StarTekh Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 AMD released the x570 motherboard/chipset with Thunderbolt 3 .. What are your thoughts on AMD systems running Sonar Platinum ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyman Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I've been running Cake in all it's forms since version 3 on AMD processor machines without issues. Since the motherboard you mention is just released, I'd assume that few have any experience with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 FWIW, Ryzen 3000 series CPUs and X570 motherboards aren't yet available to purchase (not even for pre-order). Of the top-tier X570 motherboards listed on AMD's site, none have onboard Thunderbolt-3 (all have USB-C but it's carrying USB-3/1). https://www.amd.com/en/chipsets/x570 Of these X570 boards, the only one that has confirmed Thunderbolt-3 support is the ASRock X570 Taichi (has a Thunderbolt-3 header that supports their add-in-controller). Asus and MSI don't yet have specs listed. The only X570 motherboard that I've seen that has onboard Thunderbolt-3 is the ASRock Aqua ($1000 and fully liquid-cooled - both CPU and Chipset). That's much more involved than using a fully self-contained (closed loop) water-cooler. Ryzen 9 3900x Boost clock-speed of 4.6GHz 12 cores 24 processing threads Intel's i9-9900k Boost clock-speed of 5GHz 8 cores 16 processing threads Based on these specs, I'd expect performance to be similar. I think real competition from AMD is great. IMO, Equal performance at an equal price-point isn't enough of an impetus to move to AMD. i9-9900k has been available for months (rock-solid platform) You can lock all 8 cores at 5GHz With proper air-cooling, it runs near dead-silent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarTekh Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Guy's thanks for your input .. just seeing how AMD was working on Sonar and as for 1000.00 motherboard ...need I say more ! Edited June 2, 2019 by StarTekh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Some of the top-tier Z390 boards are pushing the $500 mark. If you've got the budget to spend $1000 on a motherboard, you may as well just max out with the i9-9980xe. For most purposes, that's still the king of current CPUs (with the $2000 cost to match). In ASRock's defense, they're only building 1000 of the X570 Aqua motherboards... as they know the appeal is limited to the hardest-core techno-geeks. Akin to a "concept car"... or even a "custom-shop" instrument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarTekh Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 There is no question : I'm sticking to intel as this 8086k build is near perfect..in general I go main stream boards like Asus z370-a … as I don't want extra features. TB with Apollo mk ll twin is sonic and flawless .. Happy Tracking ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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