Comments on: ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme Review AMD Threadripper Excellence

By: Aby

Aby — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:12:17 +0000

@STH

Can You kindly let Me know if this motherboard can support EPYC cpu, even if no tlisted on ASUS website?!
I don’t need all those cores but I do need the GPU slots, that AM4 dooesnt offer, so id be more than glad to drop in an 8 core 500 dollar EPYC cpu, and keep the extra cash to buy DDR5 systems this summer, as these DDR4 Motherboards and CPUs are end of life.

By: Jc

Jc — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:46:04 +0000

Any one got a good explanation on why TR need a chipset and not epic? Was it mostly for moving some power usage off chip? Anyone know if it is the same io chiplet in both?

By: Tyler Hawes

Tyler Hawes — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 15:08:27 +0000

Ryan, I second that! Although I’d be happy with a PCIe expansion chassis that broke out the lanes as well. Something that takes your x16 4.0 and gives you 4 x x8 3.0 slots would be so nice.

By: Ryan Metz

Ryan Metz — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:44:56 +0000

I’m hoping a mobo manufacturer will use pcie 4 ->3 switches on TR boards to go from 8x 4.0 to 16x 3.0 so they can put 4+ non-over-subscribed 16x 3.0 slots on a board with plenty of lanes left over for other IO. Would make for a great DL workstation.

By: Tyler Hawes

Tyler Hawes — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 04:44:25 +0000

Thx for the advice Steven, I think I’ll do that.

I also wish we’d see some TR3 workstations from HP, Supermicro, Dell, etc. We’ll build our own if we have to, though.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:40:25 +0000

@Tyler: I would wait a month for TRX80; Those will be the more workstation orientated systems.
TRX40 seems to target more the game streamers, enthusiasts and less the professional work station crowd like you are.
It is a bit sad that AMD did not provide a clear roadmap on Threadripper V3. And the infos on TRX80 are still only rumors or educated guesses. But by now they seem to be right, so wait till AMD will reveal TRX80 in January (the current likely launch/paper launch).