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- Jun 21, 2002
You don't want SLI. What are you trying to do with the GPU. 1060 is really in the territory that unless you're trying to play specifically games that are old but not that old. You already discussed that newer processors can playback 8k. If you were going to build an earlier gen TR system then yes you'd need some kind of GPU in that line, but it wouldn't make sense to buy it before.
I might not be understanding your post from this AM, but did you just buy a motherboard and ram? I'm confused because you later posted that you're not buying anything until Jan/Feb. If you just want to have a dual CPU as a hobby/because you always wanted it, then go for it, but it's not going to be the best move in the long run, especially not on a budget.
Honestly, if you go used I could see a TR working well, but going new it looks like a a 13700 based DDR4 build will be the most affordable way to getting 16 cores (granted not all of them have the same punch, so that is something to consider). It's a little cheaper than the 5950x system I roughed in on PC part picker and doesn't need a GPU. If you did go with an AMD based system, a 7950x system using the iGPU is still less expensive than a 5950x system with a GPU.
I might not be understanding your post from this AM, but did you just buy a motherboard and ram? I'm confused because you later posted that you're not buying anything until Jan/Feb. If you just want to have a dual CPU as a hobby/because you always wanted it, then go for it, but it's not going to be the best move in the long run, especially not on a budget.
Honestly, if you go used I could see a TR working well, but going new it looks like a a 13700 based DDR4 build will be the most affordable way to getting 16 cores (granted not all of them have the same punch, so that is something to consider). It's a little cheaper than the 5950x system I roughed in on PC part picker and doesn't need a GPU. If you did go with an AMD based system, a 7950x system using the iGPU is still less expensive than a 5950x system with a GPU.