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I7 4960X Thinking of Upgrade

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Hi all, I have my 6 core 4960 overclocked at 4.6(hyperthreading off),but was wondering if anyone could tell me if it's worth upgrading, and to what chip. I would like more cores,but don't want to spend more than the $1200 I paid for my present CPU.

Thanks in Advance!

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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Holy mackerel! Lol my chip is ranked 70th, ouch! I am at work,but will investigate further, looks like maybe the one.

Thanks!

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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Greg,is this the Mobo you have,and would you recommend it?

https://www.microcenter.com/product/512010/rog-maximus-xi-hero-wifi-lga-1151-atx-intel-motherboard

Thanks again.

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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Here are my benchmark scores,

UserBenchmarks: Game 108%, Desk 76%, Work 70%
CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X - 77.3%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 - 134.9%
SSD: Crucial M4 512GB - 68.8%
SSD: Crucial M4 512GB - 59.3%
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB - 102.4%
HDD: Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB - 40.9%
HDD: Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB - 44%
HDD: Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB - 45.6%
HDD: Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB - 62.8%
USB: WD Elements 1TB - 16.1%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 4x8GB - 124.6%
MBD: Asus X79-DELUXE

 

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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New results,

UserBenchmarks: Game 128%, Desk 158%, Work 149%
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K@ 5GHZ  - 127.2%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 - 126.5%
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB - 302.3%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB - 128.7%
RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB - 103.5%
MBD: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI)

 

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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