Building a 2990WX System

xkm1948 · Aug 20, 2018

So back in January I helped a Professor setup a TR 1950X build used for Nanopore sequencing as well as Genomic data processing. It was so well received that I got request to help another researcher building another TR system also used for Genomics and machine learning.

Here are the specs:

AMD Threadripper 2 2990WX
Enermax LIQTECH TR4 II 360 (Going full hard tubing water cooling in the future)
MSI MEG X399 Creation
EVGA 2080 Ti (Place holder for now)
GSKill DDR4-3200 128GB
Samsung 970 Pro 1TB
WD Gold 10TB *2 RAID-1
EVGA 1600Watt Titanium
Thermaltake Tower 900
Samsung UH 750 32'' 4K monitor
HTC Vive Pro (possible, waiting for wireless kit to become available)

And of course nothing would be complete without some pictures.

His goal is 4GHz all 32 core overclocking using the Enermax AIO for now. Don't know whether that is possible or not. But man, those X399 MEG boards surely look amazing.

Will definitely post more as the parts arrive.

cdawall · Aug 20, 2018

Oh dope build. Definitely subbing to this one.

HammerON · Aug 20, 2018

Sub'd as well!!!

HTC · Aug 20, 2018

@xkm1948 : Avoid Enermax TR4 cooler!

Here's why: start from post #14, then post #23: it gets "uglier" after that.

Unless i'm confusing and the cooler mentioned in OP is not the one referred to in the Anandtech's forum posts.

Just a heads up!

Be sure to post how much of an improvement over that other 1950X this 2990WX is.

xkm1948 · Aug 20, 2018

HTC said:
@xkm1948 : Avoid Enermax TR4 cooler!

Here's why: start from post #14, then post #23: it gets "uglier" after that.

Unless i'm confusing and the cooler mentioned in OP is not the one referred to in the Anandtech's forum posts.

Just a heads up!

Be sure to post how much of an improvement over that other 1950X this 2990WX is.

Liqtech TR4 II 360

Yeah I think enermax knows thir old gen problem as well

HTC · Aug 20, 2018

xkm1948 said:
Liqtech TR4 II 360

Yeah I think enermax knows thir old gen problem as well

So i did confuse the coolers: thanks for clearing that up.

Dunno how memory intensive the workloads for which this CPU is intended for are but it could end up with 2950X like performance, in worse-case-scenario, due to the RAM only being connected to 2 of the 4 dies.

Toothless · Aug 20, 2018

How did I know it was you building a TR build? Subbing for the build porn. :toast:

Caring1 · Aug 20, 2018

Count me in.
*drools* :toast:

I wouldn't miss this build for anything.

Vayra86 · Aug 20, 2018

DeathtoGnomes · Aug 20, 2018

Vayra86 said:

phill · Aug 20, 2018

Looking forward to this

Subbed!!

xkm1948 · Aug 27, 2018

The build is done, minus the 2080Ti. So my friend used a 1050Ti to power up for now. Damn nice!

He is gonna dual boot Linux and Windows10, so benchmarks wont be available for a while. This PC will be used as hardcore deep learning based genomics/transcriptomics study,

HammerON · Aug 27, 2018

How are your CPU temps?
Nice build :toast:

Frick · Aug 27, 2018

I'm decidedly not a fan of lights in computers, but I actually like the look of those DIMMs really looks nice to me.

xkm1948 · Aug 27, 2018

HammerON said:
How are your CPU temps?
Nice build

Idling around 30C. Without OC full load under his regular usage is about 50C. Don't have Windows on it yet so cant use stress test tool. He has yet to entertain the thought of overclocking. I mean the entire PC is close to $9K so yeah.

Frick said:
I'm decidedly not a fan of lights in computers, but I actually like the look of those DIMMs really looks nice to me.

Waiting to set them in the MSI RGB software to sync. Hopefully it will work well.

sepheronx · Aug 27, 2018

what a god ugly case.

Nice CPU though. Would love to have one myself. One day when I win the lottery.

phill · Aug 27, 2018

Not a fan of RGB myself, but I do like the setup

I would love to have one of these CPUs for some crunching and some benchmarks just for some giggles, completely pointless really but I would willingly use it as my daily setup

xkm1948 · Sep 3, 2018

phill · Sep 3, 2018

I'd so like

It would be a complete waste, but I'd still like one!!

Thank you so much for sharing!!

cdawall · Sep 3, 2018

phill said:
I'd so like It would be a complete waste, but I'd still like one!!

Thank you so much for sharing!!

So get one?

blobster21 · Sep 3, 2018

How much for those parts ? (if you're allowed to mention the price)

Toothless · Sep 3, 2018

blobster21 said:
How much for those parts ? (if you're allowed to mention the price)

He said $9k.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Sep 3, 2018

Toothless said:
He said $9k.

Well i never, 9k i am eager to buy Tr but I am not expecting to pay that much ,but i wouldn't for sure be getting that spec list either to be fair, but wow still.

xkm1948 · Sep 3, 2018

cdawall said:
So get one?

Did you buy a 2990WX as well?

cdawall · Sep 3, 2018

xkm1948 said:
Did you buy a 2990WX as well?

Yes I got it a week or two ago. Waiting on my board and waterblock to show up to replace the 5960x I have been using. That chip is getting tired. Can't hold 4.8ghz anymore.

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System Name	Virtual Reality / Bioinformatics
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Case	Fractal Design R5
Audio Device(s)	BOSE 2.0
Power Supply	Seasonic 850watt
Mouse	Logitech Master MX
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Cherry MX Blue
VR HMD	HTC Vive + Oculus Quest 2
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Building a 2990WX System

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