Hi.
I wrote my ideas about recommendations this morning to Anthony. Please see this link.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=77998If he asked me two months ago, would I properly suggested him a Threadripper 16 core 1950X and a GTX 1080.
I can't see your 2x Titan Xp fit in here. But may be I am wrong.
Dan posted some few CPU comparisons. If you think about getting a Threadripper 1920X can't I see much improvement compared to your current i7-5960X
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/In ... 2580vs3934When I see how the 1950X and the 1920X is made. I may be better understand the price drops. At the plant they test each core of the 1950X before final assembly. If one or two cores fail this test, do they
disable 4 cores and made it a 1920X. How du you calculate the manufactoring cost of this 1920X?
It it 75% of the 1950X or is it worth notting as a failed 1950X.
I wonder if AMD have to many 'failed' chip available or if AMD already begin competing with Intels coming mainline 8 core i9-9900K CPU expecting to October for around 450$?
Threadripper do not scale very well. But I have read in an another forum in an another language, that Intel don't scale well either.
The Threadripper 2990WX just set a new world record as the fastest desktop CPU. But we must learn to understand it. It only have been on the market for 6 days.
Until now the CPU was the limited factor. We used to run one or a few program as fast as the CPU allowed. With the 2990X we have an different situation. Many programs now run as fast as they can without the CPU limits them.
But why do all programs not scale as well as possible. The programs are not designed to do it. And remember that, at the time of development and testing did they not have any PC with 32 cores 64 threads to test it on. But this situation will slowly improve. In the meantime we just must run some programs in parallel by starting two instances.
I just see your last questen just before I was ready to send this post.
Yes I believe that this kit will made the motherboard a second generation one.
But I don't expect it to be equal with the MSI Meg X399 Creation. It is in a class of its own.
Like power supplies, don't run motherboards VRM circuits at max power. All motherboards manufacturer are using the same output component in their VRM circuit. They are each rated to an about max of 60A.
The Asus X399 Zenith use 8+3 and the MSI Meg X399 Creation use 16+3. But how many do you really need?
Absolute max for the MSI Meg X399 Creation is 16 x 60A equal 960A. We know from review links I already posted that the BIOS on the MSI motherboard is set for a 500W limit. That is the double of the TDP of 250W.
If ASUS use the same conservative setting will the have a 250 Watt limit. But I am sure it is higher, but I don't know how much.
At the end of this very long post will I publish the first customers reviews for the MSI Meg X399 Creation:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 6813144204Regards Carsten.