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by velox_io 2304 days ago
Wow, that is some bias.

Sure, these are great CPUs (I have a 3950x myself), but there is something needs to be mentioned: AMD has artificially restricted the memory limit. They have a max configuration of 256GB. I get that they want to segment these from Epyc, but it already only has four memory channels instead of eight (not a lot with 64cores/ 128 threads). Nor is 256GB a lot for such a CPU (the Ryzen 3000's support 128GB on two channels), previous Threadrippers supported 2TB!

I think AMD went too far here with their artificial limit, so it is worth mentioning.

(I'm not really a fan of TRX40, I think it is overpriced for what you get and they don't even throw in 10gbe when they start at £400+)