ASUS WRX80 Threadripper Pro system for Video and 3D Production

#ASUS #AMDThreadripperPro #WRX80
A closer look at building a workstation with the ASUS PRO WS WRX80E SAGE SE and AMD's Threadripper Pro for Video and 3D Production.
With 4 RTX3090 for 3D production
And
2 RTX3080 for Video Production
ASUS WRX80:
www.asus.com/my/Motherboards-...
AMD Threadripper Pro:
www.amd.com/en/processors/ryz...
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[@tactycstudio]

This is the absolutey best youtube channel for 3D Artists / 3D Motion Designers who want to build their workstations and get detailled and professional information! Amazing, thank you so much!

[@igotsomespace]

This, all of this 100%

[@Yamagatabr]

This channel is amazing! The best for 3D Content Creators. Asus just send this man his sillicon already!!!

[@mikebrown9826]

Hi Philippe. Thanks for the kind words. And yes. I need more equipment to do more video. This is why I have not posted in a while. But I hope to do some more videos soon. Thanks for watching.

[@TREZER]

Once again excellent video straight to the point.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thank you.

[@nguyenbui90]

Thanks a lot. Exactly what i need to build one for my own :D

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Glad I could help!

[@jethisanchit]

Really enjoyed watching your video, learnt new stuff about this motherboard.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thank you. Please keep watching

[@zakross]

This is exactly what I was looking for!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

glade I could help

[@nigeldawson5960]

Building something similar now. Thanks for good info.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Glade I could be of some help

[@choppergirl]

I'd actually load it up with 256gb RAM, install ProxMox on it, several VM copies of the same distro of Linux running, and then open as many Firefox windows in as possible as my window to the web. FireFox is my killer application. Rendering videos out with Sony Vegas on Win7 or Win10 VM is important, but only ocassionally, so only one GPU with 4 Displayport outs is necessary or driving a big monitor like the Odyssey G9. I churn out videos for YT but I don't use Resolve or Premier. I've got a 7950x no with 128gb, and the problem I run into is not that I'm limited by RAM, but by Firefox crashing when it gets too overloaded with 100 windows open, so I have to start up a totally new isolated version in another VM and spread all the Firefox tabs out. I'll probably just upgrade my system to 196gb with 48gb sticks, because moving over to Threadripper would be a step huge hit in price tag for more cores, and I'm not really limited by cores... but by software.

[@legendhasit2568]

This is such a great video and channel

[@mikebrown9826]

Thanks Legend

[@theshadow6273]

I realize that this video was made during the summer of 2021 but the ASUS PRO WS WRX80E SAGE SE is not the only option for mobos go for builds with multi gpus (3+). The supermicro m12swa-tf has 6 16x (cpu) pcie slots for gpus. It's significantly cheaper than the asus pro board shown here and supports threadripper pro cpus. It's currently the mobo i have installed in my workstation along with three rtx 3080s (with room for a fourth) and a threadripper pro 3955wx and is an extremely capable piece of hardware for less money. Just wanted to let people know that the ASUS PRO WS WRX80E SAGE SE is not the only option out there. Love the channel btw and the content. Keep up the good work and please stay informed! :)

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thanks for sharing your experiences with the channel. Gigabyte also has MOBO for TR-Pro. But in my option, the ASUS is still the best choice. But there are other options available.

[@TheEternalDreamers]

Really like the video. I was able to get an open box 16 core threadripper pro cpu and this motherboard yesterday at microcenter. Gonna fill it with the NVME riser cards and see how much storage I can fit in the system

[@MediamanStudioServices]

seems the system is limited to only 10 NVMe drives. So check out the MOBO manual first before purchasing to many Add in Cards. Unless you get a card with a built in PCIe switch like the hunny badger www.liqid.com/products/liqid-elements/element-lqd4500-pcie-aic-ssd Glad I could help Thanks for watching

[@TheEternalDreamers]

@@MediamanStudioServices wendel of level1techs said he got 23 working. I’m going to go slow with getting the raid cards and see how it goes

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@TheEternalDreamers Great, let me know how your progress is coming along. I would be interested in seeing how the system performs.

[@michaelbyrd4004]

I love all the awesome tech. However, what was not mentioned in this video and many others that highlight all these super powerful systems, is the amount of heat that is produced. It seems that performance is all that is focused on. Do you know what kind of heat comes out of a machine with a 250 watt TDP processor, a 350 w video card, a thousand watt power supply, nvme cards that heat up, and if we include a couple 4K monitors, whatever room this system is in is going to bake like an oven. Yes I have experience. I don't know why this detail which is so very important just isn't included in these reviews.

[@sreekanth8111]

great video. Will this entire hardware fit in corsair 1000d ?

[@clausbohm9807]

FINALLY someone figured out how to use the "third" slot by making right angle connectors. The only catch is you have to buy a seven PCI slot system to do so. Oh and install 3 GPU's Hybrids if possible and leave aa slot for the 4xM.2 card. Rendering powerhouse with fast rendering load times and video scrubbing in 4K

[@MediamanStudioServices]

ya. I like that bit of engineering as well. Thanks for watching

[@G0UDG]

Great video I am in the process of getting parts for my Threadripper pro build I have so far Corsair 1000d case with 10 ll120 fans. Corsair ax1600i power supply, Asus Pro WS WRX80E=SAGE motherboard and 3975wx cpu having problems getting the GPU due to supply issues

[@MediamanStudioServices]

sounds like you have a good system there. Good luck with the GPUs. Let me know how the system performs after you build it.

[@G0UDG]

@@MediamanStudioServices Will do

[@JamieTorontoAtkinson]

If I were to build a system like that, I would be using it for deep learning and mental ray vray. I ideally would like a silent system and would install for or eight water cooled Rtx a6000s or four Intel a770 if practical because of the amazing value of intels a770 cards if possible. I am waiting on a motherboard that will support up to eight DDR5 dim slots. I would also love to be able to squeeze in some of those super fast PC i.e. drives.

[@maxhughes5687]

I watched this again. Best presentation and the best product on the market. Thanks. I'll watch CES 2022 today but ZEN3 TR PRO's price is what I want to know. All I ordered last month was Gold plated EK fittings and their angled terminal for the fittings to clear other AICs.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Hi Max, I was disappointed that AMD did not give any information on next Gen TR-Pro cpu during CES. Guess we will have to wait longer to see what they are going to release.

[@famitory]

given that most users only end up using the video outputs on one, maybe two of the GPUs (people rarely have more than 10 monitors per computer on a workstation), it would be interesting to see a build that uses some pure compute cards (no physical video outputs) like the nvidia tesla series alongside the normal GPUs, especially in a watercooled build.

[@AdmiralFace]

I would suggest using risers to take advantage of all 7 full 16x pci-e 4.0 slots. 6 GPU rendering station plus the RAID card for panning in post at the same time.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

yes risers are a good idea, but this you need a case that you can mount the GPUs in to.

[@arkenavetisyan7308]

I'm a 3D artist, and once I start making some real money, I'm planning to build a system like this. For a current build right now I would chose: Asus WRX80 Motherboard Threadripper 3995WX 64 Core 128 Threads, with Ice Giant Cooler For RAM I would want 1TB but after some searching I saw that there's no high speed ECC memory at large capacities so for now I would go for 8x 32GB 3200MT/s ECC DIMS's for a total of 256GB. The high speed memory doesn't make that much of a difference for rendering, but does for other general stuff. And I want to use just one system in the house. GPU: I would love to get a couple of RTX A6000 48GB cards but with the overkill pricing probably not. So I would get 2x RTX 3090 24GB, and in NVLink configuration for memory pooling of 48GB VRAM total in Blender. The rest of the PCIe 4.0 slots I would populate with as many Asus Hyper M.2 Cards as I can with at least one of them having 4x Samsung 980 Evo Pro's in Raid 0, for a read speed of 28GB/s, that will be used as the main OS drive. This is because I run hi-res simulations in Blender that can easily get to hundreds of gigabytes, for seconds of animation. So that kind of ridiculously fast SSD speed is crucial in that scenario. PSU: Asus Thor 1600W Titanium + Some kind of UPS for power outage protection. But this is now, and it also kind of sucks that Zen 3 Threadripper hasn't come out yet. Because that high Zen 3 single core performance is very important for Blender also, because those simulations and viewport playback run on single core only, as well as other things. And most of the other everyday apps rely on single core performance as well. I just hope by the time I have the money in a year or two maybe, Zen 4 Threadripper Pro is out, and won't be the same delayed Zen 3 story that it's now. And basically that would be an unbelievable home Supercomputer also. I'm drooling over it by just thinking about it: 128 Core 256 Thread Zen 4 Cores (+dual socket support for x2 that?) Terabytes of DDR5 ECC Memory, hopefully >6400MT/s Dual RTX 4000 series with at least 96GB VRAM total 56GB/s PCIe 5.0 Raid 0 SSD... This is current dual channel DDR4 RAM speed btw :) Jesus Christ!!! That would be insane!!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

yes it would, thanks for sharing your comments

[@peelthebananna9827]

Why not get an a6000 and start at 48gb of vram? Have the ability to scale to 96 in the the future

[@arkenavetisyan7308]

@@peelthebananna9827 Because 2 RTX 3090's are twice as fast as a single RTX A6000. And speed is more important for me. Plus you can overclock the 3090 for even more speed. The A6000 is not overclockable as far as I'm aware.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@peelthebananna9827 maybe the cost of the a6000. 5K is a lot of money

[@maxhughes5687]

Hyper card raid 0 is 3X a single NVMe drives speed at 21GB/s. I think you'll need a quad card with a PLX chip to get 4X speeds of 28GB/s. Something like a HighPoint SSD7505.

[@Roman3718]

Great Video. Could you do a video on the best set up for rendering 265 content in Resolve Studio with multiple GPUS. do you use a nvlink, or the cards simply populating slots. Thanks

[@MediamanStudioServices]

for Resolve, just populate the slots as resolve is great at using multi GPU in a system, but you need the studio version to use more than One GPU.

[@raihanrudro1823]

Nice Video

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Thanks for the visit

[@gerasimosioardanitis5494]

Hello Mike, thank you for the high quality videos you produce for us all this time. I have 2 questions if you can help with. One , do you consider a good case the Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2 Gaming Full Tower for this build? and No2, i m planning on setting up an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX (16 core) and Dual (2x) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090. Alongside 2 SSD Nvme 2TB (EVO), 64GB Ram DDR4, A water cooling for AMD (Asus ROG Ryujin 360), with motherboard Asus Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI Motherboard Extended ATX. All these in an Full ATX Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2, with the option to add more SSDs later. This will be my Blender 3D Workstation for rendering and working. My head is blocked on PSU and consumptions which i m not good at. Can you please help me with a quality safe choice? If possible a PSU that could accomodate in future the 4 NVME drives u describe in your video. Kind reagards!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Hi Gerasimos, the only issue I have with the Quiet Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2 is the metal plate at the bottom of the PCIe slots that may block air flow in the bottom GPU. Try to find a case with open area below all of the PCIS slots. Like the Lian Li O2 XL. and get lots of case fans......

[@moaazallahham8296]

Nice build. Since all PCI slots provide x16 lanes, do you think it would be possible to use 7x 3090 gpus? I am aware that I will need to build a custom rig to place the gpus, as well as a more powerful PSU. But the question is, would the motherboard even run the 7 gpus? In case you are wondering what I would need such a build for, it will be for deep learning models training.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Hi Moaaz, yes the board can totally handle the throughput. Check out this channel as they are making theses multi gpu systems. kzbin.info Thanks for watching

[@Atsolok]

What a great video!! Just one question. Will I lose transfer speed when I make multiple partitions with the raid setup?

[@mikebrown9826]

Hi Atsolok. Thanks for the comments. No you will not loose speed. Speed is dictated at Hardware level. Partitions are at the software level.

[@tristansummers]

@@mikebrown9826 what? Then how can you get speed increases with software raid? What is the advantage of partitioning a RAID? Isn't that

[@guaracilage]

You rock!!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

so do you for watching. Thanks

[@bgtubber]

The person this build is going to will have more compute power than god! What a beautiful piece of hi-tech engineering. BTW, good use of blower cooler cards. I would not change them. You don't want the gamer-oriented dual/triple fan design cards in such dense configuration. As you said, there's enough space for the fans to suck in air provided there's enough airflow in the case.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Hi bgtubber, thanks for your comments. Please share on your FB page to help grow the channel.

[@bgtubber]

​@@MediamanStudioServices Sorry, I don't do facebook, but I would have definitely done so if I did. 😄 Anyways, I'm now subscribed for more awesome stuff like this one. Keep up the good work! 👍

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thanks for the kind words

[@rdsii64]

I would use a custom loop so I could use a cpu block THAT COVERED THE ENTIRE HEAT SPREADER. Other that that, I like the set up as is for this purpose. My budget may require some changes, but as is, it should be a stout performer.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

The heat spreader water block was just for the test bench. I would never use that block for a final TR-Pro CPU build. check out bykski products as they have some good inexpensive water cooling equipment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqjJn2h_hr2hf6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJC1nWZmgc14aK8

[@maxhughes5687]

I've been on an all copper Watercool Heatkiller IV PRO on a first generation TR for three years. Flawless operation and it fits the TR ZEN2 and the TR PRO.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@maxhughes5687 thanks for sharing your experiences with the channel

[@AchakBrooks]

I was curious, do you have any information/advice/videos on supplying power to high energy use setups like these? For example, situations were you are unable to use or acquire a single 1600W PSU to drive the system? I have a few PSU's 850~1200W PSUs laying around and around would like to know if there is a use case (positive/negetive) for installing them in a multi PSU setup? Any recommended install processes, or why not to do, or do, or suggestions for more viable solutions? For example, in my situation, one of my setups were I would to use dual PSUs is: CPU: AMD T.R. 3970X MB: Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Extreme (Rev.1.0) RAM: 128GB (16x8) G.Skill Trident Z (Neo F4-3600C16Q-64GTZN) 16-16-16-36 1.35V STORAGE: 2x4TB Raid0 - Sabrent (NVME/PCIE 3.1 Gen3 @4) (SB-RKTQ-4TB), + 2 additional NVME, one SSD GPU: 2x3090 + 2x6900XT (possible 2x2080TI to replace the 6900XT if I choose to not run MacOS locally or in a VM) OS: Multi (Linux(Arch), Windows, MacOS) PSUs: Seasonic 1200W, Seasonic/Silverstone 2x1000W, Corsair 750W (All platnium, sorry, I don't have them on me to give more pertinent variance information) If you read this, thank you for your time.

[@tristansummers]

I am building a machine with this motherboard for After Effects, Cinema4d and Resolve. I will start out with the 3955WX, two 1070Ti, decklink 4k extreme, Focusrite Dante card and 4 drive NVME RAID. The decklink needs two slots, as the daughter cards are now attached. So you may need to get the 8K pro if you want 3 GPU and Resolve to actually be outputting to a reference monitor. You will also need to attach the two extra 6 pin and 1 extra 8 pin PCIe cables to give the motherboard adequate power for more than one GPU. The Rednet card gives me proper Atmos (7.1.4)output from Resolve chaper than any HDSDI audio converters can. You can't do that with HDMI which only has 8 channels and spatial data. The 3955WX is not going to benefit from 8 channel RAM however, so hopefully I can upgrade to the 3975WX at some point. All this will be obsolete the moment you can actually get PCIe5 and DDR5 on threadripper pro, but fingers crossed the motherboard will be able to use the new processors. Also worth mentioning that Lenovo permanently lock their processors so you can't use a threadripper Pro processor once it has been in a Lenovo machine. You really can ONLY use the the noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 I if you want to air cool this, as the dark rock will block PCIe slots and cannot suck from the otherside. Noctua is thinner and can have a fan on both sides. It will still blow upwards though. Supermicro do the only correct oriented cooler but it is small and loud I don't need ECC or registered ram, doesn't really help as far as I know with AE, Resolve or C4D. Nvidia stopped peoplke making blower style cards so probably looking at modifying and liquid cooling if you actually want 4 x 3090. and I wouldn't risk it on less than 2000W which might be hard in the us of no watts If my machine works when I set it up I will let you know!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thanks for sharing Tristan

[@asgarpour4578]

i pluged 4 x rtx a5000 with nvlink on this mb and just amazing ! No lane problem or …

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thanks for sharing Asgar pour. That is a lot of GPU compute in one system.

[@shova213]

Motherboards have improved. I am glad that dual cpu socket workstation systems are becoming a thing of the past. However, I am not too impressed with the chassis. Why do chassis manufacturers ignore the option for castors? One of the reasons I still have not gotten rid of My Lian Li PC-V2130 and V2120B. The best chassis to compensate for everything (cpu, radiators, ventilation, graphics cards etc) is still either the: Thermaltake Core W200 or Thermaltake Core w100.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi shova213 , that is the nice things about all the different cases that are available. Everyone can choose the case that best suites their situations. thanks for watching

[@shova213]

@@MediamanStudioServices true.

[@AD-bb9np]

Do you think the rtx4090 founders edition would do well for large data 3D image rendering? Would it be wise to add a second?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

yes and yes. thanks for watching

[@shova213]

Excellent video. Luckily for me, I have a Thermaltake core W200 chassis. Would you recommend this motherboard or the Supermicro GPU SUPERSERVER SYS-740GP-TNRT?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

I would get an AMD threadripper pro system before looking at any Intel system. More PCIe lanes with AMD to support the GPUs

[@shova213]

@@MediamanStudioServices thank you for the advice. I will purchase 2 of this motherboard for my chassis. The chassis supports dual computers saving me space in my room.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@shova213 glade I could help

[@AOTanoos22]

Hey thanks for the demonstration of fitting 4 GPUS on the motherboard, that helped a lot! Do you think four RTX A4000 and one RTX A5000 would fit on the motherboard ? Its seems like one GPU covers two PCI-e ports with the RTX A5000, just like the RTX 3090 in your video, but im curious if the much thinner RTX A4000 would cover only one PCI-e slot so in theory one could stack five RTX A4000 GPU's (im looking to fit only four) and a single RTX 5000 next to each other, covering the 7 PCI-e slots overall.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi Nastasio. I believe you can fit 5 A4000, you will still need a lot of air flow to keep the GPUs cool. What are you using the system for? Thanks for watching

[@AOTanoos22]

@@MediamanStudioServices thanks, i‘d be using the 4 RTX A4000s under constant load for weeks for GANS and other deep learning stuff. The RTX A5000 would be used simultaneously as my main GPU for CAD work, simulation & Rendering. Airflow must be extremely good to keep the system running as you pointed out…I’ve seen the RTX A4000 having problems with thermal management and reaching very high temps, especially when stacking them next to each other, so i might as well swap the 4 A4000s for 2 A5000s if that improves thermals. 4 A4000s would be better than 2 A5000s for me as i don’t need more than 16gb of Vram but as much cuda and tensor cores as possible for deep learning stuff. 4 A4000 would come with a total of 768 tensor and 24.500 cuda cores, while 2 A5000s would come with 512 tensor and 16.384 cuda cores. (Where im living 2 A4000s cost as much as 1 A5000).

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@AOTanoos22 if your looking for cuda cores then get two rtx3090 that would give you almost 22,000 cores. you know you don't need a Axxx series to work in CAD. The RTX 3xxx GPUs work just as well. Don't listen to the information you here about gaming GPUs in professional workloads, it all crap. See my video here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2OsZ2yrgJ6KjLc

[@dannytsuji807]

For any octane blender ppl, just found out If your running a board with multiple GPUS and or with risers from the smaller PCI slots then your not getting the full rendering power, accoring to otoy if it needs to be a x8 X16 PCI slot to work properly and this seems to be the only board that supports pci x16 on all 7 slots thats not a mining board with only 2 ram slots. If anyone knows a better one for octane please lmk?

[@gadielsantiago8813]

Dear GOD :O

[@mikebrown9826]

That what I said when I tested the system. Now if I could get someone to give me the equipment to build my own system.

[@RifatErdemSahin]

great video...I got a radeon 7 card... should I use that for display for my 4k monitor and get 2 nvidia cards for rendering like teslas ? and use the remaining slot for the IOPS on nvme drives?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

yes to the Radon as a GUI GPU and look at the RTX3080 as a processor GPUs. I will be doing a video to compare dual 3070s , 3080s, and 3090 soon. Watch for that one. I also have a video soon to be released with 4 RTX3090s doing production rendering. so stay tuned to the channel.

[@RifatErdemSahin]

@@MediamanStudioServices how would you make the expansion decision ? I would start with one

[@aceaquascapes]

Thanks Mike.. really appreciate your guidance! I've finally ordered the trx40 3rd gen 128gb 3200. Quick question 1. 2x 3070 or 3070 ti, does the ti mean much differnce or same question for 2x 3080 and 3080ti ( didn't finalize the gpus still) 2. Will go for wd black nvme gen 4, shall I take a separate one for boot? Would it matter if I'm using the same for live working. Please share some light, ill order accordingly. Wanted to order a pro p620 but unfortunately no supportive agents in my area.. nor i found on amazon for my country, bahrain middle east.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi Ace, I would save some money and get a Gen3 NVMe for the OS drive as you don't need the super fast expensive drives for the OS. And get the WD Black for the media drive. With the savings, you can get a larger media drive. As for a GPU, I am leaning towards a RTX3080 for this system, It has 2 gigs more Vram and this will be required for rendering complex scenes. I don't know if the 300-400 USD more for the Ti version is worth it as you can always get one RTX3080 and add a second later when the prices come down. I have a new video with rendering on two GPU coming out today, you may want to watch that video before you make a choice on GPUs. Please watch and share on your FB.

[@aceaquascapes]

@@MediamanStudioServices thank you so much.. God bless and you progress.. I will definitely follow your advice.. infact ill order the nvme's right away.. Pending will only be the gpus.. will wait for the video update. I'm just wondering how to for a dual gpu.. will it be SLI.. or just auto detect.. will follow up. Thanks again.. you are really a life saver and a pocket saver as well.. !!!!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@aceaquascapes Only the RTX3090 is available for Nvlink (SLI) but the test i did is for dual GPU set up in auto detect. Let the 3D software use both GPU for rendering. My new video is posted here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnPPfWWQe7eKqas Please watch and share on your FB

[@ChrisM541]

So thaaat's where all the 3090's went! 🙂 Would love to see this system tested using 1, 2, 3 then 4 x 3090

[@MediamanStudioServices]

I would like to say I have all the GPUs but they are all loan GPU and sent to client now. So sad for me thanks for watching

[@tristansummers]

What PSU actually powers 4 3090 and a 3995 CPU? How come there's no redundant options in the prosumer space?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@tristansummers have a look at seasonic PSUs they offer a wide arrangement of power supplies.

[@maxhughes5687]

Thanks. What are you going to power that Sage board and four gpus with?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

well with 4 RTX3090 you will need a massive PSU so the AX1600i Digital ATX Power Supply from corsair is a good choice.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

the O11 XL case also supports two power supplies so you can also go with two smaller PSUs

[@gustavopaco2433]

hello dumb question im a compositor using nuke but also gamer, i really need workstation ws quality components due to the amount of work i have to deliver and 4k video i have to proccess but, is it overkill to game in this aswell or is it any good if i paire it a amd threadripper pro 5965?

[@bernardsantos210]

Any chance you guys can update this with the 5000 WX Pros plus 4000 Series GPUs?

[@ScriptureConsolidated]

I just bought this mb with intentions of streaming, media, editing, and data research. Im stumped on what path to take with gpus though. A singl radeon pro w6800 or 2 watercooled 2080 ti? Im having difficulty deciding because i dont fully understand how using the raid card works.

[@cybermuse6917]

If you're going multi gpu, id recommend more spacing than was shown in the video although potentially i'd opt for watercooling. Single GPU will be less hassle imo but depends on your requirements. As for the Raid card, the pcie slot has a bandwidth capability of 32GB per second. Due to the way the card works, the read/write speed bandwidth is cumulative based on the nvmes (2 x 4GB/s each = 8GB/s r/w speeds, 4x 4GB/s = 16GB/s read write). This makes the limitation for read/write the speed at which the pcie slot can transfer the information. (2GB per lane, 16 lines 32GB total). As for RAID 0,1 etc, you essentially sacrifice total storage capacity in order to store information which can be used for "duplicated data" which is used for verification that the integrity of the information is correct and the data isn't corrupted. Depends on how mission critical loosing the data would be for you. worth looking into more though so you know how it works.

[@ScriptureConsolidated]

@@cybermuse6917 thanks on the raid. It makes sense considering the mb came with a pcie storage card. If im understanding it correctly 3.0 m.2's at 3k or faster should max out the pcie for best results? No need to spend extra on gen 4? also I opted to use a radeon 6900xt watercooled until the new amd 7900's release.

[@cybermuse6917]

​@@ScriptureConsolidated For maximising the throughput you'd want to maximise the utilisation of the pcie slot. If the mobo slot is pcie 4.0 x16 it can throughput 32gb total. (assuming the mobo slot is x16) : - pcie 3.0 nvme's will allow for up to 1GB/s per lane - pcie 4.0 nvme's will allow for up to 2GB/s per lane you could use 4 nvme 3.0 drives for a max of 16GB/s read write OR 2 Nvme 4.0 drives for a max of 16GB/s read write OR 4Nvme 4.0 drive for a max of 32GB/s read write. the pcie slot on the mobo will be fully saturated with 4.0 drives only Bear in mind buying this stuff only matters if its a bottleneck in the system and you're waiting for read write speeds which often isnt the case. Don't over invest unless you need it. If you're dead set on tinkering though maybe buy 2 4.0 drives so you can tinker and understand the possibilities, which also gives you the opportunity to expand another 2 drives in the future should you need it. That would allow for up to 16GB per sec theoretical rw speeds (usually around 7GB read 5GB write speeds so 14GB read and 10GB write speeds initially) with the option to expand to 28GB/s read and 20GB write speeds with the addition of 2 more drives. The reality is unless you're using massive data sets or file sizes, transferring files constantly harnessing this tech usually only results in a couple seconds saved per day for £££ spent. A 1 hour 4k video might by 20GB and you could move the video in 1 second or 2 seconds if you spend an extra £400 try think in terms of value for the task you want to accomplish. It's always nice to fully perfect the capability of the tech but saving 10 seconds per day is probably worth less than £400 saved or even £400 worth of investment in courses to further your understanding or development (y)

[@OscarTorresWork]

Modeling, Animation, Simulation with Bifrost and rendering.

[@bensasi]

I just got the same board with 2 3090ti. I got ecc memory 256 but they don’t seem to work. Wondering if you have a recommendation to which I can use or maybe I’m doing something wrong. Also do I need to plug power into those extra 6pin power on the mobo? Cheers

[@gerald4027]

What are the specs of you memory and yes powering those (2)6 pin connectors should be powered.Do not confuse gpu power and pcie power orelse the motherboard will fry.

[@bensasi]

@@gerald4027 they were faulty so got them returned. Currently running DDRAM 128gig G.Skill and actually wondering if 256 ECC would be worth or make a huge performance difference? for a person like me who is using 3D tools on the daily rendering and texturing high res.

[@randygeorge8853]

mediaman - what open air frame as you using in this video? I need one

[@mikebrown9826]

Just some cheap thing I got on shoppe. Just search open bench cases and you will find one.

[@VzOsprey]

Holy crab, I’m here freaking out and wanting a 3080 😂

[@MohammedIdrei]

dear .. thanks for your great informative video .. i have 1 technical question if you please .. can i use this ASUS m.2 raid card as my main operating system drive with all 5 m.2 plugged in ?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Yes you can but you will need to get the RAID drivers to install the OS on the card. I would suggest to not do this and use one M.2 slot on the MOBO.

[@MohammedIdrei]

@@MediamanStudioServices .. hmm so installing drivers will need a running os already .. and then re-install a new os with this raid setup i mentioned .. is this what u meant ? and i would respect to do what you prefered .. but just to make it clear .. you meant that i use 1 m.2 normally plugged directly on the motherboard m.2 slot as the main os ... and the 3 other m.2 drives in that asus m.2 pcie card ? and i can raid them as another partition maybe ? thats what u meant ?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@MohammedIdrei you will need a RAID driver during the Win10 install to get the raid working first if you use the ASUS Card for OS. So a simpler way is to install Win10 in the m.2 drive in your mother board and use the ASUS card for storage RAID after the Win10 install is completed. Why would you want to RAID your OS install? Add complexity to the system that is really not needed. Onboard NVMe drives are fast for Win10 OS. Good luck on the install set up. Thanks for watching

[@rayaneskyoxis9318]

gigabyte make a great wrx80 motherboard that can also support thunderbolt 3 if people have use of it , also you can technically put 7 gpu on these motherboard if you use watercooling , there is a collab betwen asus and ekwb who make single slot rtx 3090 (they are verry expensive) evga also make a single slot rtx 3090 . you should also think about ecc ram when you build a workstation .

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Ya, Gigabyte does make a good WRX80 MOBO. i will have one in a future review. Level 1 tech did a great review of the Gigabyte system. But I still like the ASUS WRX80 MOBO as PCIE slot #7 is useful for GPU installation leaving lots of room for other devices.

[@fadegboye]

Great video. What make are the blower-style RTX 3090 you have stacked next to each other? Thanks.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Gigabyte Turbo RTX3090. They do not make this model anymore. Nvidia made all AIBs stop making blower style cards.

[@fadegboye]

@@MediamanStudioServices Thanks for reply. Thats a real shame. Would the FE version work as an alternative to a blower card?

[@nguyenbui90]

@@MediamanStudioServices Why they did such thing 0.0

[@MediamanStudioServices]

to sell more Quadro and A6000 GPU, they don't want people putting RTX cards in servers and workstations.

[@nguyenbui90]

@@MediamanStudioServices Yeah that totally makes sense! By doing that it's impossible to stack them into the case. But how about using pcie extension cable to put those card out of the case? Oh but the nvlink will keep them too close to each other?

[@meisner-effect]

great video , this board is the best $1300.00 dollars of my life. gaming networking

[@MediamanStudioServices]

thanks for watching @skud283

[@hugh5000]

How did you acquire those special blue Rtx 3090 blowers? There’s literally no stores or suppliers selling blower 30 series cards.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

They are from a data center rendering system and not for retail sale. thanks for watching

[@hugh5000]

@@MediamanStudioServices Ahh I see, must be performing well, you should try Amd's W6800 and compare it to the 3090, I use it as my daily driver.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@hugh5000 I would, I just have not been able to get and AMD GPUs to test.

[@victoiresala]

Is wrx80 motherboard have overheating issue????

[@kinuthiagichuhi5868]

Thanks @Mediaman Studio Services for your very informative video on ASUS WX80/TR PRO workstation. Apologies for my basic question, newbie in PC builds. I intend to build one but have a dilemma. On checking the specifications on the motherboard manual it requires the following power cables. A. ATX_12V_1 B. ATX_12V_2 C. PCIE_8PIN_PWR D. ATX_PWR E. PCIE_PWR_1 F. PCIE_PWR_1 Will be using an EVGA 2000w G+ PSU which has only two EPS(CPU) 8pin (4+4). Kindly advise how I would connect the C. PCIE_8PIN_PWR socket on the motherboard.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi kinuthia gichuhi, I would look for a ATX 12v cable to to attach the PCIe power to the MOBO. If you look at the manual, on page 21, it does show the Pin out for the PCIe power port. Now you could use the VGA ports on the EVGA 2000w G+ but you would been to get the converter cable as the 12V is on pin 1,2,3 and all the rest are ground pin. So if you want to be safe use a PSU form this compatible list. www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/All-series/Pro-WS-WRX80E-SAGE-SE-WIFI/HelpDesk_QVL_Device/ But be very careful as to the pin configuration of any cables that you use.

[@tristansummers]

@@MediamanStudioServices This is not correct. the motherboard takes two standard CPU ATX like any other board, and has an extra 8 pin and 6 pin PCIe connection. like in a GPU. You don't need any special PSU or cables. The images in the manual do not match the pins on the motherboard. The connectors on the motherboard are exactly yhte same as ther ones on a graphics card, including the small join between the two squares. I would be much happier if Asus updated the manual to show this, or somebody would confirm it before I blow up my machine though

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@tristansummers hello, I am sorry, it was 7 month ago when I made this video. I know I did have a few issues getting the system running and had to search for the right cables. Have you connected ASUS support to see if they made a error in the manual?

[@tristansummers]

Asus support are less likely to answer than Santa

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@tristansummers never know unless you try

[@maxhughes5687]

I'm working on a TR Pro. So far: case/rads/pumps/4K/WRX80E/monitor arm/power line conditioner. Ram, Hyper cards, GEN4 drives and a Radeon VII will come out of my X399 build. I'm still working on the money for a P/S, another heatkiller cpu block and a 3955WX.

[@shannonbailey8515]

I optioned for the Seasonic Prime titanium 80+ 1000Watt PSU.... Have you looked at the optimus blocks ? optimuspc.com

[@maxhughes5687]

@@shannonbailey8515 An Asus Thor 1200. It's a platinum Seasonic with Asus own heat sinks. I've used one for three years on a X399 build. Flawless.

[@shannonbailey8515]

That's good.... As long as it has Seasonic under the hood.....lol

[@tristansummers]

A resolve machine really needs a decklink card in it, unless you are not doing pro colour correction. The 4k extreme takes two slots. I also have a Dante card for audio, but you may have a fairlight card. Is there still room for the "raid" card? You may also need an actual RAID card or a connector to a raid. I think we still need more slots!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

well this platform is the only system on the market that offers 7 full PCIe slots at 16x speeds. So what can you do? but use an external PCIe expansion box.

[@tristansummers]

@@MediamanStudioServices thank you

Don't use a raid card save your self the headache.

[@servissacc8500]

ASUS NVME addon card support 4X8 TB ssd? In asus web site where supported parts, i found list i biggest one just 2tb ssd...

[@MediamanStudioServices]

As NVMe is an open standard, most drives will work as long as thet can support Gen3 or Gen 4 PCIe. regardless of the capacity.

[@jyotishj7582]

Which is better for creators using Autodesk Maya software ( 3D Lighting and Rendering ) amd threadripper pro 3955wx vs amd amd ryzen threadripper 3960x

[@MediamanStudioServices]

the TR-Pro 3955wx has a slight advantage in single clock speeds, but the 3960x has more cores. check out this comparison. www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-Threadripper-PRO-3955WX-vs-AMD-Ryzen-Threadripper-3960X/3846vs3617 I would go with the 3960x for more render power

[@peterrigole3664]

Which solution would you propose if I want to add 7 GPUs to this motherboard? Maybe using x16 PCIE risers? How would you place and cool those GPUs?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

you will need riser cables if you want to install 7 GPUs on the ASUS Sage MOBO, or some complicated Water Cooling setup. And this type os system will need a lot of cooling, so a data center type of environment is required, or at least a really good room with lots of AC.

[@JayzBeerz]

go to a mining channel they will have better info and set up.

[@nullptr..]

Have you actually got Windows 11 to install with this mobo? I have tried every single sata driver variant they have available for download and I cannot get the installer to continue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ultimately want to dual boot this, so I can switch back to linux for now. But, I would like to get windows 11 running on this.

[@jackhandy0001]

My A4000 video card was throttled back to 300 MHZ on this motherboard working so poorly a WX 3200 ran circles around it. No fix in sight...

[@MediamanStudioServices]

I ran a A4000 and A5000 on this MOBO with no issues

[@joeybaronstudio]

Ok I need a System similar to this one but I’ll need 2 video cards but my problem is I’ll need all 7 slots so can I use a rtx 3090 dual slot card and a rtx single slot card? Or if I liquid cool a rtx3090 will it only take up 1 slot?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

wow, I am very interested to what you are filling all those PCIe slots with. I would suggest to find Blower style cards for the system as they only use two slots. Contact me on FB or by email is you need a supplier as I have a contact for RTX3090 and RTX3080ti blower style GPUs

[@joeybaronstudio]

@@MediamanStudioServices well for audio I’ll need 2 rme madifx cards 2 video cards 1 or 2 uad2 octos and the m2 raid card and if I have room a decklink hdmi card

[@alvinsaguipil1650]

I just haved a 1050ti and there's 4 gpus??

[@ROH_HONEY]

Rtx 3090 vs RTX a8000 quadro sir? Best For workstation ?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi ROH, I am Guessing that you mean the RTX8000 Quadro GPU as there is no RTX A8000 GPU. So its hard to answer. The 3090 is a lot faster than the last gen RTX8000, but the RTX8000 have the 48GB of Vram. So if you need that much memory, then get the 8000. If you want speed get the 3090.

[@AGS1000]

Why did you choose Gaming GPUs and not workstation GPUs?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

I am guessing you did not watch any of my other videos. Check out this video of 3090 vs A6000 gpu kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2OsZ2yrgJ6KjLc

[@alexzertsaloff7144]

Good day - what is the cooling system model?

[@josephlagrange9531]

I dont know, dude

[@JoshuaSantana]

I really want to have a dual CPU Threadripper pro system. How do I do that?

[@gerald4027]

Why duel threadripper pro cpu?

[@JoshuaSantana]

@@gerald4027 Hi, I was hoping for 128 cores like the epyc server setup. I think though that since that isn’t possible currently I will have to build the system with the avail 3995wx and try to overclock it. What are your thoughts?

[@gerald4027]

@@JoshuaSantana I will do so research and will reply tomorrow.Have a good weekend.

[@JoshuaSantana]

@@gerald4027 thank you so much! I appreciate it! Have a great weekend

[@gerald4027]

@@JoshuaSantana. There is a few motherboards that I found that support 2 xeon cpus,but then the xeons do not support as many lanes as the epyc or threadripper cpu have.Lanes are very important if you are running alot of pcie cards,sata ports and other devices that require lanes of traffic.What are you running for pcie cards,sata hard drives and other devices are you running?

[@southbronxny5727]

To game, I'd use 6900xt because nvidia doesn't have more than a 2 way nv link bridge.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

why would yo be looking at any SLI or "Bridge" tech these days. There is very few games that support this linking of GPU and everyone have dropped development on the.

[@southbronxny5727]

@@MediamanStudioServices I’m a true gamer looking for maximum games but I can’t believe someone so wise in computers would spew such nonsense. Almost all my games work in sli smoothly because it’s implemented on the game engine level. That why I haven’t had to upgrade yet because my 1080ti almost match one 3090.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@southbronxny5727 Hi South, its not me, its Nvidia that has stopped all development and driver support for the GPU with SLI support. www.tomshardware.com/news/the-end-of-sli-as-we-know-it-nvidia-reveals-new-model SLI is dead......

[@Illusiongraphy]

Can this motherboard fit 4x rtx3090 Founders Editions? No risers?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@Abdullah Illusion, no it can not, the founder Editions is a three slot card.

[@maxhughes5687]

@@MediamanStudioServices Thanks. Nice of you to help us out. I can't wait for a watercooled video. I just building a new system for a TR PRO.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@maxhughes5687 ya I wish ASUS would sponsor a video for me to do a build.

[@bobbob-eu8vm]

It’s works if I put 8 asus 3090 ek edition? Because this model take only 1 slot🤔 What about nvlink? Does 8 way nvlink exist for 3090? Why I’m asking my self a problem I never will have?🤔

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi bob, only one set of Nvlink works in Windows and two sets of nvlink in linux.

[@crobar1]

@@MediamanStudioServices What does that mean only set of NV link works in windows and 2 work on linux? Windows 4 cards, linus 8 cards? would 8 cards add to performance? Who would need a PC with 8 3090?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@crobar1 check out this resource on NVlink www.pugetsystems.com/search.php?query=NVLink

[@darkashes9953]

is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX good for gaming

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Sure it is, but if you're looking for a gaming system then buy something else like the 5600x. The 3955WX has a boost clock speed of 4.3ghz so it will be fine for most games. But again the TR-Pro is not what anyone would buy for gaming. it is a workstation system.

[@kemeraljones]

I'm Going to Buy 2x Nvidia Quadro A6000 (For rendering very large scenes) & I'll put them on Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI Motherboard (which has 7x PCIe 4.0 all of them are x16 slots) with RTX A6000 NVLINK. Now I have 2 options to buy the NV link kit from : either 2-slot or 3-slot 2X kit. Questions: 1- Should I put the 2 cards next to each other & buy the 2-slot Kit or leave 1 PCIe slot empty between them & buy the 3-slot Kit ? 2- Would it make difference in Temperature & ventilation or not? 3- does the difference between the 2-slot Kit & the 3-slot Kit affect the transfer speed between the 2 cards (since all PCIe slots are x16)

[@prductiongiza]

It wont affect transfer speed but temperature yes

[@mikebrown9826]

It will not effect the speed of transfer. But it's is always best to have more room between the GPUs to allow airflow. And keep the heat of the two cards as far apart as possible

[@Finsterwald_]

4x 4090 gpus is what I would use.

[@victorwarner319]

lol you would need 3 1600 psus and everything watercooled

[@Finsterwald_]

@@victorwarner319 Jep 😂😂

[@Finsterwald_]

@@victorwarner319 and once you turn on the pc, the whole city goes black out 😄

[@vw3043]

@@Finsterwald_ what if you power your whole house with nuclear energy lol

[@branimirmarkovic290]

you wouldn't be able to plug 4x 4090 directly on the motherboard PCIe

[@jserenity]

I just wish someone would test this on powerdirector

[@MediamanStudioServices]

hi JSerenity, Thanks for watching

[@rdsii64]

Why aren't you using a cpu block that covers the entire cpu?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Because it is just a bench test. I would never use this AIO on a finished build.

[@TonyBraun]

@@MediamanStudioServices hahaha.....always with that same question!

[@OliverBouEid]

Can we put 4x RTX A6000 together on this board so we can use them for rendering ?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

yes you can, just select the right Power Supply (PSU) to provide enough wattage to the GPUs. You may want to install two PSU to feed all the GPUs as well as the MOBO. I just got my hands on one A6000 GPU and will be testing it out this week. I will post a new video soon. I will also have remote access to a GPU server with 8 units of the A6000 next week and will be doing testing and benchmark on that system and posting a video. I will do some testing with just 4 units of the A6000 for you. If you have a test scene you can supply, I can do the testing for you?

[@OliverBouEid]

​@@MediamanStudioServices Thank you so much! Yeah I thought about getting two PSUs, but do you think the corsair AX1600 is enough with the threadripper 3995WX? I know that the maximum wattage is 300w for each A6000 but it's not gonna use it all I suppose. do you have any tutorial for building 2 GPUs in one system? just in case? where do you want me to send you a test scene? Also I contacted nvidia and asked about NVlink what do you think if we have 4x A6000 together we can put 2x NVlinks together at a time right? will it be faster on unreal engine or 3d rendering too

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@OliverBouEid As Unreal only uses one GPU, yes the Nvlink would help for this type of workflow. As for rendering faster for production 3D software. The only advantage using the Nvlink would be the large pool of Vram is required for very complex scenes. And if your scenes need 96GB of vram you re doing some very highend scenes.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@OliverBouEid Nvidia claims only 300 watts but these GPU will spike over that so I always like to have more head room when choosing a PSU. But this that said, 1600watts should be ok, only testing will determine what you need.

[@OliverBouEid]

@@MediamanStudioServices Thank you so much for your reply, yeah that's true, so you recommend getting another 650w psu and connect the other two A6000 to the 650w right? do you have a tutorial for connecting two power supplies correctly to one main motherboard? I think we need this cable adapter www.amazon.com/Lian-Li-Power-Supply-Adapter/dp/B07Z854XG3 to connect two PSUs and turn them on together right? some other people on linustechtips do not recommend this connection check this one: linustechtips.com/topic/1347551-corsair-sf450-with-msi-gaming-trio-x-3090-gpu-3x-cables/?tab=comments#comment-14804129 also one more question regarding the 8TB NVMe SABRENT did you mount it in RAID 0 right for a speed in Davinci resolve? and did you install windows directly on this hyper card with the 4x NVMes? or did you install the windows on the Motherboard NVMes? isn't 980 pro with PCIe 4.0 faster and better than this SABRENT?

[@MathieuPrevot]

So.. I actually could put 8x 3090, watercooled with 1 slot width waterblocks (www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-quantum-vector-fe-rtx-3090-d-rgb-black-special-edition). Isnt'it ? But then I did not find 1 slot nvlink. Maybe from a 2 slots (www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/nvlink-bridges/), maybe inside it's a flexible connection ? What do you think ?

[@MediamanStudioServices]

there is only a total of 7 PCIe slots on the ASUS WRX80 MB, and you will need space for the Water cooling fittings between the cards, but yes you could make a system with 7 GPUs. Then it is a power issue to feed all of the GPUs and find a case that will house all this equipment. If you need this kind of system with 7-8 gpus. look at s server chassis and PCIE extensions cables. It would be way easier to build. I will be reviewing a system from Gigabyte enterprise later this month that has 8 GPU in a server case.

[@insighteins1317]

Who the hell can affort this 4 GPU systems... Come on!

[@mikebrown9826]

A person that gets paid to do this kind of work for a living. Time is money and when you need to make deliveries to the client, you need professional hardware.

[@tristansummers]

Can you confirm that you actually plug GPU cables into the motherboard pcie power connections, and that the manual is wrong. Will help a lot of people power this thing properly!

[@MediamanStudioServices]

See the manual on page 27. Follow this pin out, but you can get cables that will work pluged into the VGA/GPU ports on any PSU, but the 12V and ground pins must match what is required. on the PSU, 12v is 12V so any PSU port will work as long as it delivers 150watt on that cable.

[@tristansummers]

@@MediamanStudioServices you obviously have not seen the board. It's got standard gpu connectors.

[@tristansummers]

@@MediamanStudioServices the manual is wrong. The shape of the connectors is different. So think asus decided to make it easy to add Pcie power to the board by adding standard Pcie connectors, then didn't tell who was writing the manual. I'm not plugging then in until someone who builds them confirms, but you can't run two 3090s without them

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@tristansummers while if I did not see the board, what board is in the video? Sorry if I am supplying the wrong information but I do not have the board with me now and can only reference the manual.

[@tristansummers]

@@MediamanStudioServices yes I've just been through so this. The ports are exactly the same as GPU including the top left double connector on the 8. The manual incorrectly shows CPU connectors. I spent a long time trying to source converter cables or using two PSU, for nothing! You can't run 4 GPU without them and I thought this video shows you doing that. The board shuts down as it can't power them without the extra.

[@frostybe3r]

I'll wait for the 5975WX.

[@maxhughes5687]

I'll wait for the 5955WX. That's just top end for my budget. 16 cores is twice the cores on my X399/1900X TR. It's taking me so long to save for the cpu that ZEN3 TR PRO's may be available. Did you hear the rumor that ZEN3 TR PRO was going to be an OEM only release?

[@frostybe3r]

@@maxhughes5687 Well if it is only OEM, I may just go back to Intel with their new Architecture, pickup a cheap 12900K, some DDR5 and wait for HEDT.

[@maxhughes5687]

@@frostybe3r That makes sense. I'm sitting on everything for a new WRX80E and no CPU. I'll go for the 3955WX. I've got to much money in boxes of stuff and GEN4 HW and DDR4 RAM plugged in my GEN3 lanes X399 build to stop now.

[@frostybe3r]

@@maxhughes5687 I was thinking about going with the 5975WX but it I'm being honest, I don't need HEDT and used to have the older 3970X, switched to a 5950X and it's been fine ever since however I would like the extra single core perf and DDR5 from a 12900K, especially as I do video and photo mainly.

[@maxhughes5687]

@@frostybe3r Is dual channel DDR5 going to even catch up to 8 channel DDR4 in throughput? With only one X16 PCIe GEN5 socket can you power up what you need for video and audio? IDK what you'll need in that rig.

[@MemeScreen]

Too bad they don't make blower style cards for AMD gaming GPUs anymore :(

[@LexFomin]

I have blower style versions of GPU 3090 it is very loud and noisy, you can't work near this noisy monster without earphones

[@MemeScreen]

@@LexFomin Very true. But for a rack mounted case it is ideal.

[@univedia1498]

But it's also expensive as f*** (if you want to build this with 4 high end GPUs).

[@mulagraphics]

$10k plus on his table

[@wingtungchan2715]

I5⏰4460 BE THAT A BOARD IS OPEN, GOT SOME IDEA IN

[@MK-xc9to]

if i would spent that much money on a workstation , i would spent another 500 - 1000 for a custom Loop water cooled System , each RX3080/3090 water cooler accounts to ~ 160 -180 Dollar , some only use 1 Slot like this www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Graphics-Cards/ASUS/RTX3080-10G-EK/techspec/ Then you can use more than " only " 4 Cards ... = up to 7 , you need not that much airflow but big Radiators 3 x 360 or 2 x 420 , ok , for 7 cards even more may be If you want maximum Performancs , a custom Loop is the way you go .

[@MediamanStudioServices]

I agree with you as the Blower style cards are very hard to find in the market, I have studied the 7 GPI build and there is still some issues with getting Fittings between the GPUs and what if one breaks, how to get the card out of the custom loop, need to do some quick disconnects fittings at either end of the GPU stack. it is complicated to build a 7 GPU system. & GPU would require two very powerful PSU, you would need 2800 watts just for the GPUs. Don't get me wrong, i totally agree with you and I would love to build a water cooled system, but it would take some planning and engineering to execute the build. This is why I was asking ASUS to sponsor a video for me to build one.

[@MK-xc9to]

@@MediamanStudioServices Of course you are right , i would restrict the build to 2500 watts anyway , more than that and you have to start to think at your Power Cables in your Walls .. , more than 2500-3000 watts and a single cable overheats over Time ( if its 1,5 mm2, 3500 watts with 2,5 mm2 ) Jays2cents uses 3 Titans ( 1000 series , i believe , in his System ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/maGYqX5qjdZnhdk it would depend on which cards you use and their Power consumption , but you could add 2 or 3 M2 NVME cards instead .. , you could build a Raid 10 NVME Raid with up to 14 Drives i belive . Its not about speed , but if one SSD dies , you still would have your data .

[@MediamanStudioServices]

@@MK-xc9to I believe the ASUS WRX80 MB is limited to 10 NVMe drives. This is from the ASUS web page With included ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 card. RAID is limited to a maximum of 10 NVMe SSDs on the AMD WRX80 platform.

[@MK-xc9to]

@@MediamanStudioServices I only looked up the Software Side , maybe its a Bios/UEFI Limitation drivers.amd.com/relnotes/amd_nvme_sata_raid_quick_start_guide_for_windows_operating_systems.pdf Page 6 One to Fourteen SATA HDD’s, SATA SSD’s or NVMe Oh , sorry it says max 10 NVME too one line deeper

[@jackhandy0001]

Do not buy this board. It throttles A2000+ series nvidia cards to 300 MHz. Asus has not responded to this issue after over a month after starting rma process. No response, whatsoever, and they know of this issue. Disgusting. Computer store response: " Confirmed issue with specific GPUs going into low power mode on client's motherboard (Asus WRX80 Sage Se). Mobo has issues with A2000 and A4000 quadro cards. Was able to get it working by covering pin 30 on gpu. "

[@ronaldbenitez6322]

Any Mb suggestion?

[@MrStarTraveler]

It's beautiful board. Too bad it's garbage. Most probably. I own X99-E WS and I can say for a fact that board IS garbage. X99-E WS has 2.5 stars in amazon. The build quality is atrocious. And to be fair I don't think things have improved. I think the entire WS lineup has that atrocious build quality. I didn't see in the video how this board sits in it's box but mine was able to rattle quite a bit, which I think is a major contributor for the issues I had down the line. I returned two boards before I got a working one. And through the years I had USB ports dying on me, SATA ports as well, until finally the entire board died. I think I did check the amazon score of this particular board and not surprisingly it wasn't high. OK I just checked it again: 3.5 stars. Not too bad but give it time, it will fall. Correction: When I say poor build quality I mean only the soldering. I think the soldering is bad. The rest of the build quality is top notch as usual for ASUS. But of course, when the soldering is bad nothing else maters. I'm gagging to buy this board but my past experiences won't let me. BTW the board I replaced my X99-E WS with - the Maximus XIII Hero Gaming also burned out in 7 months. I figured I have move away from ASUS. They disappointing me one too many times.

[@sl00kz]

All I could hear is “DaVinci’s” Resolve. Couldn’t take it any more and had to stop the video.

[@MediamanStudioServices]

Ya sorry for that old school reference. I have been around in this industry for a long time. But thanks for watching

[@Vincent_Koech]

I really don't need such a system.

[@josephlagrange9531]

I dont need too, dude. We are on the right side

[@denisfahey5086]

Do you have an OnlyFans?

[@josephlagrange9531]

4x GPU is bad for ecology. Ban this channel

[@MediamanStudioServices]

wow harsh words, but thanks for watching.

[@BVLVI]

bad for ecology? your insane. You should be pointed to the thousands of basicly unmanned commercial airline ghost flights every year so they get to keep their flight slots at the airport.

Tell that to your president

[@MrJdeffp007]

throttle testing Nvidia --- 4 Gpus 3090 RTX HEAT OUTPUT versus throttle testing A100 vs AMDs new kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ6Vo2eQbNafmdU

[@MediamanStudioServices]

you mean you are testing the heat output between the GPU, I would be interested in the outcome. Also I wish that not so many rendering solutions were not built around the CUDA tech so we could use the AMD GPUs more.