Threadripper BUILDERS thread

[Viper GTS]

Temperatures holding steady at these levels a month and a half later.

Took Enermax a bit of time to get there - but looking good from here.

Is this just the Liqtech II or specifically one of the late production ones they claim is the real fix?

I finally got around to checking what was going on with these things and submitted an RMA to replace my never opened first RMA unit. Opened up the box to get the pictures they wanted and discovered it had leaked inside the box. Had a gel-like substance + green coolant all over everything.

I haven't seen any real detail on the newest generation parts, I'm curious what they actually changed. It would need to be a substantial difference I think for me to actually be willing to use it. I'm not even sure I'd give it away or sell it at this point.

Viper GTS

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Hey guys, I'm building a new 2950x rig and was wondering what the new go to x399 mobo is these days?
Would it still be the Asrock Taichi?
Need a board that will run 4x 16gb DDR4 3200 and I am probably gonna need a new air cooler too so any suggestions for this stuff would be great.
Not looking to do any over clocking at all and will let stock precision boost overdrive do those things for me.
I just need to run cool with rock solid 24/7 up time performance.
Even willing to consider lightly underclocking to drop heat and power draw if that helps for this platform.

 

[Markfw]

Hey guys, I'm building a new 2950x rig and was wondering what the new go to x399 mobo is these days?
Would it still be the Asrock Taichi?
Need a board that will run 4x 16gb DDR4 3200 and I am probably gonna need a new air cooler too so any suggestions for this stuff would be great.
Not looking to do any over clocking at all and will let stock precision boost overdrive do those things for me.
I just need to run cool with rock solid 24/7 up time performance.
Even willing to consider lightly underclocking to drop heat and power draw if that helps for this platform.

I still like the Taichi, I have 4 of them with 1950x's.
For cooling, this is the only one to get:
https://www.newegg.com/p/13C-0005-00140?Description=tr4 air cooler&cm_re=tr4_air_cooler-_-13C-0005-00140-_-Product

And for memory, samsung bdie., 2 kits of these:
https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232218

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Thank you for replying to me Mark.
So first how are the heatsinks for the VRM's on the Taichi?
I had the Gigabyte gaming 7 x399 and the heatsinks for the VRM's got a little to hot for my liking while doing video/audio Editing/Encoding.
Even having a 80mm fan blowing right on them didnt really help all that much.
Also what do you think about the Wraithripper heatsink?

 

[Markfw]

They dont have any heatsinks (unless the board changed) Get one of these for every m.2 you have, they work perfectly.
https://www.newegg.com/p/37B-002M-0...cm_re=m.2_heatsink-_-9SIA4RE7861439-_-Product

 

[Markfw]

Well, I got a wraithripper, but they are rated BELOW the one I linked.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Well, got my 2950x and new monitor from UPS yesterday.. Still didnt purchase a motherboard yet though.
Cant decide which asrock board to get. Kinda leaning towards the x399m Taichi as my first pick, the regular Taichi as my second, and the Fatality as my last choice.

Also gonna need a new PSU to power all this stuff. What would you guys say is the lowest wattage PSU I could get by with?
Gonna need to power 4x16gb DDR4 3200 , 2 140mm fans and 2 120mm fans , the motherboard , CPU , 2 sata 500gb SSD's , A single rx 590 which will be replaced by the next gen in july , and a single Super Multi HD-dvd/Blu-Ray burner drive.

Oh and I may need a new case as well so what is everyone using that will fit a Noctua NH-U14s TR4-SP3?
Kinda interested in the Cooler Master H500 Not "P" version all black with purple fans.

 

[Markfw]

Personally, I would not go below 1000w, Hard to add all that stuff up, but the cpu/motherboard stock can draw 300w and the video card 300w (probably) and 100w for all of that, so 700 watt, and then if you OC ?

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Personally, I would not go below 100w, Hard to add all that stuff up, but the cpu/motherboard stock can draw 300w and the video card 300w (probably) and 100w for all of that, so 700 watt, and then if you OC ?

I will never ever overclock this system!!
So anyways may grab a 1200w PSU in case i decide to upgrade to 2990wx in the future or will that need a even bigger psu down the line?

 

[Atari2600]

Cant decide which asrock board to get. Kinda leaning towards the x399m Taichi as my first pick, the regular Taichi as my second, and the Fatality as my last choice.

Why would you (or anyone) get the X399m ahead of the X399?

Is the only advantage the cost saving or have I missed something?

 

[Atari2600]

I will never ever overclock this system!!

You will. If you've reasonable cooling its so easily done in RyzenMaster that you'd be silly not to.

Might not add an awful lot to the overall power consumption, but will add a bit.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

You will. If you've reasonable cooling its so easily done in RyzenMaster that you'd be silly not to.

Might not add an awful lot to the overall power consumption, but will add a bit.

No no no dot put those ideas into my head lol.. I was actually gonna underclock and undervolt to save electric and to keep the system cool while encoding 24/7. I am only using the Noctua NH-U14s air cooler. Also I was thinking of getting the x399m Taichi to build a smaller rig.

 

[DrMrLordX]

1kw PSU isn't that hard to get into. I think you can get a Rosewill Capstone 1kW for $70 right now. It's only semi-modular, but it's Gold rated so it won't be complete junk.

2990WX is going to require a bit more power, but not that much if you are cooling limited (unless you plan on going with water in the future). Again, if you are looking to save money, a RoseWill Photon 1200W is $114 (also Gold rated). Anything more than that and it gets pricey.

 

[Markfw]

I got a Corsair HX-1200 for $80 looking in hotdeals. Its OOS now, but I am sure if you keep looking around you can get a quality 1200 watt/

 

[Justinbaileyman]

1kw PSU isn't that hard to get into. I think you can get a Rosewill Capstone 1kW for $70 right now. It's only semi-modular, but it's Gold rated so it won't be complete junk.

2990WX is going to require a bit more power, but not that much if you are cooling limited (unless you plan on going with water in the future). Again, if you are looking to save money, a RoseWill Photon 1200W is $114 (also Gold rated). Anything more than that and it gets pricey.

Ok thanks, I will go take a peak at those PSU's.

 

[Markfw]

WOW That Rosewill Photon has an open box for $102 minus 20% off with a code here:
https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-photon-1200-continuous-1200w-40-degrees-celsius/p/N82E16817182320R

 

[Justinbaileyman]

I got a Corsair HX-1200 for $80 looking in hotdeals. Its OOS now, but I am sure if you keep looking around you can get a quality 1200 watt/

Did you get the Corsair HX-1200 or the Corsair HX-1200i?
Is there any real world difference between the two??

 

[Markfw]

Did you get the Corsair HX-1200 or the Corsair HX-1200i?
Is there any real world difference between the two??

I got the old HX1200. The only PSU have had die in the last 10 years, was a 1200i Corsair REFURB. I think the original series is better.

 

[IEC]

No no no dot put those ideas into my head lol.. I was actually gonna underclock and undervolt to save electric and to keep the system cool while encoding 24/7. I am only using the Noctua NH-U14s air cooler. Also I was thinking of getting the x399m Taichi to build a smaller rig.

Have one myself. It's very niche and you can make it work for your application, but I'd recommend building a full size ATX/E-ATX system instead to capitalize on the PCIe lane (and quad channel RAM) advantages, especially with Ryzen 3000 series coming out in a few months...


Mini Ripper:
Threadripper 1920X w/Arctic 240mm Freezer AIO (swapped fans for Corsair ML120s)
ASRock Taichi X399M micro-ATX board
32GB DDR4-3000 CL16 A-DATA XPG RAM
Powercolor Red Dragon RX570 4GB (cheap)
Corsair RM650X 80+ Gold PSU
Corsair Air 240 White Edition Case

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Have one myself. It's very niche and you can make it work for your application, but I'd recommend building a full size ATX/E-ATX system instead to capitalize on the PCIe lane (and quad channel RAM) advantages, especially with Ryzen 3000 series coming out in a few months...
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Mini Ripper:
Threadripper 1920X w/Arctic 240mm Freezer AIO (swapped fans for Corsair ML120s)
ASRock Taichi X399M micro-ATX board
32GB DDR4-3000 CL16 A-DATA XPG RAM
Powercolor Red Dragon RX570 4GB (cheap)
Corsair RM650X 80+ Gold PSU
Corsair Air 240 White Edition Case

So are you saying to buy a full size ATX/EATX for threadripper rather then buying the Matx version or are you saying not to buy any threadripper motherboard at all and wait for Ryzen 3000??
I dont know if the ladder is even an option because I already bought the 2950x and received it from UPS like 2 days ago.
I would really really hate to go through that whole return process thing, and besides I kinda wanna keep my 2950x and finish the build since it took me a little over six months to save up for this beast.

Edit: Also I dont think ryzen 3000 will be compatible because of socket differences unless you were referring to threadripper 3000.
In which case I thought the rummor was threadripper 3000 was canceled?

 

[Markfw]

So are you saying to buy a full size ATX/EATX for threadripper rather then buying the Matx version or are you saying not to buy any threadripper motherboard at all and wait for Ryzen 3000??
I dont know if the ladder is even an option because I already bought the 2950x and received it from UPS like 2 days ago.
I would really really hate to go through that whole return process thing, and besides I kinda wanna keep my 2950x and finish the build since it took me a little over six months to save up for this beast.

Edit: Also I dont think ryzen 3000 will be compatible because of socket differences unless you were referring to threadripper 3000.
In which case I thought the rummor was threadripper 3000 was canceled?

Just get the full size ATX board, you will love it.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Just get the full size ATX board, you will love it.

Hey mark, What x399 motherboards have you all tried?? Just the Taichi or do you have any others??

 

[Markfw]

Hey mark, What x399 motherboards have you all tried?? Just the Taichi or do you have any others??

I have one MSI and its still working, but it was $500 (for the 2990wx), I have 4 or 5 Taichi, and one I am not sure the bread, but the M.2 stands straight up, and its hard to get the heatsink on it. The only thing I DON'T like about the Taichi, is no built in heatsink for the M.2's, but aftermarket is $10 each, and they work better than any of the built-in ones I have seen.

Here: https://www.newegg.com/p/9SIA4RE8BG1307

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Well if I knew for sure there was gonna be a threadripper 3000 upgrade coming I would go all out and get the MSI MEG this very second,that and because I would like to upgrade to the 2990wx in the future when prices come down more.

But as of right now the future is kinda hazy with all of those Ryzen 3000 rumors going on.
I mean this has got me scratching my head with that bench mark graph that was posted in the Ryzen 3000 thread about the 16c Ryzen 3000 part being like close to twice as fast as the 1950x or 2950x dont remember which it was off the top of my head.

I think this was the graph second post down - https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/speculation-ryzen-3000-series.2558009/page-114
I just don't understand why AMD would release a part that would out perform there top end HEDT parts when the 2950x was just released not all that long ago.

 

[dnavas]

I just don't understand why AMD would release a part that would out perform there top end HEDT parts when the 2950x was just released not all that long ago.

You do know that chips coming out that were twice as fast as their predecessors was kind of de-rigueur not that long ago, right? Wait, it wasn't that long ago, was it? :age:

I bought a 2950x. It would not bother me if a better chip came out in a few months. Please?