Re: [RFT PATCH 0/4] hwmon: k10temp driver improvements

Brad Campbell
2020-01-19T01:59:22Z

On 19/1/20 1:14 am, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 1/18/20 12:52 AM, Brad Campbell wrote:
>> On 16/1/20 10:17 pm, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> This patch series implements various improvements for the k10temp
>>> driver.
>>>
>>
>> Looks good here. Identical motherboards (ASUS x370 Prime-Pro),
>> different CPUs.
>>
>> 3950x
>>
> Interesting. I thought the 3950X needs a newer motherboard.

This board has the 3950x listed on the compatibility matrix, so I took
the punt. I am running a beta BIOS with the 1.0.0.4 AGESA but it's
running in a stock production environment and has been stable. I don't
overclock or game, it's predominantly a VM host.

> Is that CPU as amazing as everyone says it is ?

It is fairly impressive and a significant update over the 1800x it
replaced. Kernel compiles are pretty quick :)

> And does it really need liquid cooling ?

No. I'm using a stock AMD Wraith Prism cooler in a 4U rack case.

It might reach higher boost clocks with better cooling, but under an
all-core load I still see > 4.1GHz across all cores.

Regards,
Brad