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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-10-06, 14:40:52 »

Thanks vansan,
Nice to have some figures for estimating some approximate performance.I will follow your advice and start experimenting as soon as my RAM arrives.

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-10-04, 17:24:53 »

vansan
Thanks for the reply!
Got some more lamer questions.
So the main issue is noise. Were there any other problems like trottling, blue screen, etc...?
Is it stable even during long renders or other intensive tasks? (PBOed and non-PBOed)?
What time did you manage to get in corona bench? (I know it doesn't really depend on cooling but rather on non-PBO OC, RAM and nvme ssd but I'm just curious)

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-10-03, 17:41:28 »

Hi again, my build finally arrived after 2 month of waiting (guess what, they didn't see the "4x" in the invoice and I didn't doublecheck it so I got 1 dimm of Corsair Vengeance LPX (CMK16GX4M1D3000C16) instead of 4)
In the end I had to buy Kraken x72 instead of noctuah u14s which is better but I had to order only in one company and they had no other choice but Kraken (long time to explain why). Probably will use it till noctuah 15 comes out.
Just wanted to ask the guys who use Kraken x72 with this CPU - is it worth swithing PBO on? It is probably of no use in Corona but I want to get some boost in UE4. If I understand it right PBO is safe as it has some sort of safety system to contol this type of overclocking from AMD.
The build is the following 
CPU: 2990wx
MB: Gigabyte Aorus extreme
RAM:  Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 PC3000Mhz 64GB
SSD: Samsung 500Gb 970 EVO Plus, 2280, M.2, NVMe
PSU: ATX Corsair HX1200, 80 Plus Platinum
Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2
Cooling: NZXT Kraken 72

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-08-01, 06:19:37 »

I don't know if it is still reasonable to buy 2950x as 3900x is only a bit weaker in corona benchmark being twice cheaper and not demanding a more expensive MB and cooling and of course with a higher single core perfomance and I suppose better OC capacity. Only, as Juraj said, in order to upgrade it with less expense in the future. One more advantage of the threadrippers is 64 pci lanes but it matters only if you're going to build a multi-GPU build in the future (looking at these real-time videos of UE4 RTX interiors you may want to get one)

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-07-23, 18:48:18 »

I've checked several internet shops for user reviews and they are mostly negative for Enermax Liqtech II as well. I decided not to risk.
I've checked U14s specs and its heat spread is only 180 W according to the specs. However Noctua says it is compatiable with 2990 even with a medium overclock. I think I will give it a try. Well at least michaltimko has the same cooling and MB and he was able to get 41 s at benchmark - that is more than enough for me.

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-07-22, 12:36:59 »

Thanks for your answer Juraj.
So, is it still better to buy Enermax LiqTech TR4 II 360 (even though they may have this leakage issue)? I've just heard that there is alphacool eisbaer 420 with a mounting plate for TR4 (although it doesn't cover 3.5mm of CPU from two sides as the pump plate is 63х63 and CPU is 52x70) anyone heard of it? From what Juraj said I assume this is still not a very good idea.
I would gladly buy 128 RAM but as always the budget is very tight.
So if to sum it up the best options are either  LiqTech TR4 II 360 or Noctua NH-U14S and Silver Arrow TR4. Is Noctua NH-U14S still better than all AIO except for the Enermax? (Maybe it is a good idea to buy U14s and even if it blocks the top GPU slot I may insert the 1st GPU in the bottom 16xPCIe and when I have the money for the second one I may just buy another cooling system - hope there will be more of them in the future.) 

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Hardware / Re: Threadripper Builds

« on: 2019-07-22, 09:49:09 »

Hi there, I finally managed to read all 33 pages of this thread and get some general overview of what it is to buy a 2990wx workstation
Although, I still don't understand some of the points that folks in this thread may know about basing on their personal build experience.
I'm planning to buy the following workstation

CPU: 2990wx
MB: Gigabyte Aorus extreme (as I look towards GPU render in the future)
RAM:  Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 PC3000Mhz 64GB
SSD: Samsung 500Gb 970 EVO Plus, 2280, M.2, NVMe
PSU: ATX Corsair HX1200, 80 Plus Platinum
Case: Fractal Design Define S2 Blackout, ATX, Midi-Tower
Cooling: Was thinking about some AIO like NZXT Kraken 72 or  EVGA CLC 240 but have doubts

So my main concern is cooling - I don't have any experience in cooling or overclocking. I'm not going to OC this CPU in 3.8-4.2 Ghz range but something like 3.5-3.7 is very desirable (If I can get something like 41 s in corona benchmark that would be cool). If overclock in this range is available via PBO option that would be awesome.
I've read about AIO not covering the whole CPU plate but if I overclock in the range of 3.5-3.7 will it be stable using for example the above mentioned Kraken or EVGA? I've thought about the Silver Arrow or Noctua NH-U14 but I'm in a situation when I have to buy from a certain vendor and they don't have it, besides I've heard that they may block the upper GPU slot or not fit due to high RAM modules (corsair have stupid big LED on top)