News AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX and 5975WX Review: Sheer Threaded Dominance

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AMD's Threadripper Pro 5995WX and 5975WX barrel into the workstation market with 64 cores, 128 threads, eight memory channels, and class-leading performance.

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[XaveT]

It makes me so mad they stopped with the HEDT models. Now if you have ANY use case that needs more that 16x usable PCIe lanes, you jump substantially in price. I'm still contemplating a 1900x, but the tech is just so old at this point.

 

[jeremyj_83]

It makes me so mad they stopped with the HEDT models. Now if you have ANY use case that needs more that 16x usable PCIe lanes, you jump substantially in price. I'm still contemplating a 1900x, but the tech is just so old at this point.

How many PCIe lanes do you actually need? Ryzen 7000 is going to expose 24 lanes from the CPU plus whatever from the motherboard.

 

[XaveT]

How many PCIe lanes do you actually need? Ryzen 7000 is going to expose 24 lanes from the CPU plus whatever from the motherboard.

Personally, I need 24 usable. 16x for M.2 RAID, and 8x for a SATA RAID card. Any more would be nice, but I can use that. Heck, even a graphics card and a multiport 10Gbe/SFP+ isn't possible currently without involving chipset-plexed lanes.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Personally, I need 24 usable. 16x for M.2 RAID, and 8x for a SATA RAID card. Any more would be nice, but I can use that. Heck, even a graphics card and a multiport 10Gbe/SFP+ isn't possible currently without involving chipset-plexed lanes.

The X670E might be the way for you then. You will be limited to only 6x SATA, however, you can probably get a SATA card that runs on the PCIe bus instead.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MEG-X670E-ACE/Specification

 

[XaveT]

The X670E might be the way for you then. You will be limited to only 6x SATA, however, you can probably get a SATA card that runs on the PCIe bus instead.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MEG-X670E-ACE/Specification

I looked at that one. It's only doing 20 usable PCIe lanes. 16x/0x/4x or 8x/8x/4x. I would need 16x/8x (16x/0x/8x or 16x/8x/0x or whatever as long as I get a 16x and an 8x) in my configuration.

 

[jeremyj_83]

I looked at that one. It's only doing 20 usable PCIe lanes. 16x/0x/4x or 8x/8x/4x. I would need 16x/8x (16x/0x/8x or 16x/8x/0x or whatever as long as I get a 16x and an 8x) in my configuration.

It has 4x M.2 that can run RAID 0, 1, 10 so the x16 card isn't needed.

 

[rluker5]

For the typical pc user this thing has 56 e cores.

 

[bernardv]

The first chart in the article - gaming performance - crucial for users of this CPU! And 5800x3d is not on the chart 🤣

Tom's Intel fanboys till death never disappoint.

 

[jeremyj_83]

The first chart in the article - gaming performance - crucial for users of this CPU! And 5800x3d is not on the chart 🤣

Tom's Intel fanboys till death never disappoint.

Directly from the article. "We're using our Windows 10 test suite for this round of testing, which does necessitate using our older game roster but allows us to compare to our historical results from the previous-gen 64-core 3995WX that we no longer have in the lab... The Threadripper Pro models aren't intended for gaming, but regardless, we couldn't resist the temptation to see how the chips fare when paired with a high-end GPU... That said, if a professional user decides to unwind with a few games at work, Threadripper Pro provides more than enough performance for a high-end gaming session. And then some." The only reason the games were in there is because this is their old Win 10 testing suite and that includes games. Plus to some professionals they might be interested to know if they can game on their machine as well. If you remember the 2990WX was not good at gaming so it was workstation only.

 

[XaveT]

It has 4x M.2 that can run RAID 0, 1, 10 so the x16 card isn't needed.

If those were all from the processor, I'd agree with you. Only one is from the processor, the other 3 are from the chipset.

 

[jeremyj_83]

If those were all from the processor, I'd agree with you. Only one is from the processor, the other 3 are from the chipset.

You will not notice any difference in performance. Don't forget that the bus from the chipset to the CPU is run on PCIe 5.0 so it is wider.