Probably couple of months out..
So Far I am still to buy the Video cards, Memory 64 gb per dim Most likely so I can have 512 gb of ram. And Custom loops. Some of the custom loop parts are out of stock..
I have everything else now.. Just waiting on those parts.. Basically
Would be very interested in your 3970x build let me know how it goes and share some pics and results.
@tech101 - That's a lot of RAM! What motherboard supports that capacity? I'm going with the Aorus Master, 64GB DDR4-3600mhz CL16 in 16GB DIMMs. Going to give the TR-specific Noctua cooler a shot. Adding two of the chromax variant fans to the cooler for push/pull. Slightly higher RPM's as well. I will most likely upgrade to a Thermosiphon when they are no longer vaporware, but I am often away for weeks at a time for work, and don't want to risk anything going awry with liquid cooling if I'm halfway across the world.
I might take some heat for this, but I'm giving the Seagate Skyhawk AI drives a shot, for the sole reason that their TB/year endurance is 3x that of the WD purples. So far 2 out of 4 of my WD purples have bitten the dust in the past calendar year. But I'm also writing 3-4x as much as their rated endurance, so I can't really fault the drive. We'll see how they hold up.
@mrc545 In my test I couldn't go really beyond 1900 MP/s with a Ryzen 3950X running DDR4-3600 memory, and lower memory speed cut down on the capacity even though the CPU wasn't even heavily loaded.
So a 3970x build with its quad channel memory should have more capacity. Whether it is worth the expense or not, only you can decide. I was considering a similar upgrade but once sub stream support started getting implemented in BI, I decided to stick with my i7-8700K.
@bp2008 - Firstly, thank you for all you do. Your write-up was fantastic, and your findings on memory bandwidth limitations were one of the main reasons I went with this setup and this specific type of RAM. From what I've read, 3600 MHz is the sweet spot for a 1:1 infinity fabric ratio.
Parts started tricking in today, and most should be here by next weekend. Unfortunately the case and mobo are going to be some of the last to arrive. Once it's up and running, I'll get performance stats while running locally, then see how much it gets crushed by RDP.