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Planning to buy the AMD Ryzen Threadripper? Don’t forget about the motherboard! To help you make your choice, here are the first AMD X399 motherboards you can pair your Threadripper with!
Updated @ 2017-09-03 : Added the ASUS PRIME X399-A motherboard, and purchase links for all AMD X399 motherboards. Other minor updates.
Originally posted @ 2017-08-15
The AMD X399 Chipset
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper is designed specifically to work with the AMD X399 chipset. Together, they offer the following features :
- 64 PCI Express lanes
- Quad-channel DDR4 SDRAM memory
- Up to 2 native USB 3.1 Gen2 ports
- Up to 14 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
- Up to 6 USB 2.0 ports
- Up to 16 SATA ports
As announced in Computex 2017, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper will launch with AMD X399 motherboards from ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE and MSI. Here are those motherboards :
- ASRock X399 Taichi (Lowest Price)
- ASUS PRIME X399-A (Lowest Price)
- ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme X399 (Lowest Price)
- GIGABYTE X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (Lowest Price)
- MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC (Lowest Price)
The ASRock X399 Taichi
The ASRock X399 Taichi (Lowest Price) has the shortest and easiest name to remember. Here are its key features :
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- Supports quad-channel DDR4-3600+ (OC) and ECC UDIMM memory
- 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 and 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
- 7.1 channel HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220), supports DTS Connect
- 8 x SATA 6 Gb/s
- 3 x Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x 4 and SATA 6 Gb/s)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (Type A + Type C)
- 12 x USB 3.0 (4 Front, 8 Rear)
- 1 x U.2 connector
- Dual Intel Gigabit LAN
- Intel 802.11ac WiFi
- ASRock RGB LED
- Lowest Price : Amazon
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