLUS Threadripper board for 4K video and maybe streaming for the future. I think it’s worth the upgrade just my thoughts.

[rossmpostpro]

Interesting to see you use Resolve for your entire workflow, although why work in ProRes? Seems an odd round trip as you seem to be a PC user. Why not work in cineform or another intra codec? I'd be very interested to see performance in Avid Media Composer, as a pro editor in the UK. Love the videos, great presentation.

[AYO_GAMING_CHANNEL]

What mic are u using to shoot this video ? It sounds great

[maxhughes]

The interest I have for a 1900x the is number of lanes. PCIe x16x8x16x8 and M.2 sockets. The Ryzen B350 uses every lane with one X16 and a Gen2 x4, M.2 only one Gen3x4. The x370 gives you more sockets but not more lanes. Asus TUF B350m/ R5 1600x $270.00. Asus Zenith Extreme/ Threadripper 1900x $930.00.

[hadifelani]

i'm more interested in your desk :D
could you list it, and if you would, including the prices?