Have been looking for a Threadripper board and it is getting irritating that every board uses the 16+8+16+8 layout. Why not a 3x16 layout, eg. X16+Space+Space+X16+Space+Space+X16, they could offer bifurcation on the bottom slot which would allow for heavy IO usage with dual triple slot graphics or triple X16 triple slot graphics in an XL-ATX case.
Are manufacturers forced to follow a reference design or is TR only able to support 16+8+16+8 layouts? Or am I one of only a small minority that wants something other than the default layout?
Are manufacturers forced to follow a reference design or is TR only able to support 16+8+16+8 layouts? Or am I one of only a small minority that wants something other than the default layout?