LGR - Threadripper 3970X PC Build

I know nothing about computers. And what I have absorbed is just from watching your videos. I literally had no idea what you were talking about in this video, but I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Sweet jesus, how tiny those SSDs are is honestly a little terrifying! Still fascinating, though!

Valora Inverse

Haha, nice! I love the whole refrigerator case design trend, makes them look super sleek.

LGR

Worthwhile if you need a real workhorse! Editing is so much smoother now it's absurd.

LGR

No worries, I'm glad you're feeling better 👍

LGR

Hey Clint, I just wanted to apologize for my immaturity that day. I had to get an injection today from VONS ordered by my psychiatrist, so I feel a whole lot better! Look forward to more of your videos, man!

Joe Arax

An excellent video. I'm still trying to justify a Threadripper build to myself...... heheheh

I love that you call it the mini-fridge monolith, because I named my computer built in an Antec P180 "Refrigerator" and its successor, built in an Antec P280 is called "FRIDGE-II"

Peter Metzger

xD ... it can probably run Crysis as screensaver

But, can it run crysis?

Wow. Truly impressive workhorse computer!

naota3k

Yeeeaah... And those were some of the less costly parts. I try not to dwell on the final price of all this, heh. Even if it's a business expense and fits in the LGR budget, it's still the most I've spent on a PC in my lifetime!

LGR

That is an absolutely insane build. 128MB of cache?! And what is that, a thousand dollars of new SSDs? So jealous

Brian Gordon

I cannot WAIT for the new MSFS. Will definitely be trying it on here!

LGR

Please try the new Flight Simulator on this when it comes out.

Ryan Yoder

Nah, I don't have any affiliation with Amazon. But I'll have a listing of parts posted once the video goes public.

LGR

Great video. Are there Amazon links for the components?

Brian Lawson

Oh I have no doubt it'll be worth a far future video. "Can you believe it only has 32 cores?!"

LGR

Geeze, I've seen that Threadripper, but never thought anyone would actually buy... It's the Neiman Marcus Gold Plated Rolls Royce of computer hardware. Do you think in 30 years Clint III will make a video... "can you believe how much this cost in 2020?"

Dinty's Hideaway

I think he was hiding the satanic pentagram that he was drawing on the CPU, I hear that gives you an extra 100MHz

Google and Adobe cloud services. With another set of drives stored over where I have my collection.

LGR

They're already pledged to another purpose :)

LGR

Additionally, VERY SMART idea not to show your thermal paste application - the internet will argue about this no matter what, and you've mitigated that elegantly. :)

Hey Clint! Any chance you're willing to sell any of your old hardware from the previous rig? I'm extremely interested :)

How skillfully he hid the TIM installation to keep the cries of "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG" down

I’m interested in your Synology and backup setup. Is there a cloud service you are using for offsite?

Nice build and great video! Want to sell some of your old components? :-)

Brandon Thomas

How much did it cost, adjusted for inflation?

Asaf Sagi

https://i.imgur.com/CNoU0Ll.gif

LGR

Love the build, Clint! I wish I could justify that kind of build for myself!

John Bailey

I was really hoping that when you mentioned editing this video on the very machine itself that somehow the camera would pan out from the screen to show you speaking into a mic watching the video itself .... I dunno why, blame Spaceballs.

JennaKay

I would wait 12-18 months after DDR5 hits the high-end desktop platforms to dive into it. Give the manufacturers (RAM, CPU, and motherboards) a chance to tune for DDR5 a bit first and get past the early adopters pain points. It'll make your new system that much better for it.

John Bailey

I don't know what editor they use, I've heard of that being an issue in other programs but it's never been a problem for me in Premiere. The only thing I've had run out is system memory on really big projects. 64GB just wasn't enough for a couple of those!

LGR

All the parts were bought through Newegg. I explained exactly what each of the three drives is used for in the video :)

LGR

Indeed, the near total lack of 5.25" drive bays is strange these days. Understandable too, but still strange to see!

LGR

You have to install their bloatware in Windows to control it. I'd rather go completely without, it's much cleaner that way!

LGR

My previous few builds were in older Antec cases! Case design has really evolved for the better.

LGR

Safe to assume that I didn't buy a $2,000 processor to save a couple bucks on power ;)

LGR

Congrats!!! Definitely puts my new build to shame - but I am not editing videos either. You have put a bee in my bonnet to consider letting my Antec SX 1080 case from 2000 retire. With this build I have now, it's the fourth build I've used this case for.

Jason Wellband

cool i have a i9 7980 xe welcome to the high core count club

Ooo...big whoop :p

Joe Arax

Threadripper 3970X uses 280W TDP?! That's 3x what your last processor used (91W for 6700K). Is it worth the power bill? /s Edit: Yes, I know how CPUs work and that they don't stay at 100% utilization. Simply impressed by the sheer amount of electrons this CPU can cycle through it at a time.

ZTK

That was just a pleasing video, the color of the board, fan, case. Everything just looked nice... 🤩

Because Why-Nerd

I felt the same when i upgraded my ancient i7 3370 and 1060 GPU to the 2700x and 2060 Super. The part with Duke Nukem 3D part was hilarious.

TempleTurkey

*spots mini-nuke on shelf next to gaming PC* *plots trip to steal it* Jokes aside, thanks for making this! It's a great one to showcase why Threadripper isn't for everything and why more CPU cores isn't the answer for "How do I make games run better?"

Carey Brown

That is some tech porn right there. Congratulations on your new build!

Alyxx the Rat

Great video and glad to know your workflow will be greatly streamlined. I went from a 4790K to a 3950X and the performance jump was so drastic I couldn't believe it!

I'm a NOC engineer/homelab enthusiast and I am absolutely salivating at your setup because it would make for an incredible server hahaha.

DFawlt Uzr

I like how you hid your thermal paste application, so no one can tell you did it "wrong." :-P

Eric Siegel

Always enjoyed these 'build' videos, they can make for some pretty chill lunch break entertainment, heh. As for the RGB settings on the motherboard, pretty sure you can disable that through the BIOS. I on the other hand actually prefer RGB lighting so long as it's not too excessive.

I've also been using a fractal design case for years and still love it! I don't need as much space as you so I'm using the Fractal Design Define R5 and it's been great. I chose it because it's one of the fewer new cases these days that still has an optical drive bay! As if there are people who still use optical drives! There are and I am one of them! :P

Terry Lee

Totally rad man! I bet those parts cost a samll fortune, but hey, doing all that rendering it is absolutley warranted, and for you, well deserved. I do not have the patience for that, I have been making youtube videos with my iPhone 7+ ha! ....but seriously, awesome. My son (23) is about to build a Ryzen gaming machine from MicroCenter today, for COD Warzone & Fortnite we'll see how it goes!.....I am curious where you bought the license for Win10 and how much ? (I get mine from work volume lic) so I never have to pay, ....and also, 3 M.2 SSD's ....I am weary about using those for storage...what do you need 3 for? RAID? thoughts...great video thank you.

John Piscopo

Grr, jealous, I precisely want a 3970X for my next build... just not sure whether to go with it or wait a bit more for what comes next since I don't exactly need a new PC right now, while my good old 5960X is close to 6 years old it still runs everything like a charm (upgraded GPU to 2080S recently though)... I'd have to replace RAM, but DDR5 is "just around the corner...", maybe better to wait another year or so

Kilrah

AMD cpu on MSI motherboard, that's the way I like it :) Because I loved my MSI k7t266 pro-r with AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.13ghz :) I also need a new pc. Editing 4k is not a nice experience on i7 2600k

Uncleawesome

Good thing that with threadripper it does not matter what 16 slot you set the gpu into 😀

PhotoSvein

Awesome build! Still have an aging i7-4970K & 980 Ti that can still put up a decent fight and frames, but this year might be when I finally do an upgrade. We'll see though. Scary times in this economy, so happy to live vicariously through you! :)

Gray-Haired Gamer

Gorgeous build. Thank goodness for excuses! ;-)

ColdRFusion

"Quirks and features" - somebody watches Doug DeMuro.

And here i still sit with my AMD Phenom II X2 965 Black Edition. Good enough for KiCad and VS Code under Ubuntu i think. ;)

BastetFurry

A really great and timely (for me) video. I'm selling my house and looking to replace it with a Threadripper based computer.

Krystal Kamieniecki

That's a sweet build! Enjoyable entertainment as always. Crazy how you actually went down in VRAM amount, but I'm guessing you won't be limited by that regardless.

I remember that Rich Leadbetter of Digital Foundry had said last year that he would occasionally run into issues with GPU memory when working with multiple 4K60 video streams on an 8 GB GPU (or even an 11 GB GPU). In his case, a Radeon VII or Titan RTX actually made sense. Since you shoot in 4K60 now, do you notice the same issue occurring sometimes? Or is it not a problem for your workflow because you generally only have one video stream shown at a time in your videos?

Bryan McIntosh

Since most of the videos I watch are about retro builds, it's cool to see how far computers have come in even the last 4-5 years. I'm just glad they can still run SkiFree.

Steve Lovelace

That is a delightfully chunky sounding power button on that case.

Honorary Octopus

Who doesn't like big knobs, eh? :D But dude, that was a buttery smooth PC-build video, I'd go as far as to say it's even better than LTT! I could almost smell the new components as you opened them! :D

Anders Enger Jensen

Awesome build, Clint. Treat it well.

Tim Coffey

Awesome build Clint. No excuse now for getting your vids out quicker. :)

Bryndal Dwyre

Hehe, thanks. I love a good quick-cut montage.

LGR

Great video! I found the first few seconds of you putting all the components on the table strangely satisfying! Greetings from the UK!

The BeQuiet screwdriver was magnetized as well! Super handy, I'm almost more excited about having that than the CPU fan itself.

LGR

More people need to see the light about longer screwdrivers. I've got two which are probably 12", one a crosshead, the other flat. That one crosshead is SO useful when doing PC stuff because it can almost reach anywhere. I magnetise my screwdrivers too, so it doubles as a screw catcher. They aren't expensive, and you can get them on eBay for next to nothing. I've even got a couple of Torx long shaft ones - useful for getting into Macs.

David Rickard

I put a bluray drive in my last build, only to discover Windows doesn't have the codecs; and anyone selling software that does wants serious money, more than I spent on a Samsung player.

moosemaimer

Thank you! I feel quite fortunate :)

LGR

Thanks, I'm glad to hear it! Hopefully it goes over well with the masses too :)

LGR

Haha, that's still impressive on an old enough machine! The fact that modern operating systems now remember ALL your settings across systems and sync everything in the cloud is mind-boggling.

LGR

It runs SkiFree, isn't that enough?!

LGR

That's a classic at this point! I bet it still does a decent job, I really wanted one of those back then.

LGR

I can't express enough how much I loved this video. We all like the retro content, but this was a refreshing look at something new.

David Phinazee

Nice build. Computers have come a long way. I remember when I got excited when I got one that remembered the time and date when it was rebooted!

Gary Leigh

It's got this X-AMP thing that automatically changes speeds based on what mode is selected, from what I gather. I've just been leaving it on "Creator Mode" since it's supposedly optimized for Adobe stuff. With that enabled, the MSI control panel lists it running at 3600MHz :)

LGR

That is one sexy beast, Clint! But does it run Crysis?

Frederic St-Georges

Oh dear. makes my 3 year old i7 7700k look like a piece of crap :) And I'm assuming you're not running the memory at the stock 2133mhz like the bios said :)

Blair Harrison

Me who still rocks a i7 920 from 08. DAMN SON!!

PiraTed

Wow, that's cool stuff. Congrats with the upgrage! *Whispers quietly to himself* I am not jealous... I am not jealous... I am not jealous...

Vladimir Vyun

Thank you, I'm glad I went through with it! This was fun!

LGR

It is a bit of an odd name. I don't want *anything* ripping inside that CPU!

LGR

Agreed! Kinda makes me wonder what folks are supposed to do with SLI setups on that board. I guess it's probably meant to be covered, but I still don't like it 🤷‍♂️

LGR

Great build and seeing as all slots are x16, good call on the cooling fan, better to be safe than sorry!

Anthony Bruscella

Always. I've learned that lesson, haha.

LGR

Yep, all four slots are PCIe 4.0 x16

LGR

Hum, ripping some threads you are.

Deckard Games

I like how you just skipped the thermal paste application shot. LOL

Phakorn Sripayak

Is your video card running at full 16X on that slot?

Anthony Bruscella

You did an amazing job sir, I'm sure glad the advice was taken to heart!

Roel Eppink

The i9-9900KS beats this Threadripper in all sorts of games and costs half a grand less. Plus you don't have to disable a buncha cores to get certain games to work, it's an all-around better choice for gaming :) The 2080 Ti XC is a step or two above the 2080 Super, that's true, especially in RTX.

LGR

I love how you think a i9 would be a better budget cpu and a 2080 isn’t the best gaming card. That last part is true I guess, as there is 1 card better.

Ha, well I applaud the support regardless of resolution.

LGR

Nice, I really like Fractal Design cases. I've built a few PCs for friends using some of them as well!

LGR

Heh, true that! I can only imagine the nonsense we'll have in two decades from now. Two decades ago a 1GHz Pentium III was current and the 1.4GHz P4 was on the horizon. Dual core seemed like a dream. Now we've got 32 and 64 cores. How far we've come!

LGR

I've got one that I used to copy over the files off that SanDisk drive! Works well in a pinch indeed :)

LGR

You can get a SATA to USB3 cable that'll work fine with that old SSD and make a very fast flash drive, should you need it. I have one with a Windows To Go install and one with Ubuntu (not liveUSBs, actually installed)

Adam Baxter

I have the same case, (well the XL version) I've been using it for years, excellent case. :)

SantaClaw

Now you have something to make a video about in 20 years

I'm watching this in 4K even though I don't have a 4K monitor on my PC so your efforts are not wasted on my part. Great build vid always appreciated regardless of modernity.

José Jacob

Ooh nice, have fun!

LGR

Very nice! And a good coincidence, I'm about to build my brand new PC, as well, today. This will be a nice companion while I assemble :D