[SOLVED] best motherboard for 2990wx and can fit two RTX 2080Ti using Nvlink without suffocating one of them

[Ammar Ammory]

HI everybody

what do u think the best motherboard for Amd 2990wx and 128 gb of rams

in my opinion and after spending all the weekend searching online it seems ( ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha X399 ) is the best choice

and regarding video card it seems i have 4 options :
-MSI LIGHTNING-Z RTX2080 TI
-MSi SEA-HAWK-X RTX2080 TI
-EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 TI FTW3 ULTRA HYBRID
-And finally ASUS ROG-MATRIX-RTX2080TI but i don't know when it will be released
i read some problems about evga cards regarding the noisy pumps . so i will not consider it

so the question here are my choices right or not ?
and what is the best motherboard and dual video cards to connect with NVLink without suffocating one the other
and thanks in advance

 

[korv]

Matrix just released maybe one week ago? Just went to the internet, seems like people are having problems with other x399 motherboards such as nvlink isn't working. I guess you could go with this board. The lightning z requires three 8 pin connectors so if your power supply can support it then get it otherwise i would get the sea hawk x.

 

[Ammar Ammory]

thanks , do u think Corsair 1200 w is enough ?

 

[korv]

thanks , do u think Corsair 1200 w is enough ?

Seems plenty enough. Lighting z recomended psu is like 650-750 watt, another 200 (not sure how much your cou drass) watt from your cpu. So, 850-950 wat power supplys should be fine which means your psu will as well be fine.

 

[Ammar Ammory]

just to remind you i will put 2 lighting Z cards with NVLink , and most work will be GPU render

 

[korv]

just to remind you i will put 2 lighting Z cards with NVLink , and most work will be GPU render

Two lightning z? Holy..... in this case i'll try my best to calculate how much you need.

 

[korv]

Can you as well list your full specs?

 

[Ammar Ammory]

-Motherboard - Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME Alpha
-CPU - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
-VGA - MSI LIGHTNING-Z RTX2080 TI * 2
-RAMs - 2*HyperX Predator DDR4 RGB 64GB Kit (4 x 16GB) 3200MHz / Total 128GB
-SSD - Samsung 970 PRO 512GB
-HDD - WD 4TB Gold HDD * 2
-Case - Cooler Master Cosmos C700P E-ATX Full-Tower
-Cooler - Cooler Master Wraith Ripper
-PSU - ???

 

[korv]

Your pc will draw around 1026 watts. The ram isn't hyperx just because i couldn't find yours but that doesn't really matter. Here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PYzcpG

 

[korv]

-Motherboard - Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME Alpha
-CPU - AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
-VGA - MSI LIGHTNING-Z RTX2080 TI * 2
-RAMs - 2*HyperX Predator DDR4 RGB 64GB Kit (4 x 16GB) 3200MHz / Total 128GB
-SSD - Samsung 970 PRO 512GB
-HDD - WD 4TB Gold HDD * 2
-Case - Cooler Master Cosmos C700P E-ATX Full-Tower
-Cooler - Cooler Master Wraith Ripper
-PSU - ???

your psu should be fine.

 

[Ammar Ammory]

Thanks my friend