I am absolutely under-served by their existing line up - what's the point of a 64 core CPU that has only 256GB of RAM? That's only 2GB/thread. I can also build a far better machine than any OEM can provide me and select appropriate components for my needs, including a breathtaking case design that is nothing like a random workstation box provided by an OEM or a high-end water cooling for all subparts. If you are already spending money on 3990X, you can afford 1TB+ RAM, but there is no way... Assembling an own machine is a question of 2-3 hours tops. That's definitely a small fixed amount of time compared to life-time time savings - was that a joke?
"breathtaking case design"? Is your reply a joke? What do you do with this powerful machine that you feel limited by 2GB per thread? What's stopping you from using Epyc if you need the ram?
How long would it really take you to get back, say, 5 hours of building a computer, in cpu time savings from having a TR pro over regular TR? Maybe if you do video editing or a lot of compilation it would only take a month.
EPYC is typically ~30% slower than a TR. With TR Pro I would be able to do tasks that require >256GB of RAM, so the time saving compared to TR would be infinite. Now please spare me telling me how almost no tasks need that much or a similar prose - be happy that in your case it's sufficient. Thanks!
Do you really need me to state that C5a is not useless? OTOH, could you imagine scenarios, where those 2GB/thread wouldn't be sufficient? Could you imagine there are users hitting those limits? Or do you think "one size fits all"?
