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Still rocking 3930k as one of my machines. It refuses to be obsolete.

leptons 3y ago
Me too until about 5 months ago. It's been a great CPU. I'm still using the same machine I bought in 2011 as my workstation, and in 2011 the 3930k was like jumping into the future with its 6-cores. It was definitely worth the cost considering how long it's been useful. I retired the 3930k CPU 5 months ago when I decided to upgrade the machine to the fastest possible CPU that would go into the socket-2011 motherboard. I found a Xeon E5-2697v2 CPU on eBay for about $40 (currently $30 with free shipping). So it took me from the 6-core/12-thread 3930k up to 12-core/24-threads. It's the final upgrade for this machine, there's really nowhere else for it to go. Maxed out 64GB RAM, RAID10 8-drive array, decent modern video card. I tried to get a TPM module but the BIOS didn't recognize it so it won't install Windows 11 unfortunately, I tried the workarounds but no go. I don't really need a new modern workstation, but when this system dies (if it dies, it's been a reliable workhorse), I'll get the fastest machine possible at the time and keep that for at least 10 or 15 years.
- Keyframe 3y ago
  I've been thinking of upgrading it to E5-2xxxv2 as well, for years now heh. BUT, I think I'll just let it slide for maybe another half a year or year and retire it altogether. It has been really an amazing run also since 2011 and I am quite positive I could still get maybe few to five years out of it.
  - leptons 3y ago
    The E5-2697v2 scores 227 cpumark points faster than an Apple M1 CPU, for the price of $30 on ebay. It's an easy upgrade that makes the system still quite useful, although it runs quite a bit hotter than the M1. But yeah, it's really at EOL now as it won't run the latest OS - I mean it could, but damn Microsoft for locking my system out. I'd keep it going for 5 more years if Windows 10 seemed viable for that long.
metadat 3y ago
Yeah, I'm bummed a lot of these perfectly capable chips are unsupported by Windows 11. Only Intel generation 8 or newer CPUs are officially supported. Installing to an unsupported processor puts you at risk for MS withholding security updates from you in the future. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/mi...
- Keyframe 3y ago
  Luckily I haven't run a microsoft OS in eons. No need.
- Tool_of_Society 3y ago
  When MS announced the limitations on CPUs I was kind of gobsmacked. Now I'm just riding windows 10 pro until either all my hardware dies, I get bored with gaming, or an unexpected need arises requiring the change. My primary machine can run windows 11 but I refuse to "upgrade" out of principle at this point...
  - metadat 3y ago
    There's always Linux... ;)

Me too until about 5 months ago. It's been a great CPU. I'm still using the same machine I bought in 2011 as my workstation, and in 2011 the 3930k was like jumping into the future with its 6-cores. It was definitely worth the cost considering how long it's been useful. I retired the 3930k CPU 5 months ago when I decided to upgrade the machine to the fastest possible CPU that would go into the socket-2011 motherboard. I found a Xeon E5-2697v2 CPU on eBay for about $40 (currently $30 with free shipping). So it took me from the 6-core/12-thread 3930k up to 12-core/24-threads. It's the final upgrade for this machine, there's really nowhere else for it to go. Maxed out 64GB RAM, RAID10 8-drive array, decent modern video card. I tried to get a TPM module but the BIOS didn't recognize it so it won't install Windows 11 unfortunately, I tried the workarounds but no go. I don't really need a new modern workstation, but when this system dies (if it dies, it's been a reliable workhorse), I'll get the fastest machine possible at the time and keep that for at least 10 or 15 years.

Keyframe 3y ago
I've been thinking of upgrading it to E5-2xxxv2 as well, for years now heh. BUT, I think I'll just let it slide for maybe another half a year or year and retire it altogether. It has been really an amazing run also since 2011 and I am quite positive I could still get maybe few to five years out of it.
- leptons 3y ago
  The E5-2697v2 scores 227 cpumark points faster than an Apple M1 CPU, for the price of $30 on ebay. It's an easy upgrade that makes the system still quite useful, although it runs quite a bit hotter than the M1. But yeah, it's really at EOL now as it won't run the latest OS - I mean it could, but damn Microsoft for locking my system out. I'd keep it going for 5 more years if Windows 10 seemed viable for that long.

metadat 3y ago

Yeah, I'm bummed a lot of these perfectly capable chips are unsupported by Windows 11. Only Intel generation 8 or newer CPUs are officially supported. Installing to an unsupported processor puts you at risk for MS withholding security updates from you in the future. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/mi...

Keyframe 3y ago
Luckily I haven't run a microsoft OS in eons. No need.
Tool_of_Society 3y ago
When MS announced the limitations on CPUs I was kind of gobsmacked. Now I'm just riding windows 10 pro until either all my hardware dies, I get bored with gaming, or an unexpected need arises requiring the change. My primary machine can run windows 11 but I refuse to "upgrade" out of principle at this point...
- metadat 3y ago
  There's always Linux... ;)