CPU/Mobo [DISCUSSION] AMD 4700S Desktop Kit

DanteErodov said:
Basically, having GDDR6 memory seems to be causing lot of performance issues in an otherwise good CPU. Memory latency with GDDR6 is rough ~ 145ns compared to the 70-80ns that 2nd gen ryzen processors were know for.
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Yes, GDDR6 as your RAM is BAD! GDDR is by design high-bandwidth RAM to handle large chunks of data while a normal DDR RAM is low-bandwidth which is designed for small chunks of data. So using a desktop OS on GDDR RAM would be abysmal experience. That's why consoles have their own proprietary OS which has a smaller footprint and there's no overhead of other apps.

This boot-kit is only good for an HTPC, not even a server.
 
I was probing around the latest C0A BIOS and I found legacy boot options. This probably means once the BIOS is updated and options set to legacy, older graphics cards should work.

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Video from LTT says no legacy options so thats an improvement


Making a new cooler mount for this seems trivial to me. I have an unused Thermalright XP90 which I'll probably slap on to this, or a Zalman CNPS8900
 
What's the catch here? This deal is very good.
I see there's no m2 slot.
PCIe x16 slot is limited to x4.
Memory is included but not mentioned.
 
lockhrt999 said:
What's the catch here? This deal is very good.
I see there's no m2 slot.
PCIe x16 slot is limited to x4.
Memory is included but not mentioned.
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Based on comments, cooling is bad and if Memory is Gddr6 then it has latency issues.

I still speculating on this to be good home server build running proxmox but I'll wait for others to confirm who got this. I see it is available again with slight increased cost.
 
imran_chennai said:
Any idea what the idle power consumption is? and ability to allow undervolting ?
Looks like a good deal esp. for the processing horsepower
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This is the closest I could get to answer my own question. 85W at idle with a GTX 1050ti. Video linked below.
Bios is locked down and anemic due to obvious reasons, cannot tweak hardware params. Referenced LTT video.

 
ibose said:
The heatsink area seems to be pretty small. Probably just replace the noisy fan with a quieter one ?
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the heatsink itself is bad - akin to cheap intel ones. The fan must be an 80mm fan. Not worth changing fans etc.

I also noticed the UEFI settings might be hidden in the BIOS by default. In which case its an easy BIOS mod to enable them
 
This looks like a steal deal for an office PC with a GT 710 for display.
Edit: NVM looks like it won't be an ideal home/office PC
 
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SunnyBoi said:
the heatsink itself is bad - akin to cheap intel ones. The fan must be an 80mm fan. Not worth changing fans etc.

I also noticed the UEFI settings might be hidden in the BIOS by default. In which case its an easy BIOS mod to enable them
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How about enabling clock and voltage settings?, is it possible via a bios mod?
 
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