ASRock and Aurous have X399 boards. Caution: massive socket, and that Aorous board has a massive amount of PCIe lanes

[captain cactus]

https://videocardz.com/70018/asrock-also-showcases-x399-motherboards

https://videocardz.com/69995/gigabyte-shows-x399-aorus-gaming-7-worlds-first-threadripper-motherboard

 

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Looks like AMD and Intel are ready to compete head to head with high-performance desktop platforms at Computex.

ASRock has just showcased its X399 motherboards: Professional Gaming and Taichi. Both ship with four PCI-Express slots and eight memory DIMMs. It also does appear that both X399 Professional Gaming and X399 Taichi also have WiFi antennas and two ethernet connectors. Unlike X399 AORUS Gaming 7 the duo from ASRock has only 8-pin power connector for Ryzen Threadripper.

Look at it. LOOK AT IT AND APPRECIATE IT. (if image is ded here, here's a direct link: https://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2017/05/ASRock-X399-Motherboards.jpg)

 

 

Aorous also has stuff on X399:

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AORUS Gaming 7 has three M.2 slots, ALC 1220 audio chipset, Killer E2500 network card and lots of RGB galore. The CPU is powered by 8+4 pin power connectors.

 

https://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2017/05/GIGABYTE-X399-AORUS-GAMING-7-8.jpg

 

 

But most impressively: https://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2017/05/GIGABYTE-X399-AORUS-GAMING-7-6.jpg

 

Look at the right card. Last row. 64 PCIe lanes. 64 fucking PCIe lanes. Bye Bye X299 in that case.

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[captain cactus]

Just now, DeadEyePsycho said:

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Yup, even though they're properly linked here. That's why I've put the text links in there as well. Must be an issue on this forum, it was acting up yesterday as well.

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Just now, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Yup, even though they're properly linked here. That's why I've put the text links in there as well. Must be an issue on this forum, it was acting up yesterday as well.

The first one loaded now but not the others.

 

EDIT: Actually it's because I went to the links which cached the images.

[Enderman]

Wow almost as big as LGA3647

[captain cactus]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Wow almost as big as LGA3647

This has 4094 pins. Pretty sure it's bigger. 

[Mooshi]

It's like a quarter of an itx board lmao

[Enderman]

Just now, lots of unexplainable lag said:

This has 4094 pins. Pretty sure it's bigger. 

It just looks like a big hold down plate.

The chip area itself looks about the same as X99 but taller.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

can i cool 16 cores with this? 

 

[VVoltor]

I'm already salty about the x299/x399 confusion that is about to happen.

 

Probably not as salty as Intel must be though...

[leadeater]

11 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

 

Look at the right card. Last row. 64 PCIe lanes. 64 fucking PCIe lanes. Bye Bye X299 in that case.

Not that surprised since it's a Napes die variation, I was rather confused with those previous rumors saying TR would be 44 lanes and why AMD would reduce the number meaning more variation. 

[Bananasplit_00]

i really want one...

[captain cactus]

Also, @LinusTech, Compensator 3.0?

[JediFragger]

30 minutes ago, VVoltor said:

Probably not as salty as Intel must be though...

 

Salty salty Intel tears

[captain cactus]

3 hours ago, leadeater said:

Not that surprised since it's a Napes die variation, I was rather confused with those previous rumors saying TR would be 44 lanes and why AMD would reduce the number meaning more variation. 

Maybe on the lower SKUs to keep the cost even further down.

[19_blackie_73]

3 hours ago, JediFragger said:

 

Salty salty Intel tears

 

3 hours ago, VVoltor said:

I'm already salty about the x299/x399 confusion that is about to happen.

 

Probably not as salty as Intel must be though...

they must be even more pissed, because amd blocked them the b350 number too, and x370 is a big naming clash if intel calls its following chipset z370

[Cheezdoodlez]

Soo.. I guess you won't fit any CPU-cooler currently on the market on Threadripper. But I guess that was pretty expected..  

[leadeater]

7 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

Maybe on the lower SKUs to keep the cost even further down.

Don't think they will, wouldn't save that much money. Likely going to be same tactic as Ryzen and just offer lower core counts and XFR vs non-XFR, less changes you make the cheaper it can actually be since you don't have to go back through a whole separate validation phase etc.

 

AMD likely doesn't think they will have high enough sales volumes for changes like that to pay off, they have been rather open about that and the same for Vega.

[Urishima]

 

[Jito463]

22 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

 

they must be even more pissed, because amd blocked them the b350 number too, and x370 is a big naming clash if intel calls its following chipset z370

Frankly, this is an area where I disagree with AMD.  I think it was a shortsighted move by them, to try and capitalize on the Intel chipset naming scheme and confuse less knowledgeable customers even further.

[The Benjamins]

@PCGuy_5960 did you see this Threadripper will have up to 64 PCIe v3 lanes while still being able to have 3 NVME drives.

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, The Benjamins said:

@PCGuy_5960 did you see this Threadripper will have up to 64 PCIe v3 lanes while still being able to have 3 NVME drives.

X299 has 68, booyah!

[The Benjamins]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

X299 has 68, booyah!

that is including the chipset, and we are not sure if this is 64 direct to the CPU or a combo of CPU + Chipset. It is looking awesome, but sad to see x299 to not use solder as TIM.

[Spenser1337]

4 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

X299 has 68, booyah!

Inb4 4 pcie lanes=1000$ price difference

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, The Benjamins said:

that is including the chipset, and we are not sure if this is 64 direct to the CPU or a combo of CPU + Chipset. It is looking awesome, but sad to see x299 to not use solder as TIM.

If Intel doesn't use too much adhesive, the thermal paste will be fine.