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I would like to thank Linus Sebastian for helping me out with the hardware used in this article.
| Test System - Threadripper 2990WX | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX |
| Motherboard: | MSI MEG X399 Creation (UEFI v130) |
| Memory: | G.Skill Flare X F4-3200C14D-16GFX (2 kits) G.Skill Trident Z Royal F4-3600C16D-16GTRG G.Skill Sniper X F4-3400C16D- 16GSXW |
| Graphics Card: | ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX2080-O8G-GAMING |
| Storage: | Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB |
| Power Supply: | Corsair HX750i |
| Cooling: | EKWB Velocity sTR4 EKWB Quantum Vector STRIX RTX 2080 D-RGB – Nickel EKWB XRES 140 Revo D5 EKWB CoolStream CE 420 (2 radiators) Vardar EVO 140ER White BB |
| Case: | Thermaltake The Tower 900 |
| Software: | Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Version 1909 |
| Chipset Driver: | AMD 2.01.15.2138 |
| Test System - Threadripper 3960X | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X |
| Motherboard: | ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme (UEFI v0702) |
| Memory: | G.Skill Flare X F4-3200C14D-16GFX (2 kits) G.Skill Trident Z Royal F4-3600C16D-16GTRG G.Skill Sniper X F4-3400C16D- 16GSXW |
| Graphics Card: | ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX2080-O8G-GAMING |
| Storage: | Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen4 SSD 2 TB |
| Power Supply: | Corsair HX750i |
| Cooling: | EKWB Velocity sTR4 EKWB Quantum Vector STRIX RTX 2080 D-RGB – Nickel EKWB XRES 140 Revo D5 EKWB CoolStream CE 420 (2 radiators) Vardar EVO 140ER White BB |
| Case: | Thermaltake The Tower 900 |
| Software: | Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Version 1909 |
| Chipset Driver: | AMD 2.01.15.2138 |
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