Best x399 Workstation Motherboard

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RyanTScott

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Want to build a TR workstation but am unsure of which MB to go with. I'm leaning towards ASrock Taichi but have always gone with Asus... Thoughts?
 
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No. Any of those three 300 dollar plus mobo's better be able to run a cpu at 100% load for extended periods of time. Just watch all the mobo's temp sensors and the cpu temp sensors at first to make sure everything is okay. You are an early adopter for X399 and threadripper so keep an eye out for news of common problems that may crop up.

The VRMs seem to all be pretty similar at a glance, so I see nothing obvious that would make any of those three mobo's better than one another when under a heavy prolonged load.
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I would go for the asus prime, the asrock taichi, or the gigabyte aorus 7. Not really a whole lot of options for X399 mobo's yet, I believe asus will be coming out with a strix x399 board soon that will sit between the prime and the zenith. They all have pretty comparable VRM's and other PCB features. I personally think the taichi or the aorus looks the best. I would be comfortable buying any of those 3 boards, there is nothing that really makes one stand out among the others.
 
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No. Any of those three 300 dollar plus mobo's better be able to run a cpu at 100% load for extended periods of time. Just watch all the mobo's temp sensors and the cpu temp sensors at first to make sure everything is okay. You are an early adopter for X399 and threadripper so keep an eye out for news of common problems that may crop up.

The VRMs seem to all be pretty similar at a glance, so I see nothing obvious that would make any of those three mobo's better than one another when under a heavy prolonged load.
 
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The Zenith comes with a 10GB Ethernet adapter and a lot of other accessories. It's also E-ATX form factor and has a pretty cool dimm.2 slot for a pair of nvme drives. There's other bling stuff there too, like a little 40mm cooling fan sitting on the I/O panel to cool the VRMs. Overall, I couldn't justify the hefty price tag for what you get and went with the MSI carbon. It was the only one in stock and works out to $280 with combo deal and rebates.

My first choice was the Asrock Taichi BTW and if I hate the MSI that's what I'd replace it with at this point.
 
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