Is a i7 980x Extreme Still worth it?

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I found a craigslist add asking 180 for i7 908x extreme edition. And I was wondering if it was still worth it for gaming on newer titles.
 
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It's ~33% slower than Skylake/Kaby Lake, clock for clock, on average.

It still has a good amount of L3 cache, triple channel memory, and overclocking on it is pretty good. On average, it clocks around 4.5GHz.

The problem with it is basically you have no upgrade path, and it's on a pretty old platform.

The i7-980X clocked at 4.5GHz is going to perform around the same as a Ryzen 5 1600X clocked at 4.0GHz in gaming (maybe a little worse) on average, however, it's getting beaten in computing tasks, especially the ones that are optimized for throughput. Triple channel memory is going to help the 980X a bit in memory-sensitive applications, but it's on slower DDR3 memory. Keep in mind the i7-980X is going to consume more power as well.
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It's ~33% slower than Skylake/Kaby Lake, clock for clock, on average.

It still has a good amount of L3 cache, triple channel memory, and overclocking on it is pretty good. On average, it clocks around 4.5GHz.

The problem with it is basically you have no upgrade path, and it's on a pretty old platform.

The i7-980X clocked at 4.5GHz is going to perform around the same as a Ryzen 5 1600X clocked at 4.0GHz in gaming (maybe a little worse) on average, however, it's getting beaten in computing tasks, especially the ones that are optimized for throughput. Triple channel memory is going to help the 980X a bit in memory-sensitive applications, but it's on slower DDR3 memory. Keep in mind the i7-980X is going to consume more power as well.
 
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The cpu in its self is still a great gaming cpu, but i will highly sujest you try and take a look at Xeon X5650/60/70, These models goes on ebay for dirty cheap and overcock very well. Make sure they can run on your motherboard by google it. I have seen many others have them running on normal desktop X58 motherboards just fine and overclokket to like 4 GHz to 4.4 GHz.

With said its not long ago i swapped my old I7 920 out with and I7 980X and its a nice change. Where the I7 920 ran 4 GHz (4.4 Ghz for benchmark) the I7 980X runs 4.25 GHz (up to 4.77 GHz for benchmark). I paid 217 USD including shipping, but that where for a complete bundle containing. I7 980X, asus x58 mobo, 12 GB triple channel ram and a noctua NH-D14 cpu cooler. 180 USD for and I7 980X alone is a high price comparede to what.

If Xeon is not your thin, then try look for I7 970/980 non X. They shut be cheaper while stil giving you 6 cores and overclock just as good.
 
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