Reddit reviews ASRock X399 Professional Gaming sTR4 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1/3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
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Supports AMD TR4 Socket Ryzen Threadripper Series CPUsIR Digital PWM, 11 Power Phase & Dr. MOS7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Supports DTS Connect8 SATA3, 3 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3).Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II2 USB 3.1 10Gb/s (1 Type-A + 1 Type-C), 12 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 8 Rear)
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B074J6LVBD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Update 11/8/18.
Thought I'd share what I have been testing so far. So I returned my ASUS ROG Strix x399 for the ASRock X399 Professional Gaming Motherboard and I returned my threadripper 2950x for a new one. I wanted to rule out that it wasn't just faulty gear and sure enough I was still experiencing the same issues. Went ahead and reformatted and went through all the same steps again.
I ran into some interesting forum posts when digging around for more information and I came across some topics that is exactly what I was experiencing and it talked about setting custom settings for the x264 encoder. For example, setting my threads to threads=48 definitely helped a bit, but I'm still getting massive FPS drops in CSGO when trying to stream at a medium preset while I can see others doing slow or slower just fine. The fps drops are just massive which is around 150.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/cant-record-high-resolution-capture-despite-beefy-cpu.93241/
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/can-you-please-explain-x264-option-threads.76917/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/7s4fny/psa_obs_may_need_additional_setup_if_using_over/
It just feels like my CPU isn't being fully utilized. OBS only uses up to 17% of CPU usage, which is about 30% CPU usage total across the system. I am convinced Windows 10 or perhaps the applications themselves don't know how to use utilize the complete power of this CPU which is just unfortunate, because I specifically bought this CPU for multitasking on a single PC setup.