System76 Thelio Main Powered By AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Collection Efficiency Evaluation
For these available in the market for a high-end Linux workstation for finishing up quite a lot of code compilation, AI workloads, or different creator or HPC duties, the brand new System76 Thelio Main goes on sale immediately and it is an actual winner. I have been attempting out the brand new System76 Thelio Main powered by the brand new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7900 collection processors and it delivers glorious Linux efficiency and all comes properly working out-of-the-box with their Pop!_OS Linux distribution.
Again in November AMD launched the Threadripper 7900 series processors in addition to the brand new Threadripper PRO choices. All of my Threadripper 7980X Linux testing to this point has been a DIY construct utilizing the AMD overview equipment for the Threadripper 7000 collection launch. The oldsters over at System76 have been engaged on updating their Thelio Main line for the Threadripper 7000 collection and not too long ago despatched one over forward of their deliberate official launch immediately.
This should not come solely as a shock as final week System76 introduced that their new Thelio would be featured at the AMD and Gigabyte booths during CES in Las Vegas. The Thelio Main is making use of Gigabyte motherboards and AMD is proud sufficient of System76’s Linux workstation creations to function them on the Client Electronics Present is a good accomplishment for the Colorado firm in addition to for the Linux ecosystem at massive.
Making this all of the extra thrilling on my finish is it being the primary time in a number of years testing a brand new System76 Thelio design. Again in 2020 I reviewed a System76 Thelio Major that on the time was powered by the just-launched Threadripper 3990X. In addition to the upgraded elements within the new Thelio Main, System76 has additionally made some good design enhancements with their built-in-house (Colorado) laptop chassis.
In 2022 they overhauled the Thelio design and more improvements in 2023 to permit for a customizable accent panel, delicate enhancements to boost the airflow / cooling, transferring over to a replacable rear I/O panel fairly than being customized minimize into the chassis, and different enhancements to evolve this well-built desktop case.
The brand new System76 Thelio additionally provides some entrance I/O ports to the highest of the chassis now with USB 3 Kind-A, USB-C, and analog audio jacks.
System76 continues to take care of the Thelio desktop designs as open-source through this GitHub repository for these wanting an “open-source” designed desktop/workstation chassis or making use of that info for enhancing any bodily mods to the system.
So far as open-source goes for the system itself, the System76 Thelio Main is utilizing a Gigabyte motherboard with normal (proprietary) firmware. It might be nice in the event that they had been in a position to provide Coreboot on their desktops like they do with their laptops in recent times, however alas not there but. Hopefully it’s going to turn into possible as soon as the AMD openSIL effort performs out over the following few years.
This System76 Thelio Main overview pattern was configured with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-core processor, 4 x 32GB DDR5 Micron MTC20F1045S1RC48BA2 DIMMs, 1TB Essential T700 CT1000T700SSD5 NVMe SSD, and AMD Radeon PRO W7900 graphics. System76 Thelio Main can also be out there for ordering with the Threadripper 7960X 24-core and Threadripper 7970X 32-core processors, varied NVIDIA and AMD Radeon Professional graphics card choices, as much as 512GB of quad channel DDR5 reminiscence, and quite a few storage choices.
I/O connectivity is nice with the brand new Thelio Main having 10 Gb and a pair of.5 Gb LAN assist, WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.2, and all different normal connectivity choices. The two.5Gb and 10Gb Ethernet being normal is nice as with the likes of the HP Z6 G5 A with Threadripper PRO, there was nonetheless 1Gb normal and treating 10Gb as an improve. The System76 Thelio Main is being powered by a Thermaltake ToughPower 1000 Watt 80+ Gold energy provide.
