inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoWhy Gamers DON’T Need More Cores, 6-Cores Still Works Well! - Hardware Unboxedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down13
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minus-squareRejZoR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago8 cores 16 threads is currently a sweetspot if you’re a gamer but also do some compute here and there.
minus-squareLucy :3@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAnd a 9 9950X is the sweetspot if you kinda want to try delidding and direct-die cooling with a custom loop, but want to actually gain any benefit from it.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI just run the 9950X3D with the Noctua gen 2 fat fan on top of it. 🫠 YOLO
8 cores 16 threads is currently a sweetspot if you’re a gamer but also do some compute here and there.
And a 9 9950X is the sweetspot if you kinda want to try delidding and direct-die cooling with a custom loop, but want to actually gain any benefit from it.
I just run the 9950X3D with the Noctua gen 2 fat fan on top of it. 🫠 YOLO