Re: Trying initial boot of FreeBSD (main so: 15) of Ryzen 9 7950X3D on an ASUS Prime X670-P WIFI: various dmesg -a lines; more

On 04-11-23 21:10, Daniel Engberg wrote:

> 
> AM5 works pretty well in general but there are some issues you might 
> want to be aware of. As mentioned this 
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272507 
> <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272507> seems to 

> A word of advice, you'll need a beefy CPU cooler for the 95W+ "rated" 
> CPUs as they boost very aggressively and mid-sized air cooler might 
> cause it to throttle. Most Asus boards also supports ECC memory which 
> can be a nice feature.
I'm not too woried about that yet.

> Here's a good round-up of most if not all available models.
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NQHkDEcgDPm34Mns3C93K6SJoBnua-x9O-y_6hv8sPs/edit#gid=0 <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NQHkDEcgDPm34Mns3C93K6SJoBnua-x9O-y_6hv8sPs/edit#gid=0>
> 
> I'm personally happy with my ASUS ProArt X670E-CREATOR with 128Gb of ECC 
> memory (4 x MTC20C2085S1EC48BR) however be aware that you'll see much 
> slower memory clocks with 4 memory sticks especially dual rank due to 
> how DDR5 and current memory controllers works. Using the latest BIOS 
> available as of writing (1710) breaks SATA and USB among a few other 
> things while 1602 works fine.

I was thinking of the ProArt but strangely it only has input 
DisplayPort. Choosing a motherboard does seem to be the hardest bit. A 
lot seem to be expensive and flashy for gamers.

At the moment I'm down to a list of 3

MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk
Looks good but I'm a bit put off by bad reviews on youtube and amazon 
regarding quality

ASRock X670E Pro RS
Again not glowing reviews but it does have 6 sata ports 'just in casse'

ASUS Prime X670E-Pro
Much like the MSI Tomahawk


A+
Paul