Quote from: WaveRiderx on December 19, 2019, 04:34:16 PM

I currently have an 8700k and it's been plenty sufficient for checking the couple million variations I made in the passwords list. But it hasn't found my password yet and it's time to step it up in the tokens file so I need something stronger, and I'm not willing to spend more than a grand on a CPU.

Would a 2950x 24/48 or a 3950x 16/32 be faster for this program? Logically the more cores makes sense, but I remember reading Threadripper Gen2 had an efficiency issue with the design and you can see it in the benchmarks where it severely lacks. But at the same time it wouldn't be doing anything hardcore other than checking passwords against a wallet file. So which would be better for this? I know the Ryzen 9 3950x is much better as an all around daily driver, but this would be just for this purpose and sold once the wallet password is recovered.

What do you guys think?

What wallet type is it and what are your parameters in Hashcat?

There are various tweaks and rule sets you could use, could give you some ideas to improve the tests.

Do you use your own password lists or password hints?

Any rule sets?

good luck
/KX