GIGABYTE is often the first to announce new motherboards, and they are right on the dot with the new AMD TRX40 chipset!
Here is EVERYTHING you need to know about the four new GIGABYTE TRX40 motherboards for the 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors!
GIGABYTE TRX40 Threadripper Motherboards
At launch, GIGABYTE is introducing four AMD TRX40 motherboards – three under the AORUS sub-brand, and the fourth is a Designare model. Let’s check them out :
GIGABYTE TRX40 AORUS MASTER
- 16+3 Phases Infineon Digital VRM Solution with 70A Power Stage
- Advanced Thermal Design with Fins-Array Heatsink, Heatpipe with Extended Heatsink and NanoCarbon Baseplate
- AQUANTIA 5GbE LAN and Intel GbE LAN with cFosSpeed
- 3 Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards
- Onboard Intel WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5
- 130dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9218 DAC, ALC1220-VB and WIMA Audio Capacitors
- USB TurboCharger for Mobile Device Fast Charge Support
- RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
- Smart Fan 5 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
- Front & Rear USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Header
GIGABYTE TRX40 AORUS XTREME
- 16+3 Phases Infineon Digital VRM Solution with 70A Power Stage
- Thermal Reactive Armor Design with Fins-Array Heatsink, 8mm Mega-Heatpipe and NanoCarbon Baseplate
- Intel X550-AT2 Dual 10GbE BASE-T LAN with cFosSpeed
- 4 Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards
- Onboard Intel WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with 2X AORUS Antenna
- 130dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with High-End ESS SABRE 9218 DAC, ALC1220-VB and WIMA Audio Capacitors
- Exclusive AORUS Gen4 AIC Adaptor for Extra 4 NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2
- USB TurboCharger for Mobile Device Fast Charge Support
- RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
- Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
- Front & Rear USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Header
GIGABYTE TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI
- 12+2 Phases Infineon Digital VRM Solution with 70A Power Stage
- Advanced Thermal Design with Fins-Array Heatsink
- Intel GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator
- 3 Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards
- Onboard Intel WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5
- 120dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220-VB and WIMA Audio Capacitors
- RGB FUSION 2.0 with Multi-Zone Addressable LED Light Show Design, Support Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips
- Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
- Front & Rear USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Header
GIGABYTE TRX40 DESIGNARE
- 4 Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 with Thermal Guards
- Onboard Intel WiFi 6 802.11ax 2T2R & BT 5 with 2X AORUS Antenna
- Realtek ALC4050H + Realtek ALC1220 codecs
- Exclusive AORUS Gen4 AIC Adaptor for Extra 4 NVMe PCIe 4.0/3.0 x4 M.2
- Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP and Noise Detection
- Front & Rear USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Header
GIGABYTE TRX40 Motherboards : Specifications
To make it easier for you to compare the four GIGABYTE TRX40 motherboard models, we created this comparison table :
| Specifications | TRX40 AORUS Master |
TRX40 AORUS Xtreme | TRX40 AORUS PRO WiFi | TRX40 Designare |
| Form Factor | E-ATX | XL-ATX | ATX | XL-ATX |
| Chipset | AMD TRX40 | |||
| CPU Support | 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors | |||
| Memory Support | 8 x DDR4-3200 slots Max. 256 GB, OC up to DDR4-4400 |
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| BIOS | 2 x 128 Mbit AMI EUFI BIOS | |||
| PCIe 4.0 x16 Slots | 2 @ x16 speed 2 @ x8 speed |
2 @ x16 speed 2 @ x8 speed |
2 @ x16 speed 2 @ x8 speed |
2 @ x16 speed 2 @ x8 speed |
| PCIe 4.0 x1 Slots | 1 | NA | 1 | 1 |
| M.2 Sockets | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| SATA 6Gb/s Ports | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 Ports | 5 x Type A 1 x Type C |
7 x Type A 1 x Type C |
5 x Type A 1 x Type C |
5 x Type A 1 x Type C |
| USB 3.2 Headers | 1 x Gen 2 4 x Gen 1 |
1 x Gen 2 4 x Gen 1 |
1 x Gen 2 4 x Gen 1 |
1 x Gen 2 4 x Gen 1 |
| USB 2.0 Ports | 2 x Type A | NA | 4 x Type A | 2 x Type A |
| USB 2.0 Headers | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| LAN | Aquantia 5GbE Intel GbE |
2 x Intel 10GbE | Intel GbE | 2 x Intel GbE |
| WiFi | Intel WiFi 6 AX200 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | |||
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 | |||
GIGABYTE TRX40 Motherboards : Availability
As the 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors and their AMD TRX40 chipset will only be launched on 25 November 2019, GIGABYTE cannot officially announce price and availability.
We will update this article when we have more information, so check back on or after 25 November for their price and availability!
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