Question i7-3770S or 3950x with 1070?

[lakedude]

A friend is sending me a 1070. I have a 3770S system but he is threatening to send me a 3950x system. The 3950x obviously destroys the 3770 on multi threaded but which for gaming?

 

[VirtualLarry]

but he is threatening to send me a 3950x system

That's quite the threat, are you going to put up with that???




/s

 

[lakedude]

That's quite the threat, are you going to put up with that???

Well, yeah!

However...

I could have my mitts on the 1070 in a few days if he sent just the GPU but the whole 3950x rig is in some state of disrepair so that could take months.

 

[Thunder 57]

3950X. No contest.

 

[lakedude]

Side note, I sent him a VR and he did not "put up with that".

Didn't want anything to do with Facebook..

 

[igor_kavinski]

but the whole 3950x rig is in some state of disrepair so that could take months.

Elaborate, please.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Side note, I sent him a VR and he did not "put up with that".

Didn't want anything to do with Facebook..

There are ways to bypass Facebook I think.

 

[lakedude]

Elaborate, please.

Not sure, he had 5 of these rigs for distributed computing like BOINC. Then he lived in a camper with no room for 5 rigs so 3 when into storage and now none of those extra 3 are working correctly.

At one time I had 12 systems crunching on Folding at Home and BOINC, none as fancy as his though. They were mostly old rigs kept around after they became obsolete, so they were progressively older and older, plus some others made from spare parts after I realized I could use Linux for such boxes.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Then he lived in a camper with no room for 5 rigs so 3 when into storage and now none of those extra 3 are working correctly.

OMG, I can totally relate to that. I lost $300 on an HP desktop I bought used that was stored at a friend's acquaintance's home in a different city. The understanding was that the acquaintance would send the PC to my friend through someone going to his home country but never did due to various reasons including COVID-19 related flight disruptions. I received it back after a year and there were spider webs in it! Cleaned it up with a 3M vacuum and tried turning it on, but the fans just spun and no display came. It wasn't a total loss thank God though. The PC included the P106-100 mining card so now my friend is using that with a hacked driver to play Shadow of Tomb Raider with his new i5-12400.

I think something goes wrong with motherboard components due to humidity and dust when in storage. They don't seem to be making them that good these days.

 

[lakedude]

3950x on the way!