The Ultimate CPU (of 2011) | i7 3960X

i use its bigger brother the 4960x and have a chinese motherboard, bc the previous one died. But I must say in combination with the gtx 1080 it is still fast enough to keep up. Btw I dont use a oc.

I really like the music you use. What's its name?

Run battlefield 5 in dx11 it sucks in dx12 stuttering and shiz

Make videos on AliExpress parts. They are interesting and sure will get lot of views

Hello, Did you use Directx 12 in BFV? Because that is bugged on old CPUS, Switch to DX11 for stable fps.

HEDT platforms where so much fun, used to have a 3930k+sabertooth x79 run it 4.8ghz 24/7 for about 4-5 years paired with some fun stuff aka 7970 or when i got crazy and buyed a 7990, sadly when i got a 2070 super, it really started to show its age and i upgraded to a 3700x and it was night and day difference, even more when i compare to the 5900x that i have now, but the fun part of overclocking and trying to get 1 more point in cinebench is really gone

Whenever you test BFV don't use DX12 since it causes weird hitches and stutters some reason.

How many cores would you say the FX8320 has. 2? 3? Certainly not 8. 😂

I love these older i7s, they are awesome and would love to have one like this, paired with a GTX Titan which is another thing I like for no reason.
My Elitebook has an i7 2820QM but it's literally impossible to bring out its potential as it hits 100°C before that lmao

The only reason i have not looked into these kinds of older platforms for fun is cause the i3 12100 is such an anomoly its 6 core good but has 4 cores and this is why im waiting till the new i3 appears and is benched as it will be better or just drive down the price for the current i3 which benefits any gamers out there.

its waste of money now when you can get much faster new cpus for similar price as this used and mobo too

I bought an i9 9900k to stay with the LGA 1151 socket (have working parts that are compatible) and your videos like this. Rock on!

Factorio offers a great example of a very cpu cache and memory throughput bound situation for benchmarking.

Cores don't matter, and you don't need high end CPUs to game. Some games need specific caches due to their physics, but you get carried away, and you're going to bottle neck to your gpu.

I7 5820k please

It’s a fun platform to tinker with, but it’s sadly showing it’s age. Especially without AVX2. Long live X79

Back then owning a I7 3960x was a pipe dream!
Owned a Bulldozer FX 8150 4.4Ghz was okay chip, intel won that era though, i couldn't afford intel back then, upgraded to the 3950x @ 4.1Ghz 2019 > 5950x @ 4.6Ghz 2022 will be waiting till AM5 gets cheaper and more efficient before upgrading.

laughs in 10 core i9 10850k

Good video, but the loud metal music was a bit jarring

Good shit bro. Enjoying you channel.

I got an i7 6900k, from a company that was going out of business, and I got it out of a work station in 2020. Took a bit but I got a refurbished msi x99a gaming pro carbon motherboard. With some tweaks in the bios I'm not sure if it's just msi so don't quote me here. You can change the all core max speed and max turbo core boost on all the cores. So mine is running at 3.2 with boosting up to 3.8 and single core turboboost on each core is now 4.55ghz stable. Plus didn't have to go crazy on water cooling just a scythe mugan 5 Just replaced the fan on the heatsink and back of the case with 2 Akasa 120 Piranha.

I had a x5650 CPU with Mainboard and 12gb RAM around and build an entrylevel gaming PC with that. I was kinda surprised how well it runs some modern games, then again it's a 1000€ CPU from 2010 or so

You might want to look at them too :)

Everyone: 3000x CPU...

Me: Pentium 4 to E8600... XD

I bought a used 3960X back in 2015 after I did all the calculations and figured out that overclocked it would perform just like a 6700K still my main system today and I saved a lot of money and the extra threads and cores really help with productivity even more than what an aging 6700K can do

The old man holds the seed well!;-)

1080p tests should be more valid, include that benchmarks in future video! ;-)

We are getting a new LGA2011 extream series, in LGA4677x in Janurary!

still happy with my i3 12100 tho and can go toe to toe with ryzen 5 3600 on games

I wonder if anyone upgraded from the 3960X to the 3960X? 🤔

That Battlefield V stuttering looks like my experience with battlefield 1. I had a 4670k at the time, and it stuttered a ton, but I happened to get my hands on a 4790k at that time, which completely fixed the stuttering. Really beats my cyberpunk experience with the same 4790k though.

The general conclusion as almost always in these kinds of tests apply to this one as well - still great if you already have the system, but not really anything to get today since it's only a matter of time before it will be considered obsolete and with no viable upgrade path that doesn't include upgrading the entire system.

Im still usiny an i7 3770k, which while isnt the same class, it still holds up great.

Yep that the silicone lottery for you ...only 4.5 GHz ... Got the same chip years a go until the Mother board dyed... overclockt to a civil 5.0 GHz at 5.1 GHz not all games where stabil ...

My haswell i5 chip is still running amazing. It wasn't binned but I got lucky as heck. 2010-2015 was excellent for Intel. About to upgrade to 13th gen, z790, DDR4. gonna be a nice jump with the new instruction sets available.

Thanks for video, nice 👍 content 🤩

2 of my dimm slots blew out of the 8, no idea how or why, everything has been on default with 3930K

how does an i5 6500 play games in todays AAA games?
Wondering if my old quad core still would like a round of an RX480 :D

I'm currently running a 3960X on a Asus Ramage 4 extreme motherboard and I'm interested in overclocking it to help play newer games such as Elden ring. Is there any good guides that show how to safely do this? What do I need to watch out for? I've seen some but they tell you just put in these numbers. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

I'm still using a Z80 that I bought in 1981. I just keep increasing the clock speed as needed to keep up with the modern games. It was originally clocked at 4 MHz, but I've managed to get it up to 4.6 GHz by increasing the voltage and using a bigger heat sink.

I've been watching for a while and I love these videos and I also wonder: is the "benchmark music" you use from dance with the dead?

intel core i7 3960X processor, motherboard msi x79 big bang xpower2 I'm going to buy such a computer for me they will find unused if they don't find it they will produce it

Man I remember wanting a 6 Core i7 soooo bad! I had one on my wishlist and just before I got my Ryzen 9 3900X I saw the 3960X on the old amazon list! Of course the 3900X ended up being more than I could ever ask for.

actually this part came out in 2013 i think, x99 wasn't a thing until 2014

whats the name of the song i know the place but i cant find it

6 cores have been the standard for years now, i5 8400, 2017 steam hardware surveys

I’ve had my i7 3970x since 2011 and ran it with a GTX 970 until a year ago. Changed to an RTX 3080 at 4K and my games would stutter for the first 2mins of every match. Just ordered a 13900k cuz I felt it was finally time to upgrade.

I'm just always baffled/amazed by how you get kills in multiplayer games like fortnite and valorant without fully aiming and just using the crosshairs.

It says 130 watt tdp but the concept of tdp is a bit flawed. It's got a larger surface area on the heat spreader than alot of CPU's so if your cooler can take advantage of this extra bit of contact, then it's a bit easier to cool than 130watts on a smaller die size.

120W ☠️