Now that Cerberus-X is on the horizon and I finally have my future platform planned out, it's time to pick this topic back up.
First things first, the Ryzen platform:
(I apologize for the difference in picture brightness and color temp, I'm doing this manually, I really need to transition to something like Lightroom)

Asus Prime X370-Pro motherboard

The heatsinks have a really nice shine to them. A shame though about the chipset...

Or is it ?! That sticker is not going to last long.

Rev 1.03, for reference.

The Type-C header that'll hopefully some day will be usable.

Ryzen 7 1800X sitting nice and comfortably.

Yes, I installed my RAM after I installed my heatsink. You can do stuff like that when it doesn't have those manga-style heatsinks.
For now I'm running the system without an installed OS, looking to optimize performance and migrate when I'm ready.