kinvermark wrote:Open question:
Do the current trx40 motherboards offer enough expansion (4 PCIe slots max) to be truly considered
future proof?
Is it maybe worthwhile waiting for motherboards with greater expansion capability?
Hi.
In the next couple of years don't I expect any motherboards to be future proof.
In a recent interview with AMD’s Vice President and CTO Mark Papermaster, did he tell that AMD are on a 12-18 month cadence. So if you buy a motherboard today, do I personally expect, you want to upgrade it in 2 or 3 years. Here is a link to the interview:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15268/an ... at-the-topBut what we can say is, that buying a AMD motherboard with PCIe ver 4.0 is more future proof, than buying a Intel or Apple system with PCIe ver 3.0.
You also ask into 4 PCIe slots max?
I am not sure, if I understand you right. But as I see it, don't all need 4 PCIe ver 4.0 slots on a trx40 motherboard. Specially not, if you buy a one with 3x M.2 NVMe slots and built in RAID.
Here is a link to a AMD RAID Installation Guide:
http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Man ... nglish.pdfFinally will I recommend, only to buy what you need today. And then upgrade in 2-3 years time.
Regards Carsten.