Hi folks. I thought this thread might be useful to some who are waiting on WRX90 motherboards. Some information I’ve heard tends to indicate we may not see availability until January or February, which would be very unfortunate.
Have any of you heard anything to the contrary? I was able to get a 7985WX next day, so it’s just sitting here waiting. I do see that preorders are available for the ASUS TRX50, but having the extra PCIe lanes and memory bandwidth was the main reason I wanted the PRO CPU. So here’s a question for you – if using a TRX50 motherboard, does a 7985WX effectively become a 7980X, or are there still “PRO” advantages? If it’s going to be months before we see availability, I may have no choice but to go with TRX50. This machine is used for video production and running a good number of virtual machines, and I need it for a rather large project that I’m starting very soon…
I was thinking of getting a TRX50 while I wait for the WRX90 Motherboards but if you get no PRO features on the TRX50 then what’s the point? Might as well get an AM5 system
Agree, that makes no sense. If that’s the case, then it seems the only reason why support for the PRO CPUs would be enabled with TRX50 is to say that you can “technically” build a 96-core HEDT system by dropping in that CPU.
@wendell Would you be able to confirm whether or not using a PRO CPU in a TRX50 board effectively strips it of all “PRO” features? Obviously, the memory channels/capacity and PCIe lanes would be reduced if you dropped the CPU into a TRX50, but what about the other PRO “features.” Or, put another way, is there any advantage whatsoever in using a PRO CPU on the TRX50 platform?
This isn’t exactly an answer to the original question, but full WRX90 systems have been available from the major OEMs for weeks. There are many tests/reviews of WRX90 out in the wild already to gauge non-OC performance.
The specs list it as being quad channel for memory. Is this likely a typo or are they gonna pull a fast one on us and release a pricier one later on with the proper eight channels? Some vendors I’ve spoken to were expecting much more expensive boards…
I’m still only seeing the ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE as a DIY option. I’d prefer something from Supermicro but nothing there yet. Possibly something from ASRock coming but that thing is littered with many fans. Any other rumors swirling around?
There is one 8x32GB kit on the QVL for the Asus, currently cannot find it in stock. I suspect any 8x32GB sticks, all 8 sticks of same make/model, and not overclocked will work fine.
Quoting from Wendell’s response to my question: “So in server/rdimm land it’s usually the case that as long as the spec and manufacturer is the same they don’t have to come in a kit. Generally that’s true so far. There are some 8x kits from gskill meant for sapphire rapids that work dandy with wrx90 but 2x324 kits would work just fine for you in this case, too.*”
Yep, that’s how it works. I’m surprised wrx90 is so delayed because I did ask 8 times and 4 people and was told same day.
Fwiw OEM wrx90 systems have already been shipping just not diy.
The dell system is particularly impressive but I only had about 3 hours hands on time with it remotely.
And to clarify, I mean jedec standard dimms generally are okay if it’s the same rank/chip/brand. Those only come in trays of 25 generally. Beyond jedec, especially beyond 5600, those will be sold in kits and shouldn’t be mixed.
I grabbed the only thing I could find at the time, which was 2 x G.SKILL Zeta R5 Neo 128GB (4 x 32GB) ECC Registered DDR5 6400 kits… hoping these 8 sticks will run at something above base clock even if they don’t hit 6400.
