I recently purchased a Threadripper 1950X, which I intend to use to run a ZFS-based, multi-headed, multi-OS rig (Probably using Proxmox, but I plan to experiment with FreeNAS+Bhyve and maybe ESXi). However, I am currently undecided about the motherboard and memory. I would really like to use ECC, but it makes me sad that I won't be able to use faster memory. I've heard mixed things about overclocking ECC, but this would of course be ideal.. ECC at 3200Mhz would be pretty sweet.
However, it seems that ASUS (my preferred brand's) threadripper motherboards cannot use ECC. I understand that Gigabyte and ASRock have ones that can use ECC, but I'm not super-happy with my current Gigabyte board (the BIOS controls aren't very nice and I've had some sleep issues). The X399 Taichi from ASRock looks nice, but I've heard mixed things about ASRock build quality.
Since I don't need to do my build urgently, but would like to sooner rather than later, I am undecided about whether I should just go with the ASRock or wait and see what else comes out. Can we expect ASUS to offer ECC friendly motherboards, or Supermicro to come out with something for Threadripper? What would you do and why?
However, it seems that ASUS (my preferred brand's) threadripper motherboards cannot use ECC. I understand that Gigabyte and ASRock have ones that can use ECC, but I'm not super-happy with my current Gigabyte board (the BIOS controls aren't very nice and I've had some sleep issues). The X399 Taichi from ASRock looks nice, but I've heard mixed things about ASRock build quality.
Since I don't need to do my build urgently, but would like to sooner rather than later, I am undecided about whether I should just go with the ASRock or wait and see what else comes out. Can we expect ASUS to offer ECC friendly motherboards, or Supermicro to come out with something for Threadripper? What would you do and why?
