The Threadripper 2990WX and MSI X399 appear to be struggling with performance. Assistance is needed.
The Threadripper 2990WX and MSI X399 appear to be struggling with performance. Assistance is needed.
I swapped the RAM and still faced the same problems. Only 48GB was detected and it ran at 2133 even when XMP was enabled and the clock rate was manually set to 3200. Since MSI support wasn’t available, I’ve returned it and ordered the new ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha, which should arrive next week. I’m hoping for a much better experience overall.
I thought reviews of the previous generation ASUS ZE board were mixed, but now I see that’s true for every board out there!
Fingers crossed.
I faced comparable problems when testing the 2990WX on an MSI X399 board as well. Disappointed with MSI support—even emailed them and received a reply saying 'we don't have any motherboards to send you,' despite asking about stability issues during minor overclocking, the provided BIOS version, and the absence of error codes in the LED code. I ended up choosing a Gigabyte Aorus board instead.
I might also consider the ASRock TaiChi boards; I managed to reach 4.2 GHz on one of those, almost hitting 4.3 stable.