Gigabyte MC62-G40 Motherboard + AMD Threadripper Pro 3955WX CPU $1198 + Free Shipping

sshapiro63

Jul 16, 2023 02:51 PM

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sshapiro63Jul 16, 2023 02:51 PM

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This seems like a good solution for a TrueNAS Scale server. The board supports 16 SATA devices and multiple GPUs in case passthrough to one or more virtual machines is needed.

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crazygideon

Jul 17, 2023 04:31 AM

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crazygideonJul 17, 2023 04:31 AM

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I always wanted a "Threadropper" pro.

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sandwich

Jul 17, 2023 09:29 PM

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sandwichJul 17, 2023 09:29 PM

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These are Zen 2 cores if anyone has that question.

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nzalog

Jul 18, 2023 04:22 AM

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nzalogJul 18, 2023 04:22 AM

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Don't know about the proc but Gigabyte is the only brand hardware that I've had to RMA in a long time. Would not want to use this in something I care about.

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fawzi

Jul 18, 2023 04:27 AM

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fawziJul 18, 2023 04:27 AM

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Any case that supports 16 hard drives ?

highonfire

Jul 18, 2023 05:28 AM

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highonfireJul 18, 2023 05:28 AM

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If your first reaction to this is "wow! I want but it's so expensive" this is not for you. BTW, that's my reaction.

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ghostfreckle

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Jul 18, 2023 06:57 AM

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ghostfreckle

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Jul 18, 2023 06:57 AM

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Can this run minesweeper and myspace?

Seriously, though... Whats this for in a house?

sshapiro63

Jul 18, 2023 07:19 AM

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sshapiro63Jul 18, 2023 07:19 AM

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Quote from fawzi

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Any case that supports 16 hard drives ?

Here are a few:

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/meshify/meshify-2-xl-dark-tempered-glass/dark-tempered... [fractal-design.com]

https://www.fractal-design.com/pr...dark-tint/

This is a new one. It can hold 10 hard disks and 11 SSDs:

https://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Pro2-Server.html

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joebob2000

Jul 18, 2023 01:08 PM

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joebob2000Jul 18, 2023 01:08 PM

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Quote from ghostfreckle

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Can this run minesweeper and myspace?

Seriously, though... Whats this for in a house?

For raw power this cpu is lacking compared to the 16 core intel version (the 13700) and you can get that for a fraction of the price of this. This kit would be just for a build where you really need a huge amount of ram (talking 512gb or more), many pcie cards or disks. Maybe a 4k/8k video editing rig with many hundreds of TB of ssd. In general no home user would buy this, even for a 4k streaming hub (serve movies within the home) this is hugely overkill.

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sshapiro63

Jul 18, 2023 01:58 PM

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sshapiro63Jul 18, 2023 01:58 PM

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Quote from joebob2000

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For raw power this cpu is lacking compared to the 16 core intel version (the 13700) and you can get that for a fraction of the price of this. This kit would be just for a build where you really need a huge amount of ram (talking 512gb or more), many pcie cards or disks. Maybe a 4k/8k video editing rig with many hundreds of TB of ssd. In general no home user would buy this, even for a 4k streaming hub (serve movies within the home) this is hugely overkill.

If you look at the block diagram on the Gigabyte website, you can see how much direct access devices get to the CPU. Latency should be very low. I believe there are 128 lanes into the CPU, vs. around 20 for a typical desktop system. Each on the PCIe slots has direct access to the CPU, along with both 10GB Ethernet ports, both M.2 slots, and several of the USB ports. If someone wanted to add additional M.2 SSDs, I think six out of seven of the PCIe slots could run four drives at full gen 4 speed via an adapter.

This probably would not be a great choice for most home users, but it could be a great solution for someone who wants to have a single home or small business server that could provide centralized disk space and backup, virtual machines, etc. This motherboard and processor, while not the latest technology, could provide a lot of value for many years in certain use cases.

I am tempted to get this, but the memory I want would probably cost another $600. It's not a cheap solution, but if nothing breaks, it would be a workable system, to me, for many years.

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joebob2000

Jul 18, 2023 02:24 PM

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joebob2000Jul 18, 2023 02:24 PM

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Quote from sshapiro63

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If you look at the block diagram on the Gigabyte website, you can see how much direct access devices get to the CPU. Latency should be very low. I believe there are 128 lanes into the CPU, vs. around 20 for a typical desktop system. Each on the PCIe slots has direct access to the CPU, along with both 10GB Ethernet ports, both M.2 slots, and several of the USB ports. If someone wanted to add additional M.2 SSDs, I think six out of seven of the PCIe slots could run four drives at full gen 4 speed via an adapter.

This probably would not be a great choice for most home users, but it could be a great solution for someone who wants to have a single home or small business server that could provide centralized disk space and backup, virtual machines, etc. This motherboard and processor, while not the latest technology, could provide a lot of value for many years in certain use cases.

I am tempted to get this, but the memory I want would probably cost another $600. It's not a cheap solution, but if nothing breaks, it would be a workable system, to me, for many years.

For central storage or backup, building a 10 gig storage server can be done far cheaper than this. It's also an absolute power hog compared to a dedicated 10 gig NAS device. The only use that would really push those specs is running several virtualized workloads, not something a home user would do unless you're running a home lab and want basically the power of 4 or 6 desktops crammed into one desktop.

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sshapiro63

Jul 18, 2023 02:44 PM

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sshapiro63Jul 18, 2023 02:44 PM

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Quote from joebob2000

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For central storage or backup, building a 10 gig storage server can be done far cheaper than this. It's also an absolute power hog compared to a dedicated 10 gig NAS device. The only use that would really push those specs is running several virtualized workloads, not something a home user would do unless you're running a home lab and want basically the power of 4 or 6 desktops crammed into one desktop.

Yeah, I agree. I built a file server, with dual 10GB Ethernet, from an old desktop system recently. It works fine and the cost, since I had the parts from other projects I worked on a few years ago, was very low. I do have several desktops (Windows and Linux), and the idea of integrating everything into one system using virtual machines with GPU passthrough, is attractive. But the trade off is I would be stuck with older technology and lower performance over the next few years. Every solution has benefits and drawbacks. The benefit of staying with consumer grade equipment is that it isn't too costly to replace after a few years, compared to workstation and server grade hardware costs.

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Jim1903

Jul 18, 2023 03:20 PM

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Jim1903Jul 18, 2023 03:20 PM

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Quote from nzalog

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Don't know about the proc but Gigabyte is the only brand hardware that I've had to RMA in a long time. Would not want to use this in something I care about.

Try Asus they are very friendly with mobo returns lol

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