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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:34:25 +0100
From:      Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net>
To:        Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>
Cc:        Paul Floyd <paulf2718@gmail.com>, Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Suggestions for Ryzen 9 motherboards
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On 2025-01-28T17:06:42.000+01:00, Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>
wrote:=


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Stability is=
 excellent using Asus ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI and a
Ryzen 7900 at least=
, some platform support bits a missing like no way
to monitor CPU boost e=
tc. You can however roughly monitor CPU feq.
Anything faster than 5600MT =
for memory is overclocking and in most
cases to very little benefit. If y=
ou utilize 4 DIMMs it's go down to
3600 with 2R sticks and possibly bit f=
aster with 1R (official specs
states 3600 however). Intel ARC is probably=
 your best bet in the long
run however 6.1 is too hold even for the A-ser=
ies.

Best regards,

Daniel


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<html><body><div style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, =
sans-serif; font-size: 14px">On 2025-01-28T17:06:42.000+01:00, Tomek CEDRO =
&lt;tomek@cedro.info&gt; wrote:<br></div><div class=3D"ik_mail_quote answer=
ContentMessage"><blockquote class=3D"ws-ng-quote"><pre style=3D"white-space=
: normal;"><div>On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 2:54=E2=80=AFPM Paul Floyd wrote:<b=
r></div><blockquote class=3D"ws-ng-quote"><div>  On 26/12/2024 17:30, Danie=
l Engberg wrote:<br></div><div> Good board however there's very little that=
 justifies the difference in price between X670E and X870E variants (spend =
that on a cooler instead). You can find a short summary here, <a data-ik=3D=
"ik-secure" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" class=3D"defaultMailLink" href=3D"h=
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1fpk3cq/proart_x870ecreator_wifi_=
vs_proart_x670ecreator/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/buildap=
c/comments/1fpk3cq/proart_x870ecreator_wifi_vs_proart_x670ecreator/</a> . G=
raphics is integrated  in the CPU so choice of motherboard doesn't matter i=
n that regard. Without looking too much it's probably going to be a bit rou=
gh using 6.1 as a base. (My box is headless)<br></div><div><br></div><div> =
I went with a Asus Rog Strix in the end.<br></div><div> 6.1 does seem a bit=
 rough, it gave me a kernel panic when I loaded it.<br></div></blockquote><=
div> <br></div><div>Can you please report back on how stable is FreeBSD on =
that hardware?<br></div><div>I am thinking about moving 14.2-RELEASE to new=
 hardware very soon with<br></div><div>AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU (Zen5) and als=
o some ASUS mobo (either X870E or<br></div><div>X670E not sure yet).<br></d=
iv><div><br></div><div>I plan to buy 6000MHz RAM in 64..96..128..192GB size=
 for a ramdisk to<br></div><div>speed up build times.<br></div><div><br></d=
iv><div>This will be my development workstation and I also need good stable=
 3D<br></div><div>with multimonitor+rotation setup for CAD and multimedia s=
o scfb<br></div><div>fallback is not an option because it does not support<=
br></div><div>multimonitor+rotation without gpu drivers even with no 3d<br>=
</div><div>acceleration.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I will definitely buy=
 second hand NVIDIA GPU because I am sick tired<br></div><div>of AMDGPU sta=
bility problems with my RX580 and I dont believe modern<br></div><div>built=
-in GPU will even work. After move to 14.2 (and drm-61-kmod) it<br></div><d=
iv>does not panic as on 14.0/5.15 but it gets hiccups that require<br></div=
><div>reboot.. far from 13.3/5.10 stability.. so I am considering just<br><=
/div><div>replacing GPU and use nvidia drivers :-(<br></div><div><br></div>=
<div>-- <br></div><div>CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, <a data-ik=3D"ik-secure" rel=3D"noo=
pener noreferrer" class=3D"defaultMailLink" href=3D"http://www.tomek.cedro.=
info" target=3D"_blank">http://www.tomek.cedro.info</a><br></div></pre></bl=
ockquote></div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Aria=
l, sans-serif; font-size: 14px">Stability is excellent using Asus ProArt X6=
70E-CREATOR WIFI and a Ryzen 7900 at least, some platform support bits a mi=
ssing like no way to monitor CPU boost etc. You can however roughly monitor=
 CPU feq. Anything faster than 5600MT for memory is overclocking and in mos=
t cases to very little benefit. If you utilize 4 DIMMs it's go down to 3600=
 with 2R sticks and possibly bit faster with 1R (official specs states 3600=
 however). Intel ARC is probably your best bet in the long run however 6.1 =
is too hold even for the A-series.<br></div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Hel=
vetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px"><br></div><div=
 style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font=
-size: 14px">Best regards,<br></div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica N=
eue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px">Daniel<br></div></body=
></html>


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