What a lovely build. I agree with you on the lack of testing by AMD and the motherboard manufacturers. Surely they have testing teams who run through most benchmark testing and different Windows scenarios. It always feels like both AMD / Intel and motherboard manufacturers just release these things and hope for the best, rather than actually test. This is why sometimes it's best to wait 12 months before adopting a new platform so that most problems are ironed out. In saying that as we have seen with intel of late even 12 months is not long enough.
Well said my dude. I noticed the new x870 proArt did not have an extra power plug (sad) where as the new x870 Hero does. I need it for a second GPU. Do you know if that extra power plug on the Hero is only for over clocking or will it help stabilize power for a second GPU? I can't tell without a manual if the second slot is true x16 (I hope). Knowing them, one hand giveth power and the other hand taketh away a 16x slot = go buy a threadripper for that last detail.
For the X870E Hero, ASUS website says: "* To support 60W, please install the power cable to the 8-pin PCIe power connector or else only 27W will be supported." for the front-panel USB 20Gbps port. Looks like at least part of the power from that plug can be routed to that USB-C port. No further info I could find. Not sure that it would really make a difference tho since most GPUs don't pull much PCIe power (each slot's 75W should be plenty even for multiple GPUs). As for the slot breakout, it's: 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with Q-Release Slim (supports x16 or x8/x8** or x8/x4/x4 modes***) ** When you use both PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2, PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 will run x8. ***When M.2_3 are enabled, PCIEX16_1 will run x8, and PCIEX16_2 will run x4.
SICK. Love your designs!
beautiful rig :O
Clean and beauty!
Nothing compared you!
What a lovely build. I agree with you on the lack of testing by AMD and the motherboard manufacturers. Surely they have testing teams who run through most benchmark testing and different Windows scenarios. It always feels like both AMD / Intel and motherboard manufacturers just release these things and hope for the best, rather than actually test. This is why sometimes it's best to wait 12 months before adopting a new platform so that most problems are ironed out. In saying that as we have seen with intel of late even 12 months is not long enough.
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Thankfully, AMD is working on a BIOS update to resolve the latency issue.
Well said my dude. I noticed the new x870 proArt did not have an extra power plug (sad) where as the new x870 Hero does. I need it for a second GPU. Do you know if that extra power plug on the Hero is only for over clocking or will it help stabilize power for a second GPU? I can't tell without a manual if the second slot is true x16 (I hope). Knowing them, one hand giveth power and the other hand taketh away a 16x slot = go buy a threadripper for that last detail.
For the X870E Hero, ASUS website says: "* To support 60W, please install the power cable to the 8-pin PCIe power connector or else only 27W will be supported." for the front-panel USB 20Gbps port. Looks like at least part of the power from that plug can be routed to that USB-C port. No further info I could find. Not sure that it would really make a difference tho since most GPUs don't pull much PCIe power (each slot's 75W should be plenty even for multiple GPUs). As for the slot breakout, it's:
2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with Q-Release Slim (supports x16 or x8/x8** or x8/x4/x4 modes***)
** When you use both PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2, PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 will run x8.
***When M.2_3 are enabled, PCIEX16_1 will run x8, and PCIEX16_2 will run x4.
AMD messed up with marketing these chips to gamers. Otherwise, these are great for anyone doing things as mentioned in the video.