Both.
What EXACT Motherboards are you considering ?
ALL of these would be TRX40 motherboard as it is for a Threadripper 3 Processor.
Was looking at the
- ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E GAMING £493
(Mainly as it appears in all the custom TR3 system configurators on the likes of the PC Specialist, SCAN 3sx and other custom workstation suppliers who seem to stick with ASUS motherboards only... though seen a few Gigabyte ones lately)
Seems to have some sort of AI auto Bios for sorting things like overclocking.
Only 2x SLI
3 full speed 16 x pCIE and 1 x4 speed PCIe
2.5gm lan
7 USB 3,2 Gen 2 USA ports and 4 USB 2
2 RJ45 lan connectord
No add in cards
The ASUS Prime Pro seems to lack features and the ASUS ROG ZenithII Extreame seems too pricy.
- ASROCK TRX40 TAICHI £479
- ASROCK CREATOR
The creator only seems to do 8 phaze but 90amps per phaze but has four full PCEi 16x speed slots at full 16x speed each plus 10gb lan internet and 4way SLI
but only 2 Gen 2 USB 3.2 ports
The Taichi comes with a 4th gen SSD addon card which can hold an extra 4 m.2 SSD drives and full 16 phase 90 amps each power, but just 2.5 ghz lanand only 2 Gen 2 3.2usb A ports but both AsROCK BOARDS SEEM TO HAVE ahci, ncq AND nvmE BOOT via an M.2 slot.
Head there are not so good at cooling though.
- The GIGABYTE TRX40 DESIGNARE. £623
This one comes with a Thunderbolt 3 addin card, (GC-TITAN RIDGE )did better in cooling tests... not sure if as a brand it has a better reputation for reliability or bios than ASroc
16 phase direct (no doubler)
4way SLI
4xc SLI BUT only 2 full 16 speed PCiE 16 slots (2 8x and 2 16 x) plus 1 PCEi 4 x 1 slot.
Dont know if it can dop NVMe boot... no info I can find
Has room for four times Gen4 M.2 SSDs
5 USB 3.2 Gen2 USB ports on back as well as the 2x 3.2 gen USB C ports and 2 thunderbolt ports on the add in card so
It does not appear to have 2.5, 5 or 10GB LAN but does have a double gigbyte Lan
Qflash for the bios on its own with no processor
Also been looking at the
NVMe boot for M.2 SSDs is not listed . (Does this mean you cannot have your operating system on a M2 drive?
A dual ie has a second backup bios incase first one goes wrong.
This also comes with a 4 gen 4 M.2 SSd holding add on card.
3x SLI
Can only support 6 SATA drives
All 4 of its PCIe slots are the full 16 x speed
Has 10gb lan
Can support 3 M.2 ssds on the board and another 4 on the add on card
One review said it had the best cooling and passive (most of the others have fans).
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how does double ethernet lan work for the boards with 2?
So that was the
- ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E GAMING £493
- ASROCK TRX40 TAICHI £479
- ASROCK CREATOR
- GIGABYTE TRX40 DESIGNARE. £623
- MSI TRX40 Creator £679
However things like is it reliable, does the bios suck balls, is the build quality rubbish and bendy and breakable, other than it being 16 or 8 phase is the power biut good quality etc does not appear in their marketign speach other supplier comparsion charts the the scan one