OcUK Threadripper 2 review thread

[Hotwired]

It'll be a combo of things.

1) It costs more to make these HEDT boards
2) Their only competitor also has high prices for whatever reason and AMD is deliberately pricing the total cost of having an AMD system lower. Still high but lower.

Nobody is dumb enough to get the 32 core threadripper apart from the reviewers who got it for free. The members market is full of overpriced mobos that never get sold because there is no point to them.

AMD gave plenty of notice that the WX boards are not for casuals or enthusiasts. Their only purpose is serious workloads. Ironically its the opposite of what you said. There's going to be hardly anyone qualified to benefit from a 32 core threadripper but they'll know who they are.

General purpose stops at 16 cores but all the motherboards have to be capable of still taking the 32 core so you pay for the capacity you can't use.

 

[DarrenM343]

Nobody is dumb enough to get the 32 core threadripper apart from the reviewers who got it for free. The members market is full of overpriced mobos that never get sold because there is no point to them.

I assumed given it's the TR2 thread and only the 2990WX is currently available, when you said you would have bought had it not been for the expensive mobo's I thought you meant you were going to buy the 2990 but decided not to because of the cost of mobo's ! .

Anyway, I'm using the X399-A. It's a pretty decent board and < £290

 

[NZXT30]

I assumed given it's the TR2 thread and only the 2990WX is currently available, when you said you would have bought had it not been for the expensive mobo's I thought you meant you were going to buy the 2990 but decided not to because of the cost of mobo's ! .

Anyway, I'm using the X399-A. It's a pretty decent board and < £290

I was thinking of getting the 12 core one since its on a good deal and upgrade in the future when I need so. I do need more than 8 cores but nowhere near 32. I just can never see value on an expensive motherboard. Maybe if ddr4 wasn't so overpriced I could stomach a pricey mobo.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Nobody is dumb enough to get the 32 core threadripper apart from the reviewers who got it for free. The members market is full of overpriced mobos that never get sold because there is no point to them.

I've got one on the way and I'd appreciate not being called dumb thanks.

 

[humbug]

Nobody is dumb enough to get the 32 core threadripper apart from the reviewers who got it for free.

What? why? its faster, more powerful than Intel's $10,000 28 core at under $2,000.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I was thinking of getting the 12 core one since its on a good deal and upgrade in the future when I need so. I do need more than 8 cores but nowhere near 32. I just can never see value on an expensive motherboard. Maybe if ddr4 wasn't so overpriced I could stomach a pricey mobo.

That's the thing - I have noticed the AMD AM4/TR2 boards being a bit more expensive than I expected too,but remember Intel is releasing X599 to support CPUs above 18 cores too. This is probably why the TR2 motherboards cost that bit extra since the companies have to support a much wider array of CPUs and make sure things like VRMs are sufficiently powerful enough.

 

[arc@css]

In layman's terms, what do EPYC and HEDT mean?

 

[pete910]

In layman's terms, what do EPYC and HEDT mean?

EPYC Is the name for AMD's server chips

HEDT = High End DeskTop

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

In layman's terms, what do EPYC and HEDT mean?

Epyc is the AMD server platform and HEDT is High End DeskTop.

 

[arc@css]

Thanks, gents.

 

[Hotwired]

I want the SHED acronym to take off.

 

[pete910]

I want the SHED acronym to take off.

Super High End Desktop ]

They could then put the TR's in that, that would wind Intel up

 

[SupraWez]

Super High End Desktop ]

They could then put the TR's in that, that would wind Intel up

 

[humbug]

 

[gavinh87]

Super High End Desktop ]

They could then put the TR's in that, that would wind Intel up

They could start that when the bring out the x699 boards. Seeing as though they cannot come up with their own numbers it seems

 

[LePhuronn]

Seeing as though they cannot come up with their own numbers it seems

The only explanation for X399's name was a dig and troll at Intel. Why confuse the marketplace any more than you have to? But that being said...

B350, H360, X370, Z370, Z390, B450, X470, X99, X299, X399

Yeah...

 

[jigger]

Nobody is dumb enough to get the 32 core threadripper apart from the reviewers who got it for free. The members market is full of overpriced mobos that never get sold because there is no point to them.

I'm more than dumb* enough to buy a load of 32 core chips for a fraction of market price. I know a lot of other really dumb* people that will too

Motherboards with the kind of capacity on offer cost money. Just the price of the NIC's fitted most of the TR stuff is really dumb.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

When will the 2950x be available to order, it's only the 2990WX at the moment?

 

[B1gbeard]

When will the 2950x be available to order, it's only the 2990WX at the moment?

End of this month apparently.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

End of this month apparently.

Cheers @B1gbeard

What wattage PSU should I aim for with an overclocked 1080ti paired with 2950x?