W
hile AMD’s Zen and Zen+
Threadripper CPUs were
rather niche in their
performance thanks to their
relatively slow speed in single and lightly
threaded tasks, its Zen 2-based Threadrippers
finally bring some serious single-threaded
grunt to the party. They make for the most
powerful all-rounders the desktop PC has
ever seen, with massive single and multi-
threaded performance all in one processor.
This means that you don’t need a separate rig
for everyday computing and one for heavy
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multi-threaded workloads. It makes absolute
sense to use your 3rd-gen Threadripper PC as
your one and only system.
This month we’re building a water-cooled
TRX40 system using the winner of this
month’s motherboard Labs, along with plenty
of other high-end components, to make
the most of AMD’s new platform and build
a system that’s as quick in content creation
as it is in games or just about anything else
you throw at it. However, we’re putting a little
extra focus on content creation, cooling, and
building a quiet PC, as this is still the mostlikely reason many of us will be thinking of
building a Threadripper-based system.
You’ll need a sizeable budget for any PC
of this calibre, but you don’t need to go all
out to get great performance. We’ve cherry-
picked from the sweet spots to maximise
performance without spending silly amounts
of cash, but to still get a seriously potent
PC. We’ll also be delving into setting up a
TRX40 system, configuring AMD’s 3rd-gen
Threadripper CPUs and installing a water-
cooling system to keep these monstrous
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