AMD’s march on the high-end desktop market since the launch of the first generation of Ryzen has been somewhat brutal. In a market where we were barely moving up by an average of less than 2 cores a generation, in the last three years AMD has slapped 8-cores in the mainstream and 16 for HEDT, swiftly followed up by 32 in HEDT then moving mainstream up to 16, all while the competition rushed to get something up to 18 cores available.
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With the Rampage VI Extreme Encore ASUS have gone back to the drawing board and produced a model which straddles the design line between the original Rampage VI Extreme and its Omega stable mate. Improvements to the quality of power stages, now utilising TDA21472 rather than the IR 3555 have allowed bigger power amperage, and this has been tamed by the introduction of two 30mm Delta fans.
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The Creator has a full suite of high bandwidth options from USB 3.2 Gen2 through 7 M.2 slots and 10G LAN sitting alongside the Intel Gigabit option and Wi-Fi 6 AX200 wireless. All those CPU cores require a lot of power too and with a 70A power design there shouldn’t be any lack of ampage to keep your 3rd Gen Threadripper CPU fed.
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The third in our trio of TRX40 motherboards we’re reviewing for launch day is the ASUS ROG TRX40 Zenith II Extreme. The original Zenith Extreme was a seriously heavyweight addition to the X399 platform which made the Threadrippers look as good as they possibly could.
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Wherever you look there is a huge selection of high throughput offerings, and it’s not just their capacity that is impressive but the sheer number of them. Dual 10GbE LAN, 4 dual wide PCI Express 4.0 slots, 10 SATA ports, 4 M.2 drive sockets, wherever you look it is the latest technologies in huge numbers. Let’s look at each bit in more detail.
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As for the ASRock X299 Taichi, it holds to the Taichi theme, but with a significant update to the implementation. The new look is modernized and features an even more premium build quality and feature set—from the integrated rear I/O shield to the 2.5 Gb/s LAN, or intricate cog and gear motif. The ASRock X299 Taichi features WiFi 6 support, offering the best wireless connectivity available.
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The ASRock TRX40 motherboard lineup includes two motherboards, the TRX40 Creator and the TRX40 Taichi. Both motherboards have been said to be very competitive in terms of features and pricing compared to other AIB’s TRX40 products.
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The Ryzen 5 3600 is an excellent 65W chip for small form factor enthusiasts, packing quite the punch in a small thermal envelope. After simple one-click overclocking, it offers nearly the same performance as its more expensive counterpart, but at a $50 discount. That makes the Ryzen 5 3600 the uncontested value champ in its price range.
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The Ryzen 9 3900X redefines our expectations for the mainstream desktop with 12 cores and 24 threads for roughly the same price as Intel’s eight-core Core i9-9900K. The extra cores deliver big gains in heavily threaded applications, and the improved architecture offers great gaming performance, too, making for an incredibly well-rounded processor. Support for the PCIe 4.0 interface is the cherry on top.
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The Core i5-9600K is an iterative update over the previous-gen model. But if you’re shopping for a new processor, it does provide enough of a performance improvement to merit attention. The processor clearly provides the best performance for gaming at its price point, though AMD alternatives are enticing if you’re more interested in productivity applications.
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