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I have a threadripper system on an Asrock Taichi x399 board that has 8 ram slots. Originally I had 4 sticks of 8GB ddr-3000 CL15-15-15-35 Just upgraded to 4 sticks of 16GB ddr4-3000 CL16-18-18-38 I was planning on just swapping and selling the old sticks, but figured what the hell and just...

Thanks for the tip, I think I might try it as well. I'm also interested in splicing the tubing. At this point I have a couple extra radiators, wondering if it's possible to combine them in a loop to get better cooling.

I did the Liqtech II today. Not as bad, but still same signs of bacteria and corrosion. The blobby stuff really makes you wonder if this is some scifi thing where you die of a horrible disease from touching it: I did the same routine and cleaned everything off. The cold plate doesn't look too...

Oh man, I just made a post about tearing down my liqtech unit over here: https://hardforum.com/threads/enermax-liqtech-tr4-aio-liquid-cpu-coolers-review.1945204/page-6#post-1044105077 I have an unopened Liqtech II and wondering if replacing the fluid might prevent the build-up/corrosion issue...

Whelp, so I did it. I did a teardown of the Liqtech TR4 that I replaced after failed cooling performance on my threadripper: I figure I would do my best to clean it to see if it's salvageable at all. I used an old watercolor brush & alcohol on the copper fins they were so narrow: The main...

I rolled back to version 2.00 from the x399 Taichi support page: https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/X399 Taichi/index.asp#BIOS There was only an option to switch to 4* x4 mode on the 4th slot: I updated back to the latest version (3.50) and it only offers x4x4x4x4 mode for the x16 slots: Where...

I have an Asrock x399 Taichi with a Threadripper 1950x and I'm interested in trying to run 2 gpu's at x8/x8 on 1 x16 pcie slot. Currently the bios only has an option to split the x16 slot into x4x4x4x4 mode. I'm actually trying to put in a feature request with them to support x8x8 mode on the...

The deal I was looking at was 6x 1070's for $1320, but after doing a bunch of research realized I'd be dropping another $3k to assemble a system that would support it. Also it will easily be outpaced by half as many rtx 2070 once render engines optimize for those, so I turned it down :/ Would...

Ooo, actually the processor specs say non-ecc :/

Okay I'm researching RAM and it looks like I'll need at least 96GB. I've never messed with ECC RDIMM ram, will this memory be compatible with this board: 96GB (6x16GB) PC4-17000P-R DDR4 ECC Reg Server Memory RDIMM RAM for Dell R430...

Yea that's what I thought at first when I started down this rabbit hole, but then realized mining doesn't require a lot of lanes per card, that's why they can gang up so many with splitters on the motherboard. Yea I just learned about the PLX chip and how it allows the CPU to support more...

Oh wait a second, I just came across this article: https://www.cgdirector.com/best-hardware-for-gpu-rendering-in-octane-redshift-vray/ They mention that the WS x299 Sage does support up to 7 gpu's @ 8x speed with a 44 lane processor by using a PLX chip to allow the CPU to support more lanes...

The more I think of it, the less likely it sounds that there's even a single chip option. Do I need to go with a dual processor system? I found this post about scaling up GPU's: https://www.quora.com/Can-I-double-the-PCIe-lanes-in-a-dual-CPU-motherboard They mention Supermicro X9DRH-7TF, which...

I know there's a similar post from a few weeks ago, but I'm actually wondering if an Asus WS x299 Sage will support 6 GPU's with 8x PCIe lanes each when paired with a Xeon W-2123. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/WS-X299-SAGE/...

Ok, so I found the manual over here: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Socket2066/WS_X299_SAGE/Manual/E14511_WS_X299_SAGE_UM_V3_WEB.pdf In the appendix they have a diagram of the pcie allocations. For the 44 lane block diagram (I'm assuming this is the right chart for the W-2123 even if...