So I recycled some older equipment on my WS build, mostly so for my work VM’s and to play around with some VM’s as well, mostly for learning etc.
My old Threadripper system was getting long in the tooth for my needs, especially within a VM.
It was an older 2950X with 64GB of RAM and a Radeon VII GPU
I ended up replacing my gaming rig which was an AM5, 7950X system with a 7800X3D CPU and new mobo as I really was not using all the CPU for what I had hoped, it is really a gaming rig for the most part.
I was thinking of the new 9000 series but decided to recycle the 7950X CPU + Asus X670E mobo for my new WS.
I ended up getting a Gskill 96GB, DDR5, 5200 Kit so I could do more with my VM’s and allocate more RAM etc…
Recycled the Radeon VII onto this board and then added another 4TB Samsung NVMe for extra storage and what not.
The main NVMe is an older Samsung 970 Pro, 1TB for storage.
Going to retire my old spinning rust and go with using only 2.5" SATA SSD’s for some extra nearline storage as I’ve already got a 5 bay DAS device connected onto the USB3 ports.
So far so good, just getting drivers updated and will look to update to Windows 11 Pro later on this evening if all goes well.
As for the old Threadripper CPU + Mobo + RAM, if anybody lives in the Portland, OR area, just send me a DM and maybe we can work something out ?
Well just updated to Windows 11 Pro and the VM is running quite a bit better.
Have the same 8 cores allocated but doubled the ram from 16GB to 32GB.
Not sure if moving the VM from the 970 Pro to the 990 Pro storage device will help with the I/O or not.
Going to keep playing around with things and see what works best.
So far just using the default DDR5, 4800 speed in the BIOS, it is rated for 5200 but will keep testing and see if this makes any difference or not, looking for that stability too so who knows if I really need to push the memory or not.
Looks good, I would have stuck with the 7950X as well. Going 9950X is not going to improve things much but you’ll have to go through all the hassle to get the new CPU and the additional money is not worth a few percent in performance.
You know as much as I like the larger core count Threadripper CPU’s, I can’t really justify the added cost for the work I do.
Most is just to run a work VM and to play around with other VM’s to learn about and the like.
The company I work for does mostly Linux Servers and POS Terminals but we have a fair bit of LEGACY customers that are still running Windows or are using a hybrid of Linux + Windows.