Does Anyone Know where the X399 Motherboards are?

[UberMunchkin]

Hi Folks, so I've been waiting what seems like forever to build a new workstation PC and have decided to build a Threadripper based system, so imagine my happy face when the CPUs were released last week, I leapt onto the site to put together a parts list and maybe place an order.

What did I find, well you can buy the chip but there are no motherboards available for you to put the chip in. I've contacted the Overclockers people via their enquiries but they were unable to give me any dates for when the X399 motherboards will be available.

Has anyone seen any of these boards available anywhere else or have any idea when they might be available to the consumer? It seems incredibly stupid to me for there to be a £999 CPU available but for there to not be any boards to buy along with it? How do AMD expect to sell the chip if you can't actually use it for anything?

 

[Panos]

According to 8pack, Taichi was due to arrive today and start sending them out tomorrow.
Regarding the rest no clue.

Some board like the Carbon haven't even being reviewed by anyone, which suggests end of the month or September availability.

It will take time imho for stock and boards to show up. Look at the X299 platform the boards are been announced 3-4 months now and nothing yet 2months after the CPU release. That includes the most gorgeous board ever, the EVGA Dark.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Zenith is in stock @ OCUK and ASRock Professional Gaming in stock elsewhere (wont link for obvious reasons).

 

[Deleted member 66701]

All Zeniths now sold - they didn't last long!

 

[8 Pack]

We have more zenith on the way now.

 

[UberMunchkin]

As if by magic they all appeared just after posting.

I ordered a Zenith, Threadripper & RAM yesterday, should arrive tomorrow.

 

[faxfan]

As if by magic they all appeared just after posting.

I ordered a Zenith, Threadripper & RAM yesterday, should arrive tomorrow.

What memory did you order? My Corsair Platinum 2666 is struggling on the Zenith / Threadripper only getting 2400 from it.

 

[8 Pack]

6 Asrock Taichi in stock guys. Very solid board.

 

[UberMunchkin]

What memory did you order? My Corsair Platinum 2666 is struggling on the Zenith / Threadripper only getting 2400 from it.

Morning. Apologies for taking ages to respond to this one.

I went for 64GB (4x16gb) of G. Skill Trident Z RGB RAM at 3200mhz.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/g.sk...channel-kit-f4-3200c14q-64gtzr-my-10f-gs.html

 

[Silent_Scone]

That's an extremely overkill bin given the platform choice.

 

[obraxis]

Gigabyte X399 is now in stock at OCUK

 

[Deleted member 66701]

That's an extremely overkill bin given the platform choice.

Eh? 3200mhz ram is overkill for threadripper?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Eh? 3200mhz ram is overkill for threadripper?

At that density, and that expense given the platforms lack of capability when it comes to being able to run good timings (subs at the very least), yes I'd call it overkill at £700.

Out of interest, what kind of voltage are you using for that supposed CAS12?

 

[Deleted member 66701]

1.4v

It did 3466 with c14 and booted at 3600 with c18, but I didnt have time to do much testing as stopgap aio had to go back to a friend. Currently waiting on eks wb to finalise build.

 

[Rroff]

That includes the most gorgeous board ever, the EVGA Dark.

is that the one in black and gold? I'm a sucker for those colours looks really nice if its the board I'm thinking.

 

[Panos]

is that the one in black and gold? I'm a sucker for those colours looks really nice if its the board I'm thinking.

No is this one with the M2 fan cooling, and the one Kingpin uses for overclocking the X299. Which one you have in mind?

 

[Rroff]

That is the one I'm thinking of - its mostly black/grey with gold highlights on some bits.