This week MSI has announced the availability of a new motherboard built for Threadripper: the X399 SLI Plus. MSI says the SLI Plus is an optimized workstation motherboard built for designers. Like the X399 Gaming Pro Carbon, it uses heavy plated heatsinks and 'Military Class VI' components. Although MSI is aiming at the professional market, they have still added plenty of … [Read more...] about MSI Announces the X399 SLI Plus: Budget Threadripper
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Review: Aorus X399 Gaming 7
AMD's partners are eager to showcase their Threadripper-compatible boards before Intel comes back swinging with its own many-core CPU monsters. Consideration of a high-end platform means a straight choice between AMD's Ryzen Threadripper and the Intel Core i9 X line of chips. Both offer massive multithreading, but if it is a semblance of value you are after, the £900 Ryzen … [Read more...] about Review: Aorus X399 Gaming 7
An AMD Threadripper X399 Motherboard Overview: A Quick Look at Seven Products
With the release of AMD’s Threadripper CPUs into the HEDT market, board partners have released new motherboards based on the X399 chipset. Consumers are going to see quad channel memory, native 4-Way SLI and Crossfire capabilities, more full-speed M.2 slots, added 10G network ports, and more on the new platform. We're taking a quick look at each of the motherboards that the … [Read more...] about An AMD Threadripper X399 Motherboard Overview: A Quick Look at Seven Products
Review: MSI X399 Gaming Carbon Pro AC
AMD brought back some genuine high-end desktop mojo with the release of the Threadripper CPUs. They offer lots of compute-centric performance and, handily, for a high-end platform, a massive amount of I/O on which you can hang numerous high-speed devices. Building boards on Threadripper's platform, known as TR4, is limited to just a handful of vendors, with AMD wanting to … [Read more...] about Review: MSI X399 Gaming Carbon Pro AC
ASRock Demos X399 ‘ThreadRipper’ Motherboards: M.2, U.2, 10 GbE, & More
At Computex last week, ASRock demonstrated two motherboards designed for AMD’s upcoming ThreadRipper HEDT processors. The new platforms are for high-end workstations and designed to support up to four graphics cards though the 60 PCIe lanes from the CPU, over a dozen of storage devices and up to eight DIMMs. To a large degree, ASRock’s motherboards reflect overall positioning … [Read more...] about ASRock Demos X399 ‘ThreadRipper’ Motherboards: M.2, U.2, 10 GbE, & More
The ASRock X399 Professional Gaming Motherboard Review: 10G For All
There are only very few motherboards currently available for Ryzen Threadripper processors. ASRock is the company with most AMD X399 motherboards and they only have three available. Still, ASRock took a more daring approach with their designs and also released the one and only mATX motherboard for Ryzen Threadripper. In this review we will be having a look at their currently … [Read more...] about The ASRock X399 Professional Gaming Motherboard Review: 10G For All
MSI's New Threadripper 2 Motherboard on Steroids: X399 Creation
One of the most impressive motherboard designs coming out of Computex was MSI’s new X399 Creation motherboard. With Threadripper 2 around the corner, sporting support for up to 32 cores and 250W TDP, a couple of the motherboard manufacturers are building X399 ‘refresh’ motherboards that are optimized for the new processors, and this is MSI’s very impressive effort. The … [Read more...] about MSI's New Threadripper 2 Motherboard on Steroids: X399 Creation
New EKWB Threadripper X399 Monoblocks for GIGABYTE and MSI
EKWB has announced the release of two new monoblocks made for GIGABYTE and MSI Threadripper X399 motherboards. Both blocks are an all-in-one (CPU and power delivery) cooling solution with a redesigned cold plate and fin area, claimed to cover most of the Ryzen Threadripper surface enabling better thermal transfer. In addition to the CPU itself, the block also cools the power … [Read more...] about New EKWB Threadripper X399 Monoblocks for GIGABYTE and MSI
ASRock Unveils Worlds First mATX X399 Motherboard
ASRock has revealed it’s most recent additions to the small form factor (SFF) motherboards based on the X299 and X399 chipsets, this is a first in the Threadripper line-up. The SFF PC has been gaining traction lately and these two chipsets allow for massive computing power in a small package. ASRock X399M Taichi The ASRock Taichi series is well known as their high-end … [Read more...] about ASRock Unveils Worlds First mATX X399 Motherboard