1920x or wait for october release of Threadripper 3xxx

[RasmusDC]

upgraded internal network, to 10Gbe, upgraded servers to NVME and SSD storage, but my old 4790k on a Z97 as server, ran out of PCI-Lanes... it really sucks..

 

so i need to upgrade my server, i also need to make sure it can transcode 4K HDR, the 4790k can just manage and nothing more.. 

 

main focus is the PCI-E lanes, so i was looking at the really cheap 1920x, but the X399 boards still make it an expensive solution, no cheap choices... but is TR - gen3 going to move so much, yes i know more performance, but seriously the ryzen 3 does not seem to stomp all over f.ex. a 2700x well you get more cores... 

 

so i guess the new cheap TR is going to be 12 cores like the 1920x is.... 

 

would you wait or just go for it?

[MeatFeastMan]

Threadripper is in November by the way, not October. And I wouldn't say that they will have a 12 core. I have a feeling they'll start at 16 this time. All we know is there will be a 24 core at launch, that is the only details we know 100%.

 

And also..if you're expecting good pricing for Threadripper 3 motherboards, you've got another thing coming. PCIE Gen4 pushed up prices for the x570 Chipset compared to x470, so much so that the cheapest boards are $150-$200.These boards are going to cost a fortune, because they'll put the Gen4 tax on there, probably add another tax for the lanes...

 

What is your budget? That's the question here.

 

 

 

 

[Jurrunio]

12 minutes ago, RasmusDC said:

ran out of PCI-Lanes

you only need PCIe 2.0 x4 equivalent bandwidth to hit full speed of 10Gbps LAN though... (PCIe 2.0 x2 only has 8Gbps)

 

13 minutes ago, RasmusDC said:

main focus is the PCI-E lanes, so i was looking at the really cheap 1920x, but the X399 boards still make it an expensive solution, no cheap choices... but is TR - gen3 going to move so much, yes i know more performance, but seriously the ryzen 3 does not seem to stomp all over f.ex. a 2700x well you get more cores..

for all core performance, nope 3rd gen offers less for your money than 1st and 2nd gen. That said with PCIe 3.0/4,0 you might as well just get AM4...

[RasmusDC]

yeah... well my Z97 is struggling ... 8 harddrives 1 NVME 1 SSD 10gbit Nic and want to add a GPU for my son to play Steam link with...

 

the NVME is in a PCI-E card since the onboard is only 10Gbit, and the one onboard also kills some of my sata ports...