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EastCoastTony
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March 25, 2023
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Which is the Best CPU from this List for the ASUS P9X79-PRO LGA 2011 Motherboard?

  • March 25, 2023
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Hello folks, I've been stretching my old build for years. Would like to buy one or 2 more by upgrading the CPU. I am currently running the Intel Core i7-4930k and have noticed that finally, most of the old "hot" 2011 CPU's are now affordable. From this list on the ASUS site, could anyone tell me which one would give me the most notable difference. Mainly I use Premiere Pro and Lightroom, but also daytrade on the same PC (taxing with 4 screens spitting data at me).

ASUS list: https://www.asus.com/supportonly/p9x79_pro/helpdesk_cpu/

I'm guessing it is the Core i7-4960X for a small bump in performance, since all the others are designed for servers. Just not so sure I am correct. Thanks for any recommendations, it is appreciated!

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    Ronzai
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    December 14, 2024

    Hello. I'm curious if you made a CPU upgrade - and if so, would you provide details? One thing I didn't see from you posts (I may have missed them) is which BIOS you were running - as that impacts which CPU would run (If I read all the info I've seen correctly).  Thank you!

     

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      EastCoastTonyAuthor
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      December 15, 2024

      Current setup. Really looking to just upgrade everything at this point due to the incompatibility of the new adobe updates. May install linux on this system. With that it would be blazing fast and I can use it just to hold backup drives/files. A shame adobe won't run on linux. Just upgraded an old laptop, and it went from stuck in the mud with microsoft to smooth and useful again.

       

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      RjL190365
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      March 26, 2023

      My recommendation is this:

       

      Save your pennies. Any performance increase from that i7-4960X is not worth even the low price that used ones currently go for. (Hint: It is well below that of a brand-new budget CPU and platform equipped with a decent discrete GPU.) In Premiere Pro, the 4960X performs virtually equal to the 4930K.

       

      Besides, newer versions of Premiere Pro are now beginning to flag older hardware as "unsupported." And in an upcoming release, if any major hardware component (CPU and GPU) is too old or otherwise fails to meet minimum system requirements, Premiere Pro will not even start at all, but instead will return an error message, and then clicking continue will just return you to the Windows desktop.

       

      And you cannot officially install Windows 11 at all on that PC. Windows 10 now has only two-and-a-half years remaining in total support (including security fixes) - and one it goes EOSL in October 2025, there will be no more fixes of any kind whatsoever for that OS.

       

      Any upgrades to that now-11-year-old PC is now a colossal waste of money, IMHO. As in, the upgrade will barely last you one day longer than sticking with your current CPU - not worth paying even one cent for.

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      EastCoastTonyAuthor
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      March 26, 2023

      Thanks. Yeah, I absolutely get that. I'm just not the type to move onto the next one until I need to. Also, once I build a new editing PC in the future, this one - old system and all, may be repurposed to a full time day trading computer running the TDA thinkorswim platform.

      So I just spent a whopping $83 maxing out the RAM to 64GB from 32 and as I read more I'm finding that I can use a Xeon server processor. So with that, it seems that both the E5-2697 v2 (12 core) and the E5-2667 v2 (8 core higher clock) are candidates at $50 and $30 respectively. So cost is really not a factor in "upgrading" my poor old beast.

      So in your opinion, would either of those 2 give me a noticeable difference, and if so would one be better than the other? I promise that by 2025 I will also have built a new system 😉 --- thanks for your time!

      Peru Bob
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      Peru BobCommunity Expert
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      March 26, 2023
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       once I build a new editing PC in the future, this one - old system and all, may be repurposed to a full time day trading computer running the TDA thinkorswim platform.


      By @EastCoastTony

       

      When Windows 10 becomes EOSL and loses support, it may not be secure enough to be running that software.

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