AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X CPU / ASRock TRX40 Taichi Motherboard
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CPU / MotherboardPrice
$1999 US / $499 USTest Setup
For this review, I had access to the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X processor. AMD did not provide us with any equipment or processors for this review. The motherboards were sent to us directly by AIBs and the rest of the equipment was also sent to us by our partners.
ASRock TRX40 Taichi & Threadripper 3970X Test Platform:
| Processors Used | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-9900KS AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
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| Motherboard | ASRock TRX40 Taichi |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z RGB Series 32 GB (4 x 8GB) CL16 3600 MHz |
| Video Cards | MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z |
| Power Supply | ASUS ROG THOR 1200W |
| Cooling Solutions | Corsair H115i Pro AIO Liquid |
| Solid State Drive | Samsung SSD 960 EVO M.2 (512 GB) |
| BIOS Used | TRX4TC1.15 |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
For overclocking, the maximum clock speeds I was able to achieve on the ASRock TRX40 Taichi were 4.2 GHz across all 32 cores and 64 threads with a fixed voltage supply of 1.305V. With the settings, we booted and stress-tested the processor for 1 hour in Prime 95 which ran stable.
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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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