R9 3900X offers a significant improvement over the 5960X.
R9 3900X offers a significant improvement over the 5960X.
Yeah, it's pretty crazy how long they've lasted. The 1680 v2 on X79 also performs similarly (Ivy Bridge E and clocks a bit higher on average), the Sandy Bridge E hexacores are insane too. X58 has finally fallen behind, but it had a damn good run. X79 and X99 still compete with stuff 4-5 years newer which is pretty nuts. Though they do have a harder time fighting Zen 2. Shame on the BSODs though, must've lost the silicon lottery pretty badly with that one. Though tbf I don't know the average OCs for 5960Xs that aren't j-bins, the j lads are the ones I looked into the most lol.
I had the same thought too. My 5960x is running at stable 4.5Ghz, 1.168V on an Asus X99 Deluxe board. BeQuiet! Dark Base 700 with two Noctua NF P14s Redux 140mm fans as intake. Under full load it reaches around 81°C, but I usually take off the front cover to keep it near 72°C when working with C4D. I’m aware it can hit up to 5GHz with a good cooler, but I’m using DeepCool Captain 240mm atm. This chip has been in my system for over four years and still performs well—Cinebench R20 scores 3960. Selling this setup and switching to an AMD configuration seems like a smart choice, which is why I was looking into what others think. It looks like you might need around 3000 euros for a better AMD build that lasts no more than three years. Are you correct in thinking this way?
That's impressive! Are you really maximizing performance with such high voltage settings?