Planning Threadripper 7000 Build - No Kill like Overkill

The 10 year workstation is currently a fools errand, you could do two five year WS in the same time span for pretty much the same amount of money, maybe less.

What do I mean by that, well, your core alone would be:

Part Model Price
CPU AMD Threadripper 7970X $2499
Motherboard Asus Pro WS TRX50-Sage $899
Memory 8x32 ECC RDIMM DDR5 6000MT@CL32 $1349
Total $4747

Compare this to a premium 7950X build with 192 GB RAM:

Part Model Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7950X $549
Motherboard ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator WiFi 6E $449
Memory 4x48 DIMM DDR5 6000MT@CL30 $699
Total $1697

I used Newegg pricing here for a quick rundown since PCPP is awful for anything non-gaming related :slight_smile: Anyway, paying $1.7k for five years now and another $1.7k five years down the road, or $6k+ now for a ten year system that will be about as powerful as the latest Core i3 in ten years…

There is a niche for threadripper for sure, but I would get a 7950X or 14900k system. Except, if I could wait a couple of months I would get the 9950X coming out this year…

Bonus, if you get the 7950X system now you can just slot in the 32 core Zen 6 CPU in 2027 and then a whole new system in 2029. Makes more sense money wise for me.

Sorry to be so negative here, I usually try to be atleast a little bit more positive about new tech, but right now… TR, unless you are going to really use the cores or PCIe Lanes, what’s the point? If you really need that Threadripper for what you are planning to do, though, then I’m not going to stand in the way. Just make sure your overkill doesn’t become roadkill too quickly… :slight_smile:

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