I'm considering upgrading from a 9700X to a used 7950X, which is about $150 more. I primarily use my PC for AutoCAD (which relies on single-thread performance), Abaqus (which benefits from multi-threading), and gaming. Would this upgrade be worth it?
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Definitely! If you're doing multi-threaded work with Abaqus, the 7950X will give you a significant boost compared to the 9700X, especially if your workload takes advantage of more cores.
What’s the price for the used 7950X you're looking at? I heard they're going for around $450 lately.
Yeah, I found one for about $450.