3ds max Threadripper 2990wx Work/Render Station.

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Final list:

ASUS PRIME X399-A
ThreadRipper 2990WX
G.SKILL 64GB Ripjaws V DDR4 2800MHz CL14 KIT F4-2800C14Q-64GVK (really got lucky here, just came in, even on discount, -35€ less!!)
SEASONIC Focus Plus 1000 Gold 1000W
ASUS DUAL-GTX1070-O8G GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 OC (went with this one, has double the Cuda Cores, will help with GPU rendering if needed)
NOCTUA NH-U14S TR4-SP3 + 2x nf-a15-hs-pwm
SAMSUNG 512GB 970 PRO M.2 PCIe M.2 2280 MZ-V7P512BW
Corsair Air 540 Black

 

TOTAL: 3,880.00 €

 

I will order soon, just to check everything again a couple of times

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The motherboard memory QVL for 2nd gen Threadripper cpu okays the memory (F4-2800C14Q-64GVK) for 2 DIMM but not 4. Curious.

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3 minutes ago, brob said:

The motherboard memory QVL for 2nd gen Threadripper cpu okays the memory (F4-2800C14Q-64GVK) for 2 DIMM but not 4. Curious.

Yes, it is strange, but still the best and fastest RAM option I can order yet compatible  

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Just a quick update. Received all the components yesterday, put it all together today, and it's alive!

 

Updating windows now, installing drivers, etc. Tried Corona benchmark and it is 4.8 times faster than my i7-5930k!

 

I will have to do some RAM tweaks, but everything else seems to work fine!

 

 Just can't get enough looking at those threads 

 

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Another quick update. Everything is working very nice. After small RAM tweaks, even better responding.

Tried to overclock the CPU up to 3.8 just for testing, and it was stable.

Cpu temp are very very good with this noctua cooler! Did the X pattern with thermal paste. Normal ussage, while working, 32-40 c, and while rendering, goes up to 65 c.

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Sounds like a keeper .