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*** AMD ThreadRipper ***
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Nice, don't think you'll go wrong with either of those CPUs and that motherboard I don't know much about but looks beastly. I don't think you can go wrong with the TRX40 platform, it's got all the horses you need.
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In addition to the new bios updates from Asus comes new...motherboards!!
[url]https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-TRX40-XE-GAMING/[/url]
[url]https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-TRX40-XE-GAMING/[/url]
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What am i missing with the slot layout Asus have been putting on these TRX40 boards? That's at least 3 boards now.
Just seems totally impractical to me.
Just seems totally impractical to me.
It's a pain in the arse that you can't change the NVMe drives once a GPU is installed. It's not straightforward for me to remove mine as it's watercooled. It'll be worse when I move to hard tubing. Previous boards were fiddly but not impossible.
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The M.2_3 slot is in an interesting place and it's a pity it hangs off the chipset and not the CPU.
It's daft. I had my third one in there for about a day. I don't know if it's directly related but the chipset fan seemed higher when it was there. There's also no heatsink for the drive. So I bought a PCI card which can house two NVMe.
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This is good to see (there's an X399 version as well)
ASRock Rack TRX40D8-2N2T:
https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=TRX40D8-2N2T#Specifications
ASRock Rack TRX40D8-2N2T:
https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=TRX40D8-2N2T#Specifications
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That's interesting, it's like a server board but for threadripper CPUs. Who is the target users for these types of products?
Workstations I’d bet.
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It's probably the cheapest route to getting high frequency high core count parts into a rack mount server with remote management - low memory limit though so whatever its for, core speed must count for a lot (trading maybe?)
Beast of a workstation board as well
Beast of a workstation board as well
It is. A 10 Gb/s NIC is not hard to put on a motherboard, but on gaming boards it's 'premium' so you have to spend more to get it on the top of range.
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wow i want
Yet another BIOS/UEFI update for Asus RoG Strix TRX40 E-Gaming:
It appears to have a few more CPU options and performance tweaks (Cinebench, AIDA64 etc). They're more accessible on the same screen as the CPU, RAM and power options now too (as well as the usual CBS and other advanced tweaks on the main system screen). If ASUS keep this up they're in danger of actually providing decent and current AMD updates for a change...!
What's the differences with their new boards? Apart from the addition of an 'X' in the name I didn't see much to differentiate them on first glance.
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It appears to have a few more CPU options and performance tweaks (Cinebench, AIDA64 etc). They're more accessible on the same screen as the CPU, RAM and power options now too (as well as the usual CBS and other advanced tweaks on the main system screen). If ASUS keep this up they're in danger of actually providing decent and current AMD updates for a change...!
What's the differences with their new boards? Apart from the addition of an 'X' in the name I didn't see much to differentiate them on first glance.
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I was reading the specs quickly and for a moment I thought the motherboard came with a new Sonic The Hedgehog game!
Not sure marketing this to gamers is a good move sure the board looks good but people who want a Threadripper system will want it for it's multicore performance first and foremost not it's gaming potential.
Updated without issue.
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Hi. whats the best cooler for threadripper 3960x that is 280mm AIO watercool?