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Ok the latest test with the ram at 2933MHz. Note the settings in the Asus TPU section. You could copy them for your PC.
Also take a look at the bottom left side and note the CPU speed 38.250MHz. Then look at the Task managers clock speed ?
Now take a look at the temperatures. I have set up a much better fan curve and it is still very quiet even under a full stress test. Also note the water temps in and out.
Mike
Hey thanks for the tips, its good to have a place to share experiences with the build 
About the ram, I did find one of the ram pieces to be faulty earlier, so I ordered a new one of the same specs. But I see now in CPU-z that it has a different Part number in SPD. I don't know if this has some impact or could cause the instability? But apparently these 8 rams are bound together under a same part number. I regret buying these now, if I know of a ram brand and set that is 100% sure to work with threadripper with the acclaimed specs I would probably bite the bullet and buy them (g.skill claim they have such sets). But from all I read everywhere on the internet lately I've lost confidence in trusting vendors and ram sticks actually delivering what they say for the Threadripper. Apart from that every slot seem to work in the CPU-Z SPD tab.
Yes I really look forward to testing the new cooling system, I think that will help me get the speeds Im looking for
Thermal Paste, really ? From every video I've seen they recommend the opposite. Because when using the finger method you create air pockets and the paste doesn't spread evenly. Have you seen the videos where they put paste between two glass and how it behaves when squeezed, compared to when spreading it out manually?
Ok Update! And its a good one!! Finally things are working!!!
Talked to corsair and upped the ram voltage to 1.3, now I get the speed the ram is suppose to have without any crashes.
and I replaced the CPU fan with the ENERMAX LIQTECH TR4 360MM and I have finally managed to get 4ghz without any crash and a stable system!!! wahoo. I think the fan setup in the bios isn't 100 reliable, because the fans never seemed to go at full force. But when I set up the fan setup in MSI fan program in windows they do go at max at correct temperatures. Dunno why, but at least it works.
But, though, my cpu crashes if it stays under full 100 load in above 65C for a long time, so I set the enermax to go full speed at 65C. This means a lot of noise though 
I guess you guys experience the same? So might be I would want to downclock to 3.9 if I can get less noise, unless there's a noticeable difference in After Effects.
Hey, yeah this is good news indeed
Hmm, what did you mean with 3.25 ? THats very low clockspeed isnt it?
WHat kind of voltages did you set it to for 39,25 ? I did put my CPU to 4 ghz blank and I set the voltage to 1.376. It was a number I found on linustechtips or something, and it works fine. To be honest I have no need for the machine to run in 4ghz for rendering. The 16 cores are more than ok on the stock speed. But it's the responsiveness in adobe software that had me going mad. I'm still going mad over adobe though, they have so many bad performance issues in After Effects Im baffled they can even focus on anything else; "Like if you have a composition of say 50 layers, scrubbing the timeline will go super slow, but if you add that same composition into a prefab so you don't see the layers, then it moves smoothly again even though AE renders the same frames. So they have severe performance issues even in the general UI of the program, not just in rendering frames. But at least now on 4ghz Im getting the pretty much same slugginess I had on my previous machine while benefiting from everything 16 cores have to offer on anything else.
I don't really see it peak above 4, but motherboard, CPU-z and task manager all show the same. But it peaked above 4 ghz when I had it clocked to around 3.7. I think from all I've read (Im dizzy from reading through cpu stuff on google now ) if you use the Ryzen Balanced it will go beyond 4 when it can on few cores, but not on all simultaneously. This is AMD's turboboost. If you set windows power settings to High Performance it will not peak above, but keep high clockspeed on all processors....I will keep using Ryzen Balanced tho, it made my system much more stable, and probably it helps on the electricity bill as well.
So probably when I have time I will do some more investigating and downlock it slightly hoping to get those peaks you have in single core performance - it might make my machine not going so hot when rendering while still getting proper snappyness in AE and Pshop. If I can get the fan to stay on 70-80% instead at maximum it will be better for the noise level I would think - because now it sounds as if it was a plane taking off when running at full force.
Fans: I connected them in the CPU_FAN connector
Pump: connceted to the dedicatd PUMP_FAN connector.
It seems to control my fans properly now, all the way I chose it to, just not set in bios. WHen I did it there it took too long to ramp up so the CPU froze. Even though I set it to 0,1 second delay (smallest optional number) But, hopefully the fan settings I do in the MSI control center gets put back to the Bios (I havent checked yet), the same way Ryzen Master does. At least the MSI fan sofware in windows seem to work decent, I had a lot of problems when I used the ASUS one on my other machine. Tweaking fan speed and clockspeed will now be my next endeavour. Trying to get it as high as possible with minimal noise. At least I know a bit more now of what makes it crash and not.
will try the Pshop test soon
Btw, thanks again for following me though all this frustration, it really helped staying motivated and not give up
Ok DB looks like your sorted now and also happy which is the mane thing. My last post! 
Typo sorry 38.25GHz is what I had set to after the AMD update. I now have set it back to where I originally had it 39.25GHz stock voltage I think I will check that out later.I have run Trevor Dennis test again with the 39.25 setting and my time was 9.6 seconds Don't tell Trevor 
So there's room to improve the 1950x speed with just a few clocks on the keyboard. The power usage isn't all that much I am looking at it here and it hops between 16.1W and 32.5W! The light bulb here is more than that 
Mike
Ok so I have ended up with 3.925 overclock myself. Just to keep the voltage and fans at ok speeds. But, I wonder how you are overclocking, you have a different motherboard than me. But personally Im unable to get and core boost above 3.9 also I tried the Photoshop test with maximum brush size on an image of 30000 and it took 18 seconds!! so above the stock speeds, doesnt make sense 
Also I notice in the task manager performance on yours that you have base speed showing the overclock, while for me it shows the base clock, even if the speed shows the actual clockspeed the Cpu is running at. (see attachment.) any suggestions? 
Hi DB. In taught that you had the Asus Zenith extreme motherboard like me!Have you change it? I have the CPU set to 3.925GHz in the BIAS. I however have changed my RAM speed from 2933MHz to 2800MHz as I found it wasn't stable under high contagious load. The system is very stable now and super quiet under normal conditions, even on load testing for short periods.
Hake a look at my water temps IN & OUT in my previous posts. I have only turned on my PC now so the temps wont relate to proper testing conditions like my previous posts do.
I use the ASUS TURBO APP to set set the max turbo of 4.2GHz hoping that it will reach it even for short periods. It seems to work for me. I am sure that your motherboard has something similar to achieve the same results.
I will include some screen grabs of the setup. Please note that you can assign fan profiles for each Turbo profile setting i.e.. 4.0 Normal 4.2 Turbo or max etc.
Hope that this helps.
Mike
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Hey,
Ah no I don't have that motherboard, I have the MSI Gaming Carbon AC Motherboard. Now that I see you have this ability I wish I didn't go for MSI this time around. But I assume I would have to reinstall windows and all if I swapped the motherboard with a new one (?) that's But, that's a great feature - it really pump up the crippled Adobe softwares. If I Overclock, THreadripper will not turboboost anymore, which is a standard thing for everyone I think. Intel has a secondary turboboost tool just like that one you have there for intel processors. But I doubt I can use that one for AMD. I tried looking around of what MSI had to offer, but nothing of such
I wonder why I get worse scores than the base clock though, even though I have now overclocked it to 3.925?
Yeah, currently the system works ok, and the speeds are good now. So this is just if I want it slightly better If I know I could just take out the MSI motherboard and replace it with a Asus MOBO and boot up and everything would be fine I wouldn't mind doing it. Its not about the money actually, since this is a work computer, but more about spending too much time vs. getting work done. Also the t4 platform is still in development, MSI probably will update the MOBO many times, and it's suppose to be a good MOBO, so I will give it a bit of time now that I can work with this. But, this tool you have was a revelation, I didn't know ASUS had that. I own a x99 Asus mobo for my other machine, and I was ok'ish happy, so I thought I wanted to try another brand this time around....guess I shouldn't have
#1. What size is your C drive.
#2. How many hard drives to you have in your system
#3. do you use a NASS for your storage.
If you can fit all your programs onto your C drive you won't have a problem changing out your Motherboard for a different one.
If you have multiple hard drives or SSD drives you will need to set them up for the new system. ( So your programs will know there your files live in the new Mobo).
You should have no problem designing Windows to your new board.
You Might have to contact Adobe to explain that you have changed out your MOBO and you will have a change in your IP address.
Mike
The Intel i7-8700K would be the best choice for PS & LR fore sure it has creasy high clock speeds. I still have the ASUS X99 Deluxe motherboard so I only need the CPU I have a very nice case for it the Qe Quiet Dark base 700. It will look wonderful in the den.
PS I dont play games but my Grandkids do? I am retired and enjoying life now. Nothing to do only build PC's and take holiday photos.
Mike
Yeah I don't really know how to get that test to be optmal. Guess, there's a few things such as photoshop settings, plugins, etc which plays a part more than with a closed system test such as cinebench. Btw, what are you getting as a single core score in Cinebench? Because if thats far above 200, then that asus turboboost plugin really has a great deal of impact on performance.
about your questions:
I have all programs installed on my C Drive. I have a 2tb 960 Pro as my C. I have 3 additional hdd's but thats just archive storage and a 960 EVO for AE scratch Disk. So I guess it would be fine then just to replace the mobo? THere's a few MSI softwares and I assume driver differences on Audio and built in stuff to the MOBO which needs to be changed. but none of the MSI software seem to be deeply integrated to Windows, mostly just partly pointless game boost software and driver update scans.
3, no dont use any nas.
There's no problem with adobe and a new mobo. You can go into the adobe account and deactivate all computers attached to the account so can install or activate again.
Doing nothing than building machines and taking photos sounds nice, Im not there yet. 25 years to go. So there's a limit how much time I can spend fine tuning my machine
25 years. I remember that all too well. Leaving my home at 6.30/7 am Breaking my but until sometimes 9pm and not arriving home until 10pm.on occasions. Operations manager for a large multinational hotel group with all the hassle you could possibly get with the job. But sometimes I do miss it? Remember life is what you make it so enjoy your leisure time and plan for your retirement EARLY IN LIFE.
End of rant.
The PC you have is a fine one and as you said it is running well now. Their will always be something a little faster only around the corner. In a couple of months we will see the second phase of the TR launch with I think better single core performance and hopefully individual core overclocking ability.
I will run the Cinebench test you you today and post the scores.
Regards.
Mike
Well DB. I run the CineBench test rest and here are the test results and the settings I applied to the Asus Turbo Boost APP.
Hope you find them interesting.
Cheers.
Mike
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Hey THanks. Actually what I really was curious about was the single core performance score. Since that is the part where yours excel so much compared to mine. But it doesnt seem like you have that button?, I mean this:
On my threadripper I score about 155-160. But on my x99 I scored about 200. Which is also the reason why it was more snappy in adobe software. And, if you manage to score about 200 or more when using that asus turbo boost program, that really is a good argument for me to replace my mobo for a Asus one, to get that single core boost
Hehe, yeah Im not ready to retire yet, though I do get tired of working now and then - and I have all ready starting saving up, hoping for an early retirement . Luckily I control my own day pretty much, working from my home doing 3d, illustration and AE work for commercials, games and film. So I shouldn't complain I guess - it could be worse. you can see my work here: www.joachimart.com
I hadn't forgotten the single tread test. I was first to make adjustments to my settings in the Asus Turbo App. I ingest the GPU to 42.00Ghz to get a stable overclock. I also tried 42.25GHZ and got a score of 173 but I run the test multiple times to see was it stable at that high setting. But it failed so I dropped it back to 42.00GHz and run the test again multiple times and it was stable. The CPU will peek up to aver 4.3GHz for very short periods. The highest temperatures recorded of the system was 51c.
I have taken a look at your work and I must say that I am very impressed. I wish you well in your business and admire your talent.
PS. Where did you find my picture.
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