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Review on πŸ’ͺ Unlocked Desktop Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 Cores and 128 Threads by Mark Sutovsky

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Disappointed that it doesn't support RDIMMs

I bought a processor to count to match it to use as a testing ground for my software. I bought 8 x 32GB ECC RDIMMs and then found that they aren't even supported. Now I have to return the RAM. It's also difficult to find an ECC UDIMM of this size. Please note that to install Linux you must also update the BIOS, otherwise the installer will hang after selecting GRUB.

Pros
  • Quad DDR4 memory module and 88 PCIe 4.0 lanes, the maximum bandwidth and IOPS you can get with a desktop processor
Cons
  • New competitors are here