I don't remember. I suspect it was a new one though. Yup NewEgg.
Found the sales info: "MSI PERFORMANCE GAMING X470 GAMING PLUS MAX AM4 AMD X470 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Moth
Item specifics --
Condition:
New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is .."
So it was brand new. It is cheap enough though that I might consider trying again. Maybe.
Since the b450 is running the cpu as fast as I need it to run. I would need to see a reliability/performance edge to feel motivated to try it again.
I also would try an Asus version of it too.
Tom M
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But honestly at the price point of most of these higher-end b500 boards you'd be better off spending a little more money and getting a board based on the x570 chipset as these typically have better VRMs and more features.
Thank you for doing the research and finding the ASUS b550 w/3 gpu slots.
Since I pretty much prefer the ASUS product line I will look at these MB's closely for my "next" Am4 socket MB purchase. (Assuming a 3000 series cpu).
Tom M
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Einstein uses very little of the PCIe bus. so even PCIe gen 2.0 x4 is more than enough. The only BOINC project that I've found that was sensitive to PCIe bandwidth has been GPUGRID's acemd3 CUDA application.
Thanks, I hadn't looked at the PCIe utilization for Einstein yet but you are absolutely correct. Here is a system I moved from F@H to Einstein a few days ago:
and here's some current info:
So the PCIe bandwidth of Einstein appears to be about 1/4 to 1/3 of Folding@Home and about 50% of WCG OPNG
So far the Asus ROG b450-f motherboard continues to be a robust and reliable boinc mb for non-bandwidth sensitive GPU projects.
It's munching with 4 rtx 3080 series gpus right now.
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
So far the Asus ROG b450-f motherboard continues to be a robust and reliable boinc mb for non-bandwidth sensitive GPU projects.
It's munching with 4 rtx 3080 series gpus right now.
Tom M
Notes: If you try for 5 gpus make sure you do a cold boot (PSU off wait at least 16 seconds, PSU on, wait 8 seconds). Its not happy when I try a warm boot.
Since I don't have the adapter in yet to allow two PSU's to drive this rig it currently is running a power limit of 200 watts on all gpus.
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
Tom M wrote:Keith Myers
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Was it a used eBay board or a brand new one?
Keith Myers wrote:… Benefit
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If it’s boards that have switched to newer ITE Super I/O chips from Nuvoton ones in x470 then there is an out of mainline ITE module that’s not too painful to build and install.
Keith Myers wrote:Tom M
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I don't remember. I suspect it was a new one though. Yup NewEgg.
Found the sales info: "MSI PERFORMANCE GAMING X470 GAMING PLUS MAX AM4 AMD X470 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Moth
Item specifics --
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
gordonbb
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Thank you for doing the research and finding the ASUS b550 w/3 gpu slots.
Since I pretty much prefer the ASUS product line I will look at these MB's closely for my "next" Am4 socket MB purchase. (Assuming a 3000 series cpu).
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
gordonbb wrote:Keith Myers
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That's a descendant of the original driver by Guenter Roeck. I used to run that on my ITE SIO chip based boards.
But after he abandoned the driver I moved to the much better driver for WMI based BIOS boards. asus-wmi-sensors
[Edit]
I see the driver has been pulled into the mainline 5.17 kernel. Integrate mainline changes
Ian&Steve C. wrote:Einstein
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Thanks, I hadn't looked at the PCIe utilization for Einstein yet but you are absolutely correct. Here is a system I moved from F@H to Einstein a few days ago:
So far the Asus ROG b450-f
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So far the Asus ROG b450-f motherboard continues to be a robust and reliable boinc mb for non-bandwidth sensitive GPU projects.
It's munching with 4 rtx 3080 series gpus right now.
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
Tom M wrote: So far the Asus
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Notes: If you try for 5 gpus make sure you do a cold boot (PSU off wait at least 16 seconds, PSU on, wait 8 seconds). Its not happy when I try a warm boot.
Since I don't have the adapter in yet to allow two PSU's to drive this rig it currently is running a power limit of 200 watts on all gpus.
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
Hi,I have stumbled across
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Hi,
I have stumbled across Ryzen Server Motherboards!
If you select the Ryzen cpu from the left side of the webpage you will not get EPYC cpu motherboards mixed in.
The biggest disappointment seems to be none of them have a very high PCIe (err... gpu) slot count. I think the most might be 3 of them.
===edit=== https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X470D4U#Specifications ===edit===
Tom M
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MB with 3 8x 16x length slot
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MB with 3 8x 16x length slots
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