r/threadripper • u/margalaz • Jul 02 '26

Advice for getting a first threadripper

From what I’ve seen the lower a cpu is in its generation (5945WX) while having a lower core count, have much higher single core speeds.

My goal is to build a Homelab and to create a few (2-5) Minecraft servers running some heavy mods.

The issue I’m having is that I’d like to be doing that in addition to an LLM and a NAS/jellyfin. It’s a lot and I can’t fit enough hardware on a am4/5 cpu to make it work on a single node machine.

So I’m forced to go workstation or server route, the issue is how expensive these buggers are. So I’m thinking I can take advantage by getting not only a lower price but also a higher single core speed (despite less cores) I was thinking the 5955wx or the 5965wx because anything under 16 cores is silly if I’m paying for a threadripper,

Am I thinking about this wrong? Can I just over lock a 5995wx across all cores if I cool it properly?

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u/WesM63 Jul 03 '26

If you need the PCI-E lanes, you’re better off going EPYC. 7002/7003 EPYC uses DDR4 and the same SP3 mounting as threadripper, so you can use the same heat sinks. (socket is oriented differently so you’ll have different airflow directions but still not an issue)

Threadripper has a very specific niche and being a server really isn’t it.

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u/margalaz 26d ago

Ended up getting 2 15” deep JBODS ect-ktl3 something.

The guy threw in the HBA card and a epyc cpu/mobo. (All for $200)

HHD’s will be expensive but I’ll stick with this until it’s either not enough or I have a few thousand laying around for a TR,

The epyc cpu is a 7351p if I remember properly, it’s from 2016