ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Upto 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe Raid
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- Intel vroc ready and nvme raid support on amd ryzen threadripper
- New two phase power solution with upto 14w output
- Supports four additional nvme m.2 drives using intel vroc for transfer speeds upto 128gbps
- Pci express 3.0 x16 interface, compatible with pci express x8 and x16 slots
- Stylish heatsink and integrated blower style fan prevent M.2 throttling
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3 points • Christopher3712
I picked up one of these. Be sure your motherboard is capable of bifurcation and that you set your BIOS settings to accommodate it. Then go nuts.
1 points • sessinnek
Sorry to bother again, would something like this allow for software raid, and how can I know on my own next time? Also the fact that I wouldn't be able to use any other slots on the machine wouldn't be a huge issue as it is a minecraft server that I remote into.
1 points • anoff
I was planning on getting a mobo with dual pic-e 16 slots, and then getting a gen 4 pci-e storage card that has 4 slots for m.2 NVMe drives (like this, only gen 4), and then slotting 1-2 GB of NVMe drives in there (probably 4x 250gb drives, but if I find a good deal on 500gb, obviously jump at it). I can drop that into a gen 3 slot, but if i'm going through all that, might as well get that little bit more out of it.
1 points • Xenoflower7
ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Upto 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe Raid
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/ref=pd_sbs_147_6/136-0909934-8466331?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07NQBQB6Z&pd_rd_r=96a98468-e3c0-442f-8b5d-3d0bc92e85df&pd_rd_w=xFnqa&pd_rd_wg=pQCb5&pf_rd_p=bdd201df-734f-454e-883c-73b0d8ccd4c3&pf_rd_r=BG58Q2Y7EK3FYVXC42VV&psc=1&refRID=BG58Q2Y7EK3FYVXC42VV
1 points • ruinedxistenz
Usually on clx boards at least the top two m2 slots link direct to CPU.
Here is an example of riser that converts x16 pcie slot to four x4 m.2 slots for that Asus ws x299 sage,.for instance
ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Upto 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe Raid https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-JDiEb0KT8AEA
1 points • adam1schuler
I could be wrong on the exact make and model, but I think this will work in a r630 .just got one myself recently and looked into this for when I fill up all my drive bays. Do some Google and redit reserch to make sure it works. https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=4+x4+x4+x4+pcie+card&qid=1588927741&sr=8-4 GL
1 points • BeingRightAmbassador
Let's also remember that this was in 2017, so this has had 3 years of development since then, which Linus cited it needed more time for drivers to progress, which it has and the device has great reviews. The big issue was just using a Threadripper since it's technically 2 CPUS.
Also that the PS5 hasn't been independently reviewed for real world bandwidth, so I'd assume that the 8GB/s is theoretical until a review backs up the marketing, as Linus is testing real world performance, not "AMD's BS raw file system stuff".
Finally, the LTT video shows this as a clear bootable drive, which means everything can be running at those speeds, whereas PS5 architecture could have this as an Optane-like drive where it's only for the game that's currently running. This means while the game could run at the high speeds, you could have a OS that's slow and clunky as opposed to this full solution.
Also, the device 100% absolutely is available, IDK what you're talking about. It's $55 on amazon with great reviews and people achieving up to 7 GB/s real world performance: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z
So all in all, the PC market is not only caught up, it looks like its ahead already.
1 points • Kazan
I thought you mean to keep up with the 2Gb eternal connection. didn't realize you meant you were trying to keep up with 10Gb local network.
generally that takes storage arrays.
here.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z
just run Storage Spaces on 4x NVMe :D
1 points • Orgell_Evaan
They do; you need the PCIE lanes to handle it, tho.
Currently come in 2 flavors; one type is RAID on the card, and the other type makes them individual drives (but your MB has to support PCIE Bifurcation to turn a PCIe x16 slot into a x4/x4/x4/x4 slot on the bigger ones).
1 points • bbcakes69
I got them over time from separate orders luckily. I didn't see a price on that one.
What do you think about this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_k1LBEb3NFE5CW
1 points • QuantumInteger
Yup, I missed that. I was looking at the 980 EVO Pro. The oversight was mine.
> $200 for such a SSD actually is cheap (lower end prices for fast SSDs).
$200 is still half the cost of a PS5. That's why most PC gamers only run some of their games off the SSD and use an HDD either for gaming or for storage and swap when they need to.
> However in a PC it's still not as good as PS5 since it lacks the I/O acceleration.
In terms of pure speed, you actually can. With RAID configuration, you can get go higher than that. You can buy something like the ASUS Hyper M.2 expansion card.
> It still loads & installs faster.
With SSDs, games are already loading fast enough. The whole point of the SSD is bigger and more expansive worlds, which won't change with faster speeds.
1 points • TheTuxdude
Interesting, I missed that. Thanks for catching that. I couldn't find anything that supports just 2 M.2 SSDs.
However, you can get one which supports four like the ASUS Hyper M.2 (4xM.2) adapter which supports up to 4 M.2 SSDs, but you can just use two of them if that's all you need.
1 points • Goober_94
Ok.. something is off here.
First a lane is a lane, no matter if it is gen 3 or gen 4. I have no idea why you say "8x gen 4 is 16x gen 3". That is not how it works. With X570 and Zen 2, all the lanes are Gen 4 lanes.
The CPU has 24 direct connected Gen 4 lanes.
With Any Zen 3 CPU, no matter the motherboard, the 16x gen 4 lanes are dedicated to graphics (yes, 16 Gen 4 lanes). So no matter what else happens on the board with the chipset and it's GP lanes, those 16X lanes are all you get for graphics. This is AMD's dedicated graphics link. These lanes are shared by two pci-e slots on just about every x570 motherboard; sans some ITX boards. If you run one GPU you will always get the full 16x Gen 4 lanes; if you run dual GPU's in the correct pci-e sockets you will always get 8x/8X gen 4 lanes. Enabling NVME Raid does not change this.
If you go in the bios, and into device configuration, you will notice an option to select PCIEX16_2 Bandwidth, there are two choices, 8x, or "PCI_RAID Mode", which is a x4/x4 mode to create a raid array for up to 2 PCIE devices. This is NOT for onboard nvme raid; this is for the Asus Hyper M.2 x16 adapters that would allow you to use PCI-E raid to create arrays across 4 additional NVME drives.
There is also 4x (Gen 4) lanes dedicated to the chipset uplink, these are also fixed lanes and cannot be used for anything else.
The final 4x CPU lanes are can be split between SATA / NVME devices. So you can do 2x2 nvme, or Sata+ 2x NVME, etc. Asus dedicated all 4 to only the first NVME slot, and they are not shared with anything else.
The third x16 pci-e is not part of the AMD's dedicated graphics link, nor does it use the CPU's lanes. The third slot sits on shared GP lanes provided by the X570 southbridge. Same is true from the bottom NVME port, it is a 4x Gen 4 port using lanes provided by the X570, but it is 4 lanes and is not configurable.
So; my current setup:
- two 1080ti's running 8x/8x Gen 4 lanes running in Gen 3 mode.
- Two nvme 4.0 SSD in raid running 4x Gen 4 lanes on each slot running in gen 4 mode.
1 points • AtopMike
That is fixable as long as you aren’t running multiple GPUs/NICs.
1 points • Admirable_Nothing
Yes, I have bought and used this one. I quickly moved to the Hypercard adapter once I built the new box and filled its 2 M.2 NVME slots and wanted to add 3 more NVME M.2 2280 drives.
1 points • GuilhermeFreire
Improve the internal airflow... with servers it is the only way.
My T610 wasn't really made for NVME drives. I use with a PCI adapter, and it does not get a good airflow above it (it has a plastic shroud that force the airflow above the processors and the RAM, but all the PCI cards have no airflow.
I have a small heatsink on my NVME cache that I salvaged from E-waste....
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but nowadays I would consider something like the Asus PCI-e 16x 4x NVME adapter
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/
Check compatibility before, but it seem to allow 4 NVME drives and have cooling solution on it.
1 points • UnsprungMass
I'd go a little larger on the NVMe personally. You don't want to run out of space to create new VMs or put them on platters. Or, what I did myself is use the bifurcation features of your motherboard and get one of those add-on cards that supports 4 more NVMe sticks, each at x4. Make sure you get an adapter that supports x4x4x4x bifurcation and not something that just has its own switching logic. I got this one for $60 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQBQB6Z
That is, of course, if you're not using the slot for anything else. This, plus my single on-mobo NVMe gave me 5 NVMEs I used for raidZ2 (I like my drive redundancy). You could do 6 drives with your two on the motherboard.
Spending other people's money is fun.
You could also free up a SATA for future expansion by booting from USB.
Edit: Strange, your motherboard's bifurcation specs say x8/x4+x4, but not x4x4x4x4. But then it has a footnote that says you can use the Hyper M.2 card I linked and select it in the BIOS (since it's an Asus thing). So, I guess their special "Hyper M.2" BIOS setting just enables x4x4x4x4 using a special name instead of just saying x4x4x4? I guess that's just a marketing thing or something.
1 points • One800J
Depends on budget. If you want to be able to add disks as you need the space, you’d have to go with a drobo. (Or unraid yuck) (Drobo has a USBC (that’s compatible with usb3 and a thunderbolt unit and qnap just has thunderbolt 2 and 3)
QNAP if you want to build it out. Maybe get a 16 bay and then an expansion module when you need to double it. They just came out with some nice expansion units that offer full speeds. But if you’re transferring a lot of small files, the only thing that will really make that work well is using all SSDs. You could try using one of the few enterprise QNAPs that use SAS drives, but I think that would only improve multi user transfers or if you plan on doing a lot of reading and writing at the same time.
If you’re usually accessing the same small files, you could just put a few SSDs into the mix as cache. This works with drobo and qnap. Might even work for all your needs.
10Gb Ethernet a must. Or thunderbolt. Qnap and drobo support thunderbolt 3 which can give you double the speed of 10Gbe. Only downside is you need to be close to your drives. Though there is finally one company that makes a fiber thunderbolt cable up to 100m I believe. Expensive of course.
And ... accessing your volumes via iSCSI helps a lot. Instead of mounting as a SMB share. But using Thunderbolt 3 has always been the fastest for me. (Haven’t ever tried dual 10Gbe aggregated on the client side)
Oh the lower end, mobius still makes a USB3 unit, 5 bay, that can do hardware raid or just a bunch of disks. I’ve had many of them. Only downside is that it’s slow. The raid card in it isn’t the best. That’s typically the case with USB3 housings.
I also recently bought and setup a USB3 Mediasonic H82-SU3S2 ProBox 8 Bay ($270 amazon) because I had a bunch of spare drives around. (Of the same make and model). Works pretty well. Again can be raid or just act as a hot swap for disks.
Thinking out of the box, why not get 4 or 5 M.2 NVME to USB C Adapter Enclosures, and set up a RAID with Softraid. Or USB3.1 enclosures. Mount inside a metal box with a 120mm fan, and put a USB3.1 hub inside.
Or this 4 nvme PCIe card. 3500MBps. ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Upto 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe Raid
Or a enclosure. OWC Express 4M2 4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure w/ Thunderbolt3 Ports RHQ
1 points • ardweebno
There are loads of cards out there that will serve as an effective PCIe switch. Here and here are such examples. If you are going into the multi-nvme world, there are plenty of reasons to do this, other than raw throughput. Nvme has SIGNIFICANTLY lower latency as compared to traditional SATA interfaces, which can be huge when you are spreading large reads across many spindles in your RAID.
1 points • SunakoDFO
If you buy expensive bifurcation adapters and give up the few PCIe slots you have, you can definitely do that. That is exactly what I said. If you know what a block diagram is you can see how the platform is designed. Here is what the X299 platform looks like.
It is astounding how confident you are about your stupidity and that it is getting upvoted. Like I said above already, all the M.2 and storage slots on the motherboard come from the chipset and from there go to the CPU through the DMI 3.0 link. If you wanted to make a workstation with no capture cards, no controllers, no expansion options, and no graphics card, yes, you could put "12 x4 NVMe drives". It would cost $160 for the 3 bifurcation adapters to do that and you would have no lanes left for anything at all. On Threadripper and Epyc the slots on the motherboards themselves already go to CPU root complex, you don't need to sacrifice one of the three x16 slots that Cascade Lake has just to get your storage on real lanes. You didn't refute anything I said.
1 points • tabascodinosaur
M.2 uses PCIe lanes anyways, I suspect you will have comparable speed. My best guess on why you are running into this issue is because PCIe only has so many lanes, and manufacturers are dedicating some to the actual PCIe expansion slots, and some to the storage controllers in a balanced fashion. I don't know any boards off the top of my head that prioritize the storage controllers over expansion slots like that. This would basically adapt some PCIe lanes BACK to storage. This is what I've seen recommended for a high-end solution, I don't really have any personal experience on some of the cheaper solutions but they do exist.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/ref=asc_df_B07NQBQB6Z/
Now that I think about it, you may want to prioritize NVMe speed over a potential SATA speed degradation, so you could also just use the onboard NVMe and add a SATA add-in card which removes the risk of the card degrading your fastest drives. Here's an example, but there are literally a million of these on the market and they all look relatively similar.
https://www.amazon.com/N-ORANIE-Adapter-Marvell-Chipset-Non-Raid/dp/B07H8CXK9F/
Giving it some more thought, I would definitely go with the second option.
1 points • ZaRealDoctor
I would recommend starting with the Ryzen 7 1700 as the 2700 doesn't see that much more performance for double the price. Your can always upgrade down the road if it is really needed.
As for the sata ports you can always buy and LSI Raid card (Something like this) and then buy a couple of SFF-8087 cables (Like these) and for \~$75 you have 8 sata ports at the cost of 1 PCI port.
For the LSI card you have to make sure it is flashed to IT mode, since it is about the same price I would get one that is pre-flashed so you don't have to do it yourself.
For the 2 M.2 slots you can always get something like this.
So most your requirements can be fitted to other motherboards, I would make sure it has at least Gig Ethernet port. But other than that since budget is a concert to you I would just buy a budget board. With the LSI card that can always be added later so say you had a board that supports 4 drives wait until you have 5 drives then buy it and add it into your system.
1 points • jspringer1978
Unless you're dead set on buying it in the next hour there's no reason to use Best Buy. Their prices suck and their selection is limited. You may even be able to buy something online and pay for overnight shipping and still get it cheaper than Best Buy prices! This is the m.2 drive I'd recommend and here's a PCIe adapter if you need to add m.2 slots. You can also get a PCIe card like thisthat'll hold a 2.5" SSD if you don't want to deal with cables/mounting.
1 points • Slawpy_Joe
So I built it on pcpartpicker and was looking at the MSI MEG X570 ACE as it seems to have everything I need
Ok, so the main thing I was concerned about what bottlenecking the GPU since this is also going to be a gaming machine. So I decided a 2060 Super is probably a better choice for my needs and if 8x 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth, then cool. 8x
For the RAID card, I'm thinking theASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2, it comes in a 4.0 version as well but the NVME drives I'm putting in it are 3.0. I've tried to find more info but just seems to just need a mobo with bifurcation support, but like your saying if there's 4 4x coming out the card into a 16x slot stepped down to 8x because of the GPU, will it throttle or just not read 2/4 drives?
And my PCI-E boot drive is 4x but that would be the 4x to from the CPU, whereas the 3 slots on the board are the 4 lanes being shared with the chipset?
I feel like this just wouldn't work with a small 24 lane CPU unless that mobo I chose is wired a certain way to allow with the 3 m.2 slots it has
1 points • BinaryGrind
No idea where to get the NVME backplane, but from looking it up its really only so you can stick NVMe drives in the flex bay slots.
Do you need to have the NVMe Drives in the flex bay? If you don't actually need the drives in the the flexbay then there are numerous alternatives to an NVMe drive into your tower.
NVMe is really just a PCIe card in a different form factor. You can get a M.2 to PCIe adapter like this or like this, mount your drive, and insert in any open PCIe slot and it will work exactly like it would if it was in a flexbay (with exception to hotswap).
An alternative is you can get a SFF-8639 cable and plug it into one of the free U.2 ports on the motherboard and then a M.2 to U.2 adapter and achieve the same thing.
1 points • argylekey
If money is no object? Maybe swap your SSD for a PCIe SSD/M.2 expansion card for faster internal storage. Most of us have no need for it, but it might give you dollar for dollar best performance.
With the expansion card you could provision one M.2 as your cache drive(useful for Adobe) and have several others in Raid 0 for sheer performance with local media.
To be fully upfront: this is overkill for MOST use cases. But it will net you some of the best NVME ssd performance money can buy. And you seem to have carte blanche.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z
1 points • RFF671
For anyone still interested in this topic, there's 2 versions of the card listed above.
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Gen 3 ($58 at time of writing): https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=asus+nvme+raid&qid=1595855954&sr=8-2
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Gen 4 ($69 at time of writing): https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-Expansion-Card/dp/B084HMHGSP/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=asus+nvme+raid&qid=1595855954&sr=8-1
1 points • RNPC5000
Well depends on what interface you're looking for. If you are looking for an external one using USB 3.0, well I can't find any and I doubt any exist due to bottlenecking. If you're looking for an internal pci expansion card then yes they exist. From quick amazon search.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z
https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Adapter-Heatsink-Support-Expansion/dp/B07JGRJS5X
1 points • AK-Brian
If you're wanting to prioritize CPU connected NVMe M.2 disks (rather than full lane bandwidth to the primary PCI Express slot), you've got the right idea with the XII Extreme's DIMM.2 adapter or the use of a similar PCI Express slot adapter in other boards which support slot bifurcation. Both will result in a total of three CPU connected NVMe M.2 drives, each utilizing four lanes.
The DIMM.2 effectively uses the same lanes that are normally switched to the second "x16 (physical)" PCI Express slot. If you populate both drive slots on the DIMM.2 card, as well as place a GPU in the primary slot, you'll end up with the GPU operating in x8 mode. The other eight lanes would be routed to the two (NVMe M.2 drives on the DIMM.2 adapter (four lanes each). Independently of this, the primary NVMe M.2 slot would retain its dedicated x4 link to the CPU. This section from the Extreme's manual (currently only available in French, for whatever reason) shows the storage configuration matrix.
(If you decided to add a fourth NVMe M.2 drive, the chipset connected x4 slot will allow you to do so, at the expense of needing to disable the SATA2 port)
On a board without the DIMM.2 mechanism, you can substitute an adapter such as the Hyper M.2 Quad, but make sure that the BIOS supports enabling bifurcation on the PCI Express slots. They also have the downside of being bulkier and most have their own little fan. As they use onboard redrivers, these types of adapters exist in both Gen3 (common) and Gen4 varieties (far less common), if you're looking to update to Gen4 with Rocket Lake based CPUs down the road.
As far as peripheral connectivity, this is the block diagram for the Z490 platform which might help visualize things (courtesy AnandTech). As you mention, various things like ethernet, USB, audio and wireless are all routed through the DMI link, but with no extra expansion cards and the 4th (chipset) NVMe M.2 slot left empty, you've got plenty of bandwidth there to spare.
Basically, the Z490 Maximus XII Extreme will do exactly what you want to do, with the sole platform concession being that you'll need to operate your GPU at PCI Express x8 - for current GPUs that's barely beginning to limit performance (\~2-3% with a Titan RTX). If you upgrade to a Rocket Lake CPU and a future Gen4 GPU, you'll once again have plenty of bandwidth at that slot. It's a high end board, but it's about as loaded as they come for this socket and should overclock like crazy.
If you want to go a cheaper route, check that bifurcation is enabled in the BIOS and you can use an M.2 adapter to ensure that your three NVMe M.2 drives are CPU attached. Some vendors have manuals up, others not so much, so you might have to send a few emails if it isn't listed yet.
1 points • aminy23
Ryzen CPUs have 24 PCIe lanes - the graphics card takes 16, each M.2 NVMe SSD takes 4, and everything else shares 4.
Since you're saying "I'll likely add some 1TB M.2 drives", and you want a small PC under $1,000, and you want to reuse your existing SATA SSDs. You're gonna have a lot of devices sharing 4 lanes, and it will seriously bottleneck. Your motherboard chipset, WiFi, Ethernet, all but 1 SSD, all your hard drives, audio, Bluetooth, will all be sharing the same 4 lanes.
My advice is to go with Ryzen 2000 Threadripper which has 64 lanes: You can then squeeze in card like this to add 4 NVMe SSDS: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z/
And a PCIe 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet adapater: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08952DDML/
5 NVMe SSDs (1 on mobo + 4 on card) - 20 lanes 1 GPU - 16 lanes 1 2.5 Gigabit adapter - 1 lanes Built in bluetooth - 1 lane
That's 38 lanes + the chipset
Ryzen offers 20 lanes for your devices + 4 for the chipset. 20 lanes is half of what you need.
This motherboard has 8 SATA ports as well, with Ryzen when you use an M.2 device, you're cut back to 4 SATA ports. This is not unique to Ryzen, Intel does the same. Modern consumer platforms are not made for someone with as many devices as you have.
Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- CPU | AMD Threadripper 2920X 3.5 GHz 12-Core Processor | $487.66 @ Amazon CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-U9 TR4-SP3 46.44 CFM CPU Cooler | $69.90 @ Amazon Motherboard | ASRock X399M Taichi Micro ATX sTR4 Motherboard | $329.99 @ Amazon Memory | GeIL EVO SPEAR Phantom Gaming 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | $52.99 @ Newegg Memory | GeIL EVO SPEAR Phantom Gaming 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory | $52.99 @ Newegg | Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | | Total | $993.53 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-15 14:02 EDT-0400 |
1 points • LongFluffyDragon
The games you mentioned need only a tiny fraction of that GPU power, and photoshop takes little to no advantage of the GPU outside very specific tasks. Do specific workloads make full use of GPU accelleration?
The prices on those SSDs are comically absurd, you could get 9TB (1 1TB + 4 2TB) NVMe storage for the same cost, if you went with a PCIe card for them. Alternatively a single 4TB Sabrent Rocket is still cheaper than that Samsung abomination.
PSU is ludicrous, it would be fine with less than half that.
Case is overpriced and nothing special, you could get a high quality fractal or NZXT design case for half that price instead of a box with minimal filters and no soundproofing. Not a big concern, though.
I know very little about 3rd gen TR boards, cant comment on that. Gigabyte has a horrible track record for AMD in general, though.
Something like this PCIe x16 to 4 NVMe card with the following would be cheaper and better. Also a much better GPU for the same price. PCPartPicker Part List
Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- CPU | AMD Threadripper 3960X 3.8 GHz 24-Core Processor | $1391.65 @ Amazon CPU Cooler | be quiet! Dark Rock Pro TR4 59.5 CFM CPU Cooler | $89.90 @ Amazon Motherboard | Gigabyte TRX40 DESIGNARE XL ATX sTRX4 Motherboard | $629.99 @ Amazon Memory | Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $144.99 @ Adorama Memory | Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $144.99 @ Adorama Storage | Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $259.98 @ Amazon Storage | Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $259.98 @ Amazon Storage | Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $259.98 @ Amazon Storage | Sabrent Rocket 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $259.98 @ Amazon Video Card | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card | $483.98 @ Newegg Case | Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case | $149.98 @ Newegg Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $159.99 @ B&H | Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $4255.39 | Mail-in rebates | -$20.00 | Total | $4235.39 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-23 23:38 EST-0500 |