Is the 2970wx still relevant?

[fabiocolor]

Ive been eyeing a local listing for a 2970wx with a x399 all for $600 seems like a good deal, so im thinking maybe i could set it up as render farm, most of my work is video encoding and cpu rendering so it could be valuable.
But im not really sure, i have 3 main machines a 7950x, a 5950x and a 5900x, will the 2970wx be an improvement besides the pcie lanes?

 

[Jerry James]

Ive been eyeing a local listing for a 2970wx with a x399 all for $600 seems like a good deal, so im thinking maybe i could set it up as render farm, most of my work is video encoding and cpu rendering so it could be valuable.
But im not really sure, i have 3 main machines a 7950x, a 5950x and a 5900x, will the 2970wx be an improvement besides the pcie lanes?

No, you won’t get an improvement from anything CPU-related. But if you need the additional PCIe lanes, an older workstation platform is usually the best value way to go about it.