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Building a 2990WX System

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I'm surprised these chips are made in china. You'd think AMD would want to bring manufacturing back home to the states.
Little off topic but it's just a thought I had.
 
But the board/CPU still only supports 128GB? So such ram wouldn't help...

Last I checked the board has 8 slots... so... 32GBx8= 256GB right? Threadripper supports up to 2TB.
 
Specs page on Newegg for this board shows 128GB.
 
Specs page on Newegg for this board shows 128GB.

Yep. Because thats all that there was at the time for DDR4 capacities. In theory the only thing limiting the RAM amount now is the IMC/Physical RAM slots. BIOS is ready for 2TB. I asked. (Gigabyte has a sample in its labs now doing validation testing.. with its X399 boards)
 
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According to Wendell @ level1techs, there's a "problem" with core 0 of this chip.

He noticed the issue while using Indigo benchmark and it's explained here:


Does this affect other programs / benchmarks? No idea. Doing the steps he did can potentially speed up the 2990WX in other programs.

Just a heads up!
 
The build is now complete

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Let's see it done! Let's see it benched!
 
That's one test I've not yet run.. I'm really slacking!! :laugh:
 
Did a bro night out with local LAN party, putting the two RTX 2080Ti rigs next to each other.

His RGB lights won the show at the end.

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Looks like an RGB demon with a crown.
 
xkm... Do you know what he uses for a pump curve on that Liqtech AIO?

I have the 240 version... and well.. its wonky for me.

Could just be the fans I use but its never really been the greatest on my 1900X. I idle around 28-32C. Full load I will easily hit 70C @ 4.0Ghz (1.38V). So idk if its just the rad not being good enough or the pump not being the greatest.

I am using SP120s on the 570X. BUT- Custom water cooling is enroute. Got the monoblock, rad and fittings. Waiting on pump which is sitting at DHLs Cinci, OH hub since Saturday. (Went with an EK D5 Xylem II PWM pump and glass reservoir)
 
Did a bro night out with local LAN party, putting the two RTX 2080Ti rigs next to each other.

His RGB lights won the show at the end.

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I gotta say that is an awesome combination of RGB parts. All of it has a diffuser. Sweet
 
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