Threadripper BUILDERS thread

[Pandora's Box]

The wait is killing me lol. My 2 960pro 1tb drives came in on Saturday. The ram comes Monday. Then the wait begins until the 10th. Wonder if Amazon will ship out the motherboard and CPU for delivery on the 10th...

 

[Markfw]

The wait is killing me lol. My 2 960pro 1tb drives came in on Saturday. The ram comes Monday. Then the wait begins until the 10th. Wonder if Amazon will ship out the motherboard and CPU for delivery on the 10th...

I have my case, PSU, SSD and 360 AIO cooler sitting here waiting on the motherboard/TR, Like you I hope newegg ships to its delivered by the 10th, but ......

can't stand the wait.

 

[Hendrickson]

I'm waiting to see if Microcenter is going to run any kind of special. With Ryzen they were giving $100 off with the purchase of a motherboard. Hoping they do the same thing with Threadripper. Either way, I'll just pick it up on Thursday.

Working 3 minutes away from a Microcenter is awesome.

 

[DooKey]

Can't wait to see what you guys are building and how well it OC's.

 

[ddogg]

I'm waiting to see if Microcenter is going to run any kind of special. With Ryzen they were giving $100 off with the purchase of a motherboard. Hoping they do the same thing with Threadripper. Either way, I'll just pick it up on Thursday.

Working 3 minutes away from a Microcenter is awesome.

I went into my microcenter and they said they will have thread-ripper on the 10th. Not sure what kind of combo deals they will have though but I'll wait until they do.

 

[Markfw]

Can't wait to see what you guys are building and how well it OC's.

My build is in post number 1, I started this thread.

 

[TahoeDust]

The wait is killing me lol. My 2 960pro 1tb drives came in on Saturday. The ram comes Monday. Then the wait begins until the 10th. Wonder if Amazon will ship out the motherboard and CPU for delivery on the 10th...

Don't bet on it. They completely butchered the Ryzen and x299 releases. I pre-ordered a CPU and mobo the hour it was available for order. I would not have received either until weeks after release...no one that pre-ordered from them did. Amazon is usually tops for pre-ordering stuff, but Amazon has been terrible with hardware lately.

 

[DooKey]

My build is in post number 1, I started this thread.

Proposed build. I can't wait to see how things really turn out. I may jump on board to replace my 1700X rig.

 

[dlerious]

I think I'll wait for sales (Black Friday). I've been looking at the Zenith Extreme since it was announced, but it's overpriced in my opinion. It looks worse when compared to the other motherboards currently available price wise. I don't see $100 better than the Asrock Pro Gaming or $200 over the Taichi.

I've downloaded a few motherboard manuals to go through, in the meantime, I'll watch/read reviews and see what new motherboards show up (like Asus Strix). I'm going to try to order a pair of RX Vega 64s' with the money since they might be a little harder to come by at MSRP in the future.

 

[FiLeZz]

I have a 64gb Kit of ddr4 3000mhz quad channel Corsair memory kit and am debating if I should sell the kit and buy a 32gb 3600mhz kit.

 

[Markfw]

I have a 64gb Kit of ddr4 3000mhz quad channel Corsair memory kit and am debating if I should sell the kit and buy a 32gb 3600mhz kit.

Simple. Do you need 64 gig ? Or do you want speed ?

 

[PhonakV30]

If you buy 4x Ram or more , maybe you get better result.

http://ranker.sisoftware.net/show_run.php?q=c2ffc9ef8eefd2ebdbe8dbefc9bb86b690f590ad9dbbc8f5c5&l=en

also

http://ranker.sisoftware.net/top_ru...f4c9f8deb68bbe98e0ddeccaafcaf7c7e192af9f&l=en

 

[EXCellR8]

Anyone setting up a content creation monster? Vega FE + TR 1950...

 

[FiLeZz]

Simple. Do you need 64 gig ? Or do you want speed ?

No idea in the speed difference we are talking.

 

[Markfw]

No idea in the speed difference we are talking.

Just a guess based on what I have seen, but 5-10%, maybe more depending on other factors.

 

[swilli89]

Any ideas what the 16 and 12 core SKUs all core turbo clockspeed will be? Is this the one with XFR?

 

[inf64]

Any ideas what the 16 and 12 core SKUs all core turbo clockspeed will be? Is this the one with XFR?

All core turbo should be +100Mhz for both, so 3.5Ghz for 16C and 3.6Ghz for 12C part. 8C 1900X has 3.8Ghz base and I think 3.9Ghz all-core boost.

 

[Markfw]

I just called newegg (where I ordered mine from) They won't ship until the release date, so I may not get mine until next Tuesday.!!! arg.....

 

[Markfw]

Just ordered a pair of 1080ti FTW3 cards to go in my new toy.

 

[formulav8]

Just ordered a pair of 1080ti FTW3 cards to go in my new toy.

Wow buddy, wish I had your freedom, my wife would give me the what for spending that amount of money on computer stuff.

 

[Pandora's Box]

Just ordered a pair of 1080ti FTW3 cards to go in my new toy.

Haha someone is going all out.

 

[Markfw]

Haha someone is going all out.

Hey, I am retired, and without toys to play with I get bored.

 

[TahoeDust]

Just ordered a pair of 1080ti FTW3 cards to go in my new toy.

Good choice.

 

[Ranulf]

Some good info via gamer's nexus on the best thermal paste usage for threadripper chips:

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3013-amd-threadripper-thermalpaste-application-methods-benchmarked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWu2tcm4wL8

"Heavy Blob" seems to win over AMD's recommended 5 dots. Looks like most asetek CLC coolers will cover all the dies.

 

[urvile]

hmmmmm I am thinking about upgrading to one of these Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler currently I have a H105 but this one is also compatible .Then I might as well get a new case and maybe forget vega and just buy a gtx1080ti. My new builds always do this........

I have a graveyard in a spare room of unused computer hardware and full tower gaming cases.