8Pack with 32 Cores!!! AMD 2990WX@4ghz AVX2 workloads workstation bundle (Upto 128gb memory :-))

8 Pack · 17 Aug 2018 at 14:19

I have been testing AMD Threadripper 2 in the form of the 32 Core, 64 thread behemoth 2990WX for a while now. This time was spent mainly qualifying it with upto 128gb of RAM for our business customers doing heavy rendering. I found that if you have heavily threaded workloads and are able to use all 32 cores this CPU amounts to something of a bargain. Especially when you consider overclocking thrown in the mix too. Its R15 Cinebench score for example was infact faster than two AMD Epyc CPUs and its Corona Bench score was equivalent to two 20 Core Intel Xeon, all this for a low percentage of the price tag...

As well as qualifying upto 128gb of RAM I also tested the overclocking available with upto AVX2 workloads running 24-7 as you would expect from a business who wants to use such a CPU for rendering.

Having done all this testing I thought I would bring out a bundle available on our website for our customers who need this type of grunt and wish to just plug and play with our pretested hardware.

In future I will also add this option to my Supernova PC and to a Render Workstation variant. If you do require a system using this bundle please contact our sales and they will arrange to do this for you.

This bundle includes as stock:
2990WX AMD Threadripper 2 2990WX at 4ghz all cores all threads.
ASUS ROG Zenith Xtreme Motherboard X399

with options to choose- Team Group 8Pack 3200mhz Xtreme Quad channel mems for 32gb capacity and 3200mhz speed.

or GSKILL for 2933mhz speed for 64gb of capacity

and GSKILL for 2666mhz of speed and 128gb of capacity.

You can also select cooling from: Enermax TR all in one cooler with a 360mm rad or various water blocks from EK and Phanteks. If you select a waterblock I suggest a minimum of a 360mm Rad to run this CPU hard on big multi threaded jobs and keep it running cool. Please make sure in all cases you have good airflow over the VRM section of the board.

Here is the Cinebench and Corona Bench scores for this bundle:

If you wish to purchase the bundle follow this link:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/detail/index/sArticle/77167#t=a2

For further information obviously post here or call our sales team.

Freddie1980 · 17 Aug 2018 at 14:25

The price of RAM these days is freaking ridiculous.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 17 Aug 2018 at 14:39

BTW,there is a typo in the listing description!

8 Pack · 17 Aug 2018 at 14:58

Freddie1980 said:
The price of RAM these days is freaking ridiculous.

a lot of our business customers want 128gb especially with such large core counts. Needing so many GB per core per task....

orbitalwalsh · 17 Aug 2018 at 15:13

8 Pack said:
a lot of our business customers want 128gb especially with such large core counts. Needing so many GB per core per task....

had a chance to test on programs like Pix4d ? intel normally held the lead on this even with less cores - nice to see if cheaper 32 thread ripper could eat lead or over take .

JasonM · 17 Aug 2018 at 15:33

8Pack, thanks for doing this review. Threadripper 2 is really interesting to me as I do something with parallel neural networks, where each neural network can occupy a single CPU thread, I have the potential to run an almost unlimited amounts of threads (especially back testing). Agreed with your comment on being a bargain, as it's cost effective on power and physical computer space.

How do you find the stability of Threadripper 2 when running 24/7? If running the 2990WX at stock speeds could it run 24/7 on a very good air cooler? Also how are you finding the VRM temps on the motherboards? How robust are current motherboards at powering the 2990WX at load for long periods?

8 Pack · 17 Aug 2018 at 16:43

I would not use any air cooler to cool this CPU for 24-7 high load usage.

VRMs on the boards I have tried are fine just get some airflow across them.

LePhuronn · 17 Aug 2018 at 16:46

*waits for the Aorus Xtreme option I will never buy*

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 17 Aug 2018 at 18:02

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
BTW,there is a typo in the listing description!

JasonM · 17 Aug 2018 at 18:18

8 Pack said:
I would not use any air cooler to cool this CPU for 24-7 high load usage.

VRMs on the boards I have tried are fine just get some airflow across them.

Thanks for that.

Now you have said obviously I would run this on water, however have you ever tried under volting the CPU at stock speed?

8 Pack · 18 Aug 2018 at 00:10

Who cares about undervolting at stock speed... Why would I test that... You want power and heat efficient buy Epyc these are performance cpus... My customers require the best possible performance.

8 Pack · 18 Aug 2018 at 00:11

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:

Yes I saw this when you said the first time.....

8 Pack · 18 Aug 2018 at 00:13

LePhuronn said:
*waits for the Aorus Xtreme option I will never buy*

I have that board coming next week to test. When I arrive back from gamescon. But with recent gigabyte memory performance and compatibility I am not holding my breath.

If its good I will add it...

Panos · 18 Aug 2018 at 00:29

Wow really impressive

IT Troll · 18 Aug 2018 at 07:05

8 Pack said:
Who cares about undervolting at stock speed... Why would I test that... You want power and heat efficient buy Epyc these are performance cpus... My customers require the best possible performance.

Because it would still be faster than Epyc, cheaper and be easier to cool. But I guess there is no markup in that.

Rannoch · 18 Aug 2018 at 13:53

That’s some machine.

8 Pack · 18 Aug 2018 at 18:42

IT Troll said:
Because it would still be faster than Epyc, cheaper and be easier to cool. But I guess there is no markup in that.

Nothing to do with markup. It's to do with performance... My customers want performance.... This bundle does run cool and can render 24-7 easy.

deusexlumina · 19 Aug 2018 at 13:45

8 Pack said:
Who cares about undervolting at stock speed... Why would I test that... You want power and heat efficient buy Epyc these are performance cpus... My customers require the best possible performance.

It's a fair question. This is a perfect CPU for simulation work that otherwise we would offload onto our servers, with the added benefit of having the machine "under our desk" as opposed to remotely accessible. It's much more attractive than EPYC due to the price/performance ratio, but we would still limit power consumption where possible in case e.g there's a power outage and we need the system to last as long as possible on UPS.

Reviews have dropped undervolting tests lately which is a real shame as in the socket 775 days I remember seeing impressive reductions in power consumption at stock speed.

agentdark45 · 19 Aug 2018 at 14:42

Quick question for 8 Pack: has any testing been done on the MSI MEG Creation or Aorus Extreme motherboard? Find it slightly odd that you picked the Zenith to OC on when the MEG has a 19 phase VRM. Could this possibly be to do with RAM speed limitations on the MEG or Aorus?

Also whats the word on B-die RAM? Kinda sad to see that we can't get higher RAM speeds or lower latency with 64 or 128gb. I was eyeing up the 64gb 3200 C14 kit from Gskill, there's also a 128gb 3200 C14 kit on their website.

I'm in the VFX industry and am seriously considering this bundle but that paltry tack on VRM fan for the Zenith just doesn't sit well with me when there seem to be better options (but again this is just from what I've seen from reviews of the Msi MEG).

8 Pack · 19 Aug 2018 at 14:42

You may!! My customers using even as a server would not if it meant any reduction in performance... Which we all know it would..

Aurus extreme I will test after gamescon. I did not put a fan on vrm when testing zenith just ensured good airflow... I mean you put a fan on a vga or cpu for example... A fan on vrm is no different.