Originally posted by zyxxel
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Also I'm confused by your mention of chipset. PCIe and RAM controllers and all "businness features" are in the Threadripper "CPU" thing, not in the chipset.
That said, what does a Threadripper system offer to a gamer? It's beyond overkill in all parameters. Too much cores, too much RAM, too much PCIe lanes (SLI/CRossfire are dead and were dead years ago too, so there is no point for 4 PCIe slots), too much USB 3.0, too much SSD slots and storage ports.
It is clearly aimed at workstations, but it cannot be used for high end ones because it does not have enough RAM. Does not make the other workstations any less workstation than high end ones.
And my post about the Threadripper Pro was about why AMD for some reason decided to made the previously released chipsets in a way that misses out for the workstation market.
Back then they didn't want to lose any bit of Epyc sales, square and simple. Since this "Threadripper pro" is clearly a rebadged Epyc, it's pretty much certain they were more interested in keeping all possible parts for their initial assault of the server market (which is the main moneymaker for these kinds of processors, no doubts about it).
They provided a segmented product for the midrange workstation and enthusiast, (Threadripper) but went to great lengths to keep it NOT APPEALING for server use.
Now, a couple of years later and in a much better position than back then, they feel like they can afford to not 100% target servers only with their high end CPUs and make these vanity products (that still drive sales, but aren't main moneymakers themselves).
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