QOTW: How many cores does your desktop CPU have?

[EasterEEL]

4790k 4+4 @ 4.4GHz. Not much reason to upgrade heat compromised Intel or over priced AMD. Especially as I can't even buy a faster GPU to match a faster CPU.

[ik9000]

4790k 4+4 @ 4.4GHz. Not much reason to upgrade heat compromised Intel or over priced AMD. Especially as I can't even buy a faster GPU to match a faster CPU.

i sympathise but there is plenty that benefits from a better cpu without needing a big GPU. One of my machines still does very well with a gtx460 in it.

[elguapo]

6/12 in my XPS 15 but want a desktop too, the Dell gets hot quickly under load

[SpeedyJDK]

12, and it was totally overkill upgrade from my Ryzen 5 3600. But i'll leave it there

[Numenor]

4C/4T. Kinda itching for an upgrade but that means new mobo and RAM as well.

[3dcandy]

8 CORES 16 TREADS good enough for gaming and other stuff

16 treads.... big boots?

[ik9000]

16 treads.... big boots?

Stamps all over the competition I guess!

[ShreddedWheat]

8 Core 16 Thread 5800x in my main PC
6/12 2600 in the wifes PC
6/12 Xeon in the server
4/8 6700k in the music studio PC
4/4 Athlon x4 950 in my sons PC

[cheesemp]

6C/12T - 3600 - I've struggled to really use 6 cores so more is just overkill.
Heck I've found my budget 4 (A8-5550) and 2 (Celeron N2930) cores laptops from 6 years do the job most of the time if I'm not gaming as long as they have an SSD in them. I'm really not convienced have more than 6 cores is of any benefit on a desktop unless you are rendering or do scientific work (or something else unusual) and even then a faster GPU is usually more important now.

[TriCyclops]

3700x 8cores/16threads

[winactive]

Ryzen 2700 8/16

[mers]

My desktop has none...... but my cpu has 6.