Asrock Rack Epyc Rome/Milan and Threadripper Pro motherboards

[Fritz]

I would buy 3 of these except I don't have the money, space, power, or need for them. It would still be awesome, though!

Yea, i have this thought quite often.

 

[mpepper]

Seems asrock has dropped prices on epyc motherboards across the board. Newegg also has deals on this and other boards. E.g. ROMED8-2t for $469: Asrock Rack ROMED8-2T ATX Server Motherboard AMD EPYC 7003 (with AMD 3D V-Cache Technology)/7002 series processors SP3 (LGA 4094) Dual 10GbE - Newegg.com

Wow that's a great price.

 

[autoturk]

Wow that's a great price.

yeah I couldn't resist. if you're okay using one of those "buy now pay later" services (specifically Zip), then you can get an additional 10% off with coupon code ZIPFAN. They charge a $6 financing charge which you can't avoid. I just paid it off immediately.

 

[FlorianZ]

Do you happen to know what sort of activity this generates on your credit report (hard inquiry, listing new new line of credit, etc)? Also, does your credit report need to be unfrozen for this?

 

[autoturk]

Do you happen to know what sort of activity this generates on your credit report (hard inquiry, listing new new line of credit, etc)? Also, does your credit report need to be unfrozen for this?

my understanding with most BNPL services is that it's a soft credit check (for Zip this is definitely the case), and only report in the case of adverse action (ie. non-payment). But please don't rely on me and read the ToS .

there was an interesting planet money episode on this actually: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097885472/buy-now-pay-dearly

 

[Cruzader]

I almost envy the US and their credit rating system, that almost gamification to your financial history.

 

[chrgrose]

Lol that itx board is funny. You basically flush all the pros for epyc down the toilet for an itx form factor. The entire point of epyc is all the sweet sweet I/o.

But muh cores!

 

[autoturk]

Prices on the ITX have dropped even further to $284 on provantage.