How many CPU cores are you running for gaming?

[xDiVolatilX]

How many CPU cores are you running for your gaming PC? Reason I ask is because it is genrally easier to hit higher clocks on the P cores with more E cores disabled.

How many do you feel is necessary? How many is a waste?

I think 8 is the sweet spot right now but I personally run 12 cores 8p and 4e with HT off. What do you guys run?

 

[Grebuloner]

Chart is incomplete. I use 18, or whatever fraction thereof the game actually utilizes.

 

[wareyore]

How many is a waste?

No comprende.

 

[xDiVolatilX]

No comprende.

I mean when it's more beneficial to just turn them off instead of having them active when games don't use them.

 

[xDiVolatilX]

Chart is incomplete. I use 18, or whatever fraction thereof the game actually utilizes.

I added 18.

 

[BlackDragon1971]

I've upgraded to a 12 Core 24 Thread Intel Core i9 10920x.... 6 cores 12 Threads was getting me by, but was getting old....

 

[Mega6]

6 bound to the 2nd CCX.

 

[LigTasm]

Heh, no option for single-core no cache Celeron? Thats how real men game.

 

[GotNoRice]

I ran a 12-core 3900X and then a 12-core 5900X before switching to an 8-core 5800X3D. It was the first time I ever upgraded to a CPU with fewer cores, but the main game I play (World of Warcraft) makes such amazing use of the extra L3 cache that I just couldn't pass it up. The game also rarely uses more than 4 cores, so even with "only" 8 cores I still have plenty of CPU available to handle the game as well as background tasks.

 

[NattyKathy]

Currently 5950X (16-core) with SMT disabled and static OC.