Review: ASRock TRX40 Creator Threadripper 3000 motherboard

#5744991 Posted on: 12/25/2019 07:38 PM

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yes, and the one im using now, wasnt.
i can, if the rest of the hw works without any problems but swapping the board.
never use more than 2 dimms, but with ryzen 3xxx dual sticks @dual rank seems best.

there is literally no other way this is coming from something else, as i even did another clean install when 1909/new chipset driver came out.

for the past 18y i build about 2-3 desktops a year (upgrades) ,
usually when someone i know, wants a new one/upgrade.
so with about 50 machines, i never had to rely on a second set of hw (to swap stuff) to get it to power up (access bios/POST).

well as seen the FB on that board is more important as i needed to do this already 3 times in 6 weeks,
dont have tons of devices, so i can lose 4 ports..

and after i saw that the limiting factor (ryzen 3xxx) isnt power/vrm anymore (outside maybe ocing 3900/3950),
means i can now look at smaller boards/different brands as i dont plan to get a 3950 an oc it.
temps arent an issue, as i run everything on water, and would recommend an aio even for 3600.
and if used as exhaust, case temps (incl vrm etc) will drop to decent levels as well.

im not saying the others dont have issues, but not on the +200$ boards i had.
and each time i give them another chance since features/price is good (on rig thats not for me) ,
i always get reminded why i dont want their boards/gpus anymore.

#5745021 Posted on: 12/25/2019 09:06 PM

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I know HH isn't English but the Where all other is funny lol. Correction is> Were all over TRX40 motherboards.

I hate the spelling police but i just found it funny. Still a good review though.

#5745247 Posted on: 12/26/2019 07:06 PM

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about thunderbolt :
it's Intel technology those are AMD motherboards (Apple uses Intel cpus heh)
if you didn't know you cannot have TB3 on a non-intel chipset normally, TB is heavily integrated into your bios and motherboard, you can't "just plug a pcie card" it's not how it works(I technically had it on my Z390 except with only 16 cpu lanes it shutdown 2 of my SATA drives..screw that)
they had to pay Intel, their competition to integrate it and create new motherboard layouts, new BIOS etc...

I wanted TB3 but the few motherboards that have it cut in other places which I cared more about (usbs and internal storage lanes)

#5745479 Posted on: 12/27/2019 04:09 AM

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thunderbolt is no longer intel technology, they gifted it to the usb-if months ago.

#5745895 Posted on: 12/28/2019 06:00 PM

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about thunderbolt :
it's Intel technology those are AMD motherboards (Apple uses Intel cpus heh)
if you didn't know you cannot have TB3 on a non-intel chipset normally, TB is heavily integrated into your bios and motherboard, you can't "just plug a pcie card" it's not how it works(I technically had it on my Z390 except with only 16 cpu lanes it shutdown 2 of my SATA drives..screw that)
they had to pay Intel, their competition to integrate it and create new motherboard layouts, new BIOS etc...

I wanted TB3 but the few motherboards that have it cut in other places which I cared more about (usbs and internal storage lanes)
No you don't need any complicated bios integration anymore, Thunderbolt 3 is opened standart since 2018 and yes you can simply buy PCI-e TB3 controller card and use it. Asus and others make them.

As for disabling SATA ports, yes its annoying, but you can simply solve it by adding PCI-e sata controller card, you can now-days buy something like Adaptec 7805 or 71605 for like $50.