1920X vs i9 7900X - Not such an obvious choice after all?

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Hello everyone.

I'm building a new system and trying to get the most out of my buck.
I've inspected pretty much every CPU available, but given that I go very High-end components/budget, the Threadripper 1920x versus the i9-7900X isn't such an obvious choice to me as I keep on reading. The Ryzen 1700 with a max overclock is also on my list, but given that I'll be using this PC for the next 4 years without upgrading, I'd like to be as future-proof as possible.

I'm from Belgium and here is in short the pricing:
1920x + X399 mobo= 799+358.95€ = 1157,95

i9-7900X + X299 mobo= 925.95+210€= 1135.95€

I'm doing a lot of rendering work and some gaming on the side on this system.
For me it's not such an obvious choice because price is really close, even with a nod to intel.
All intel CPU's seems to be better for gaming and the rendring time difference won't be big between the two...

Don't know what to do, any ideas?
I'm planning on using this with a 1080Ti and 32GB ram, gaming on a 32" 1440P monitor.


 
In terms of CPU i would leave the Ryzen 1700 out of this as a max overclock although very easily possible to get it stable enough to just run, choosing the 1920x or i9 will definitely give you more peace of mind in terms of reliability + alot less to worry about in terms of making sure that the cpu isn't overheaing - regular services once a year changing thermal compound/cleaning fans/cleaning rad (if water cooled)

Gaming won't be a turning point of choice as there both going to eat any game on max 1440p paired with a 1080ti for breakfast in the next coming years without fail.

Rendering is were the choice should be made, if this machine is going to rendering ALOT then i would steer towards the Ryzen just from the performance that has been shown when rendering compared to the 7900x specifically.

But as a personal opinion i would leave the 1700 out of it and depending on how much rendering you do on this machine should determine whether you want to choose between the AMD or Intel, the difference is so small that you probably won't even notice the difference in your choice which will then lead whether you prefer AMD over Intel

Jason
 
Hey Jay, thanks for your detailed advice.

And thanks for steering me away from the ryzen 1700...it was on my list because of the bang/buck ratio, but having to overclock a cpu when using it professionally did already made some alarms sound in my head ;-)
So the 1920x vs 7900....is still a tough one. I'm rendering on a weekly basis, but now with a 6700K quad core, so a 10 or 12 core is going to be a massive upgrade on that part.
I'm still leaning towards intel though, as I have always had Intel...choices choices...
 
No Problem,
Honestly between the 2 rendering speeds are very close and also depends if your just rendering videos or actually rendering 3d projects etc.

I'm currently using just an i5-7600k and the rendering speeds for basic video edits with effects aren't all that bad but that's all i need it to do. The step to an i9 is going to make a huge difference to your current 6700k Quad Core.

I'm also a massive Intel fan and have only provided AMD/Ryzen CPU's for personally built computers that have requested that it's AMD and not Intel but again I haven't come into any major issues when installing AMD CPU's other than the pure heat that they produce like the older fx9590 so always paired it with atleast a 120mm AIO water cooler to be safe when under load.

Hope this guides you towards the answer you need but either way both processors are going to be a huge upgrade to your current CPU.

Jason
 


The moment you said rendering the ryzen jumped out to the front. It will according to benchmarks be a bit faster and well worth the small price difference here.
 
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