AMD TRX40 Motherboard Summary for 3rd Generation Ryzen Threadripper CPU ASUS, AORUS, ASRock, MSI
AMD's 3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper processor is here with the next generation sTRX4 socket based TRX40 motherboard lineup. With the launch of new motherboards, AMD's top AIBs, including ASUS, AORUS, ASRock and MSI, have released their respective TRX40 motherboard lines.
These products offer amazing features and a powerful power supply system that support up to 64 cores and 128 threads Threadripper CPUs.
AMD TRX40 Motherboard Roundup Ft, ASUS, AORUS, ASRock, MSI-Next Generation Industry Leading HEDT Platform
TRX40 series motherboards come in a variety of price categories, offering a variety of feature sets, unique design schemes and powerful accessories that come with AMD Threadripper CPUs.
This summary covers all the major TRX40 motherboards introduced by motherboard manufacturers.
ASUS TRX40 Motherboard Lineup-ROG ZENITH II EXTREME leads!
The ASUS lineup includes three motherboards: the flagship ROG ZENITH Extreme II, ROG STRIX TRX40-E, and PRIME TRX40-PRO.
The ROG series is for enthusiasts, and the PRIME series is for users who want best-in-class stability.
ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME Motherboard
ASUS's top motherboard for the Ryzen Threadripper 3000 series is the powerful ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME.
The motherboard has one of the most powerful VRM designs and feature sets of all TRX40 motherboards released today.
True to the beauty of ROG's design, the motherboard has a huge sTRX4 socket driven by a 16-phase TDA21472 power stage, each stage rated at 70 amps.
The motherboard also has an ultra-fine alloy choke, a 10K Japanese capacitor, and three power connectors (8 + 8 + 6 pins) dedicated to the CPU.
The motherboard has a total of eight DDR4 DIMM slots that can support OC + pin speeds up to 4600 MHz and capacities up to 256 GB (ECC / non-ECC).
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The PCH heatsink has a silver reflector with the iconic ROG eye logo.
Other features on this motherboard include Aquantia 10G Ethernet, Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Wi-Fi 6, and SUPREME FX audio systems.
ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E Motherboard
Talking about the ROG STRIX TRX40-E gaming motherboard, ASUS offers a sexy gaming style motherboard with a great look and a lot of RGB associated with it.
The motherboard uses 16 power stages and dual 8-pin connectors to power the CPU socket.
The motherboard comes with a super large VRM heatsink with an active heatsink fan. This heatsink is designed to provide maximum stability for power delivery systems under heavy loads.
There are eight DDR4 DIMM slots that support capacities up to 256 GB at speeds up to 4400 MHz (OC +).
Motherboard expansion includes three PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, one PCIe 4.0 x1 slot, and a triple M.2 Gen 4 slot.
The two M.2 slots are hidden under a huge M.2 heatsink that receives air from the active cooling of the PCH heatsink.
The PCH itself is further integrated with a SOC VRM heatsink that helps cool the TRX40 chipset.
Storage on the motherboard includes eight SATA III ports and USB Gen 3.2 and USB 3.1 connectors that span the entire motherboard.
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ASUS PRIME TRX40-PRO motherboard
ASUS PRIME TRX40-PRO is a very good motherboard with 16 power stages and dual 8-pin connectors to power CPU sockets.
The motherboard comes with a super large VRM heatsink. It is designed to provide maximum stability to the power supply system under heavy load.
There are eight DDR4 DIMM slots that support capacities up to 256 GB at speeds up to 3200 MHz (4600 MHz OC +).
Motherboard expansion includes three PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, one PCIe 4.0 x1 slot, and a triple M.2 Gen 4 slot.
The two M.2 slots are hidden under a huge M.2 heatsink that receives air from the active cooling of the PCH heatsink.
The PCH itself is further integrated with a SOC VRM heatsink that helps cool the TRX40 chipset.
Storage on the motherboard includes eight SATA III ports and USB Gen 3.2 and USB 3.1 connectors that span the entire motherboard.
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AORUS TRX40 Motherboard Lineup-AORUS XTREME is very powerful!
Gigabyte and AORUS have a total of four motherboards, including the extremely powerful TRX40 AORUS XTREME, TRX40 AORUS Master, TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI, and Gigabyte TRX40 Design are. All of these motherboards are well designed and offer insane features on the line of Ryzen Threadripper 3000 series processors.
TRX40 AORUS XTREME Motherboard
The TRX40 AORUS XTREME is a flagship motherboard that really targets Gigabyte's super enthusiastic segment. Equipped with an excellent 16-phase power layout with dual 8-pin CPU connectors and the finest high-end components on the PCB, it's the overclocking monster of the 3rd generation Threadripper processor.
In addition, it has an 8 GB DDR4 DIMM slot that can support 32 GB modules with a total capacity of up to 256 GB at speeds up to 4666 MHz.
In addition to the appropriate aluminum stacked fin heatsink near the I / O slot and the regular heatsink with a plastic cover on the right side of the motherboard, you can find a large heatsink array at the top of the VRM area.
A heat pipe runs through the heat sink cover on the right side.
The same heat pipe goes through all four heatsinks and becomes the main PCH heatsink with active cooling.
For expansion, there are four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots and a triple M.2 slot (Gen 4.0) with a full-cover heatsink.
A total of 8 or 10 SATA 3 ports and a USB 3.1 front panel header are available. Debug LEDs are on the motherboard and you can see a large Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0 LED system running across the sides on a PCH heatsink.
The motherboard also has an additional 6-pin connector for feeding juice into the expansion slot when running multiple add-in cards.
Also, it seems that the Aquantia 10G chip is hidden under a small heatsink under the DDR4 slot on the left. This is definitely one of the high-end designs that tends to cost around $ 1000.
TRX40 AORUS XTREME Motherboard Features:
Supports 3rd generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor
Quad Channel ECC / Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 8 DIMMs
16 + 3 phase Infineon digital VRM solution with 70A output stage
Thermally reactive armor design with fin array heatsink, 8mm mega heat pipes and Nano Carbon base plate
Intel X550-AT2 Dual 10GbE BASE-T LAN and cFosSpeed
4 Ultra-fast NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 with thermal guard
Onboard Intel WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with 2X AORUS Antenna
130dB SNR AMP-UP audio with high-end ESS SABER 9218 DAC, ALC1220-VB, and WIMA audio capacitors
Extra 4 NVMe PCIe 4.0 / 3.0 x4 M.2 dedicated AORUS Gen4 AIC adapter
USB Turbo Charger fast charging support for mobile devices
Supports RGB FUSION with multi-zone addressable LED light show design, addressable LEDs and RGB LED strips
Smart Fan 5 features a hybrid fan header with multiple temperature sensors, FAN STOP and noise detection.
Front and back USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C header
Q-Flash Plus update BIOS without installing CPU, memory, graphics card
TRX40 AORUS MASTER Motherboard
TRX40 AORUS MASTER Motherboard Features:
TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI Motherboard
TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI Motherboard Features:
ASRock TRX40 Motherboard Lineup-16 Taichi with power phase rocks the boat!
ASRock TRX40 Motherboard contains two motherboards, TRX40 Creator and TRX40 Taichi.
Both motherboards are said to be extremely competitive in terms of functionality and price compared to other AIB TRX40 products.
TRX40 Taichi is the flagship product of the two boards and is primarily aimed at enthusiasts.one
On the other hand, TRX40 Creator is aimed at workstations and prosumers who need best-in-class professional grade features.
ASRock TRX40 Taichi Motherboard
ASRock TRX40 Taichi uses the latest Taichi design we saw on the X570 Taichi.
The board has a black and silver color scheme with various heatsinks and a gear logo and aesthetic that spans the entire I / O cover.
As you can imagine, ASRock TRX40 Taichi has a very premium design and a lot of features.
The motherboard is equipped with 16-phase (Intersil Digital) PWM, the highest level such as premium 90A Dr. MOS power choke, premium memory alloy choke, Nichicon 12K black capacitor and 2 oz copper design matte back 8-layer PCB. It is rounded with the components of.
The CPU socket has dual 8-pin connectors, and one large XXL aluminum alloy heatsink with dual cooling fans cools the entire VRM area.
This, along with the added heat pipe, transfers heat from the VRM area to the heatsink near the I / O and absorbs most of the heat.
There are eight DDR4 DIMM slots that can support capacities up to 256 GB at speeds up to 4666 MHz (OC +).
The motherboard also has three PCIe 4.0 x16 slots (x16, x16, x16 electrical) and one PCIe 4.0 x1 slot.
Three full-length x16 slots are reinforced with steel shields.
The motherboard has two Hyper M.2 slots and eight SATA III ports for storage devices.
All other M.2 slots are hidden under the motherboard front cover.
Additional ports include a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C front panel connector, power on / off switch, reset switch, debug LED, and some USB 3.0 front panel headers.
The interesting thing about this board is that it comes with the Hyper Quad M.2 AIC. This allows you to add four additional M.2 devices to an external card with its own active cooling.
The PCH heatsink also has active cooling, including the flashy gear design found on the new Taichi board. Motherboard I / O includes:
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ASRock TRX40 Creator Motherboard
Moving on to TRX40 Creator, I'm looking for a more optimized TRX40 product with 8-phase Intersil Digital PWM and all the high-end components found in TRX40 Taichi.
The motherboard uses a neat silver and black color scheme with a large heatsink on top of a VRM with an active cooling fan.
The CPU socket works with a pair of 8-pin connectors, and you can find eight DDR4 DIMM slots that support capacities up to 256 GB at speeds up to 4666 MHz (OC +).
The motherboard has four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots (PCIE1 / PCIE2 / PCIE3 / PCIE4: single x16 (PCIE1), dual x16 (PCIE1) / x16 (PCIE3); triple x16 (PCIE1) / x16 (PCIE3)). / x8 (PCIE4); x16 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE2) / x16 (PCIE3) / x8 (PCIE4)) quad.
There is also a triple Hyper M.2 slot covered with an ASRock M.2 Armor heatsink like Taichi.
The PCH comes with an active cooling and exhaust vent that is also found on the PCH heatsink.
It has eight SATA III ports and a 6-pin power connector directly below it to provide additional power to the PCIe connector when multiple devices are running.
As Creator is a more professional viewer-focused product, it comes with 10G AQUANTIA Ethernet and a variety of other features such as:
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MSI TRX40 Motherboard Lineup-All Creators, Including Lovers
MSI will add three motherboards to the TRX40 launch lineup. This includes two TRX40 PRO series motherboards. One is WiFi, the other is WiFi, and then the high-end TRX40 Creator board.
MSI TRX40 Creator Motherboard
The MSI TRX40 Creator is a stunning motherboard featuring an all-black color scheme with brushed aluminum textures on multiple heatsinks.
The motherboard has a 16-phase (CPU), 3-phase (SOC) digital PWM VRM with dual 8-pin connectors. The board has eight DDR4 DIMM slots, all with metal shields, supporting up to 256 GB of VRAM at speeds up to 4666 MHz (OC +).
The motherboard has a very extensive heatsink layout, the aluminum fin heatsink on the VRM has two expansion heat pipes, one extending towards the PCH heatsink and the other I / O cover heatsink. It is growing toward.
The PCH is cooled by a single active fan with zero Frozr technology that is part of the Frozr heatsink to prevent the fan from spinning in idle load scenarios.
For expansion, the MSI TRX40 Creator has four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, including three M.2 slots covered with M.2 shielded Frozr heatsinks.
The layout of the M.2 slot is reminiscent of MSI's X399 Creation motherboard, which was one of the most feature-rich X399 motherboards at the time.
Storage on the motherboard includes 6 SATA III ports, 2 USB 3.1 front panel headers, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C front panel header, debug, power, and reset switches.
Audio Boost 4 on the motherboard has an ALC 1220 controller, and the motherboard also has an Aquantial AQC107 10G LAN and an Intel I1211AT Gigabit LAN.
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MSI TRX40 PRO 10G and MSI TRX40 PRO WIFI Motherboards
The MSI TRX40 PRO 10G and MSI TRX40 PRO WIFI are designed for two different viewers.
First of all, the motherboard mainly shares the same feature set with a nice matte black design similar to the X570 Unify and great aesthetics, but the difference lies in the connectivity options.
Both motherboards have a 12 + 3 phase digital VRM design with dual 8-pin connectors.
The motherboard supports up to 256 GB of DDR4 memory at speeds up to 4666 MHz (OC +).
The VRM heatsink has an extended heat pipe that leads to an I / O heatsink.
For expansion, the motherboard has four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, a dual (PCIe Gen 4) M.2 slot covered with a solid aluminum heatsink, and a single PCIe 4.0 x1 slot.
It has eight SATA III ports and a single USB 3.1 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 front panel header. Debug LEDs, power and reset switches can also be found on the motherboard.
The main difference is that the 10G model comes with a 10G LAN card and the WiFi model comes with a Wi-Fi 6 AX solution.
Both motherboards come with their own Xpander M.2 card that can support two M.2 devices, but you need to know which motherboard suits your Wi-Fi or 10G preference. I have.
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Source: wccftech --AMD TRX40 Motherboard Roundup For 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs Ft. ASUS, AORUS, ASRock, MSI
Explanation:
It is a TRX40 motherboard compatible with the new Threadripper.
Please note that these motherboards use a new type of socket called sTRX4 and are not compatible with SocketTR4 at all, as mentioned in the leak information for a long time.
These motherboards are the cheapest and are expected to cost around 40,000 to 50,000 yen.
In addition, a motherboard compatible with 8 channels of memory equipped with the WRX80 chipset will be released as a motherboard for higher CPUs such as 3990X / WX with 64 cores and 128 threads.
I think this will be released in January 2020.
With this, the first CPU and motherboard are available, but looking at the price, there is a possibility that the 64 core 128 thread + WRX80 mother will be a 1 million yen course.
Even if you don't go that far, the system price will probably be around 700,000 to 800,000 yen.
I think HEDT is a world where non-human soldiers gather.