Looking to do a new high end build primarily as workstation around 1st of the year. For CPU, it will either be an Intel i9 10980XE or Threadripper 3. Will decide after the production parts are in reviewers hands and benchmarked/compared.
If I end up going with the i9 I'd for sure get the Asus WS x299 Sage board (assuming it's compatible). Ideally I'd like to see a board just like that with the appropriate socket/chipset for Threadripper 3.
However, I'm not so sure such a board will be available. Looking at Asus's current/previous gen AMD boards, its curious that they offer a workstation board for AM4 Socket which is more suited to gaming, and they don't offer a single workstation board for TR4 socket which is more suited to workstations.
If I end up going with the i9 I'd for sure get the Asus WS x299 Sage board (assuming it's compatible). Ideally I'd like to see a board just like that with the appropriate socket/chipset for Threadripper 3.
However, I'm not so sure such a board will be available. Looking at Asus's current/previous gen AMD boards, its curious that they offer a workstation board for AM4 Socket which is more suited to gaming, and they don't offer a single workstation board for TR4 socket which is more suited to workstations.