Alan Grimes wrote: > > Dale wrote: >> The one I'm not sure about is the PCIe one which may break apart to fit >> different connectors. I seem to recall that goes to a video card on >> systems with those expensive and power hungry video cards. Since this >> mobo has built in video, is that the right thing? > > DUDE!!! > > You are buying a video card. =| > > Unless you've changed your parts selection since your post with the > links... AMD boards DO NOT have video functionality. It's the truth!!! > Some of their CPUs, going back to the FM2+ generation (which I have an > example of...) have SOC functionality which includes a few SATA > controllers and a few GPU cores. A typical x400G series chip will have > 4 CPU cores and 8 GPU cores. The chip you selected is NOT a G-series > chip so therefore you need a GPU.... > > There are a number of factors that go into selecting a PSU. For > example, if you are running an RTX 4090, the reccommended PSU is 850 > watts, so that's what you get... For a small GPU, just sum up the > power requirements of all the parts in the system, add 10-20%, check > to make sure that psu has all the power outputs you need and get it. > > My old threadripper was starting to burn out, the sound chip had gone > down so I decided to spend a little bitcoin and buy a monster rig for > the robot apocalypse, so I bought a new 32 core threadripper, > installed 512gb ram, keept my Titan RTX gpu but added an RTX 6000 GPU, > new SSDs, and a RAID array. I had trouble getting the UEFI firmware > working, but once that was done my old gentoo install works like a > champ. I'm powering the rig with a 1600W BeQuiet PSU, powered with a > dedicated 240v circuit. (the motherboard has provisioning for > overclocking and would require dual PSUs for overclocking....) > > Counting both new and re-used parts, the bill for the machine is in > the ballpark of $20k > > The rig can run even 70B LLM AI systems in GPU memory. If you are > looking for a sexy AI waifu, I suggest a model called Midnight-Miqu, > you can grab it on Huggingface and the host software is lm-studio. > > Also: Asus is getting bad press these days, check Gamer's Nexus. Yes, > I did buy their flagship board a few weeks ago, and I've had a > terrible headache getting it running decently well... >
>From this link: https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-5-7600x.html Graphics Capabilities Graphics Model AMD Radeon™ Graphics Graphics Core Count 2 Graphics Frequency 2200 MHz That said, I have a little 4 port graphics card I'd like to use anyway. It doesn't need a power connector. I don't need one that is big or expensive. Watching videos is about as heavy as I get. The more I think on this, the more I don't like spending this much money on a mobo I don't really like at all. It seems all the mobo makers want is flashy crap. I want a newer and faster machine but with options to expand like my current rig. I'm not sure about hitting that order button just yet. Dale :-) :-)
