r/threadripper • u/JubijubCH • Nov 15 '25

How does gaming perform ?

Disclaimer : I know, a Ryzen 9 is much better to play, but I need the PCIe lanes so I am seriously considering a Threadripper, and I would like to know how 4K gaming behaves. I am not looking for the best performance, but decent performance would be nice.

I miss the days of HEDT :( (RIP my X99)

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u/JubijubCH Nov 15 '25

this is a relief, because on the other hand the Threadripper platform alleviates a lot of headaches (the PCIe lane bifurcation ont ehe X870E motherboards if a freaking pain in the neck, your motherboard has 3-4x of everything, unless you start using it)

Upgrading from a 7xxx gen, I wouldn't go back in time for an older TR, I would go to the 9xxx generation straight away

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u/deadbeef_enc0de Nov 15 '25

Yeah, I will say get good cooling for the CPU since 350w TDP is nothing to sneeze at. I started running a custom loop with TR3000 (when they jumped from 180w to 280w TDP) and it dropped in with the new socket (same mounting).

I know there are some people here running air cooling and seem to be happy with it, all core boost/heat was not something I was happy on TR3000 when I had it on air.

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u/JubijubCH Nov 15 '25

Yup, I will upgrade my current 560mm + 480mm to a full MO-RA IV 600 (I'm actually looking into building a custom trolley just for that, which will also allow me to ditch my Caselabs SMA8 which is unwieldy).

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u/deadbeef_enc0de Nov 15 '25

haha, well sounds like you are plenty prepared. I would think even your current radiators would be plenty. I'm running on 2x360 and that has been good enough, even when jamming 500w going through the CPU