Last updated on August 11th, 2023 at 08:05 pm
ASUS has released the Prime TRX40-PRO S motherboard, designed for enthusiasts and overclockers creating the highest-level desktop system on the AMD hardware platform.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000
The novelty, based on the AMD TRX40 chipset, is designed to install the Ryzen Threadripper processors of the 3000 series (Socket sTRX4): for example, it can be a Ryzen Threadripper 3990X chip containing 64 processing cores with the ability to process up to 128 instruction flows.
The board offers flexible overclocking options. Radiators are responsible for the removal of heat from key components. For DDR4 4666 (OC) / … / 2133 RAM modules, eight slots are provided with support for a total of up to 256 GB of RAM.
Three PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16 / x16 / x16) slots and a PCIe 4.0 x4 slot allow you to create a powerful graphics subsystem in the configuration of NVIDIA Quad-GPU SLI, NVIDIA 2-Way SLI, AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX, or AMD 2-Way CrossFireX.
In the arsenal of new items – three M.2 connectors for SSDs with PCIe 4.0 interface, eight SATA 3.0 ports, an Intel I211-AT network controller, a Realtek ALC S1220 eight-channel audio codec, USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (3 × Type-A and 1 × Type-C), USB 3.2 Gen 1 (× 6), S / PDIF interface, etc. The board has an ATX format with dimensions of 305 × 244 mm. Estimated price – 430 US dollars.
