Gigabyte X399 DESIGNARE EX DDR4 TR4 ATX Motherboard Review

•     Features   Supports AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors Quad Channel ECC/ Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 8 DIMMs, 3600MHz+(OC) Fast Front and Rear USB 3.1 Type-C™ Interface 4-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design Server-Class Digital Power Design & Gold Plated Solid Power Connectors Dual Intel GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software ALC1220 120dB SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone AMP and WIMA audio capacitors Sound BlasterX 720°, the Top-of-the-line Audio Engine Solution for 4K Gaming and Entertainment Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2 – AC 8265 WiFi Module RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone LED Light Show design, support Digital LED & RGB LED strips Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers Triple Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and Thermal Guard USB DAC-UP 2 with Adjustable Voltage Precise Digital USB Fuse Design for Stronger Protection Ultra Durable™ 25KV ESD and 15KV Surge LAN Protection Base Plated & I/O Shield Armor APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities     Overview   Overwhelming Power. Indisputable Supremacy. Unrestrained Potential. The GIGABYTE X399 enthusiast motherboard with AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processor. Do everything, do it all at the same time, and do it without sacrificing responsiveness. Render. Stream. Compile. Encode. Work or Play. Real-World Productivity or Virtual Reality Entertainment. The GIGABYTE X399 enthusiast motherboard has the power to overwhelm your most daunting workloads.   The New, Ultimate Platform for Desktop With up to 16 cores, the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor can command 32 threads, the most multi-processing power that has ever been unleashed on a consumer desktop. Overwhelm your workloads with 40MB of processor cache, without sacrificing efficiency thanks to the world-class IPC performance of the “Zen” architecture.   Quad-Channel DDR4 for devastating memory bandwidth, 64 lanes of incredible PCIe® 3.0 connectivity, and native USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s support on a chipset. With every processor multiplier-unlocked to be configured as you see fit, the Ryzen™ Threadripper™ platform is create to keep you on the bleeding edge of tomorrow.   Specification   CPU       SocketTR4: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.) Chipset  AMD X399 Memory               8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB of system memory Quad channel memory architecture Support for DDR4 3600+(O.C.)/ 3466(O.C.)/ 3333(O.C.)/ 3200(O.C.)/ 2933(O.C.)/ 2667/ 2400/ 2133 MHz memory modules Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.) Audio     Realtek® ALC1220 codec Support for Sound BlasterX 720° High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF Out LAN        2 x Intel® GbE LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit) Wireless Communication module              Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band BLUETOOTH 4.2, 4.1, BLE, 4.0, 3.0, 2.1+EDR Support for 11ac wireless standard and up to 867 Mbps data rate * Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment. Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2) (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) (The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) Storage Interface             2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_32G)(M2Q_32G) 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_32G) 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 Multi-Graphics Technology          Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies USB        CPU: 8 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel Chipset: 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.1 Gen 1 support, available through the internal USB header 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x CPU fan header 1 x water cooling CPU fan header 4 x system fan headers 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers 1 x digital LED strip header 1 x digital LED strip power select jumper 2 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip headerss 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x USB Type-C™ header with USB 3.1 Gen 1 support 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2×6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only) 1 x power button 1 x reset button 1 x Clear CMOS button 2 x temperature sensor headers 1 x Clear CMOS jumper Back Panel Connectors   1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) 8 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports 2 x RJ-45 ports 2 x MMCX antenna connectors (2T2R) 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In) I/O Controller     iTE® I/O Controller Chip H/W Monitoring               Voltage detection Temperature detection Fan speed detection Water cooling flow rate detection Overheating warning Fan fail warning Fan speed control * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install. BIOS      2 x 128 Mbit flash Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS Support for DualBIOS™ Support for Q-Flash Plus * The USB flash drive used must be a USB 2.0 flash drive. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0 Unique Features               Support for APP Center * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications. 3D OSD @BIOS AutoGreen BIOS Setup Color Temperature Cloud Station EasyTune Fast Boot Game Boost ON/OFF Charge RGB Fusion Smart Backup Smart Keyboard Smart TimeLock Smart HUD System Information Viewer USB Blocker USB DAC-UP 2 V-Tuner Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress Install Bundle Software              Norton® Internet Security (OEM version) XSplit Gamecaster + Broadcaster (12 months license) cFosSpeed Operating System            Support for Windows 10 64-bit Form Factor        ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm Remark Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.
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• X399 DESIGNARE EX

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