Review: MSI MEG X399 Creation Threadripper motherboard
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1usmus
https://www.overclock.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=216232&d=1536175653
you have very very strange results
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Hey, yours is bigger than mine! Interestingly my scores match up on two systems(mobos.) Do you have the perf regulator option for CB benchmarks active in the BIOS or something?
Likely you do. I always disable weird 'Turbo' and Specific Benchmark performance enhancing features for my testing for the sake of objectivity:
1usmus
Yes , cheat turn on, but its influence is less than 1-2% .This cheat also affects all the caches and results in the games 🙂
This processor has special "holes" for voltage , which can significantly change the result (for example, 1.33 may have a worse performance than 1.32, this all depends individually on the specimen ) + phase switching frequency is required more than 600khz + Spread spectrum enabled (EMP will seriously affect the stability of the system, because we have 4 crystals and 16 phases)
maybe you need a new BIOS, it's 1.22, it's not yet published, but it works well 🙂
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fR3T8e21AKOCpTmfgTm151XzRX8bv8Qr
what's your processor's batch?
varkkon
Awesome review Hilbert, thanks for all the hard work! That mobo is rad and the mega 2990WX is insane(Ultra Comboooooooooooooo!)! I have it's smaller brother the 1950x and love it, it has been a rock same with my mobo the MSI X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC. Makes me wonder what will X499(or what ever the next tech will be called) and 7nm update be like!!!? What a time to be alive lets just hope the 17th will be amazing as well then it will all be one for the books.
superpoeper
quick question:
what is the practical use/purpose of the odd looking metal USB 3.1 onboard connector next to the motherboards powers connector...?
what can you connect to that thing...?
(my 8700k motherboard also has one but i have zero clue what it is made/used for...)
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
superpoeper
so the only thing it is made for is connecting the front Type-C (mini USB) connector of a computer case and nothing else...?
if so, it seems kind of odd and narrow envisioned by the people who designed/implemented it.
i've just read somewhere there is a theoretical 10 gbps bandwith on that connector...
that got me thinking along these lines: could this connector not be used as a sata3 replacement/upgrade since sata 3 is "only" 6gbps and this new one has 10gbps?
also can you boot from the Type-C (mini USB) connector with a samsung T5 for example... could be fun to be able to swap operating systems with multiple usb C ssd's
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
tunejunky
this mobo is sex-on-wheels.
but at almost $500... i rarely buy the super premium boards (and never for Intel) as i never do liquid nitrogen or try to out-do benchmarks. typically i save $100-$150 at the HEDT range and $75-$100 for standard mobos.
just got an Asrock x399 Taichi-M(m-atx) and it's good enough for me.
i just no longer "get" the need for e-atx or even atx mobos, unless you have a bunch of pcie storage.
people don't need sound cards or SLI (doesn't mean they don't want them), or network cards. every time i see an ATX with one gpu and no other aib's i cringe.
guess it's just me.
waltc3
waltc3
xrodney
tunejunky
Xrodney... ITX is impossible with the TR4 socket for Threadripper.
m-ATX on the other hand is perfect for most use case scenarios. you can even SLI/Crossfire.
there are 5 slots on a m-ATX board.
so you can SLI and have a sound or RAID card.
for me, i'm going solo 1080ti with 1 PCI-e M.2 RAID card.
not using soundcard, using outboard dac, but i still could've added a soundcard.
tunejunky