New Motherboard Report #1: Computex Edition

Published: 31st May 2017, 17:26 GMT | Comments

AMD Threadripper 1000INTEL Core-X 9000

Time for a roundup of new HEDT motherboards.

AMD X399 for Ryzen Threadripper

Starting with Threadripper. I think it’s obvious that mobo makers didn’t have much time to prepare first units for Computex. In total, we have two motherboards from ASRock, which are technically the same design-wise, we also have enthusiast-oriented ZENITH from ASUS and GAMING 7 from AORUS.


VCN ASROCK X399 TAICHI
Chipset : AMD X399
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 3×


VCN ASUS X399 ROG ZENITH EXTREME
Chipset : AMD X399
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 3×


VCN GIGABYTE X399 AORUS Gaming 7
Chipset : AMD X399
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 3×

INTEL X299 for Core-X Series

ASROCK

ASRock is the first motherboard vendor to offer Mini-ITX X299 model. The OC Formula returned to break new OC records.


VCN ASROCK X299 Fatal1ty Gaming K6
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 3×


VCN ASROCK X299 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming i9
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 3×


VCN ASROCK X299 KILLER SLI/ac
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 3×


VCN ASROCK X299 OC FORMULA
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 1× / 2×


VCN ASROCK X299E-ITX/AC
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Mini-ITX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 1× / 0× / 3×

ASUS

ASUS has a full lineup ready with motherboards from ROG RAMPAGE, ROG STRIX, TUF and PRIME series.


VCN ASUS X299 ROG RAMPAGE VI APEX
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 0× / 2×


VCN ASUS X299 ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 3× / 0× / 1×


VCN ASUS X299 TUF MARK1
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 3× / 0× / 1×


VCN ASUS X299 TUF MARK2
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 3× / 2× / 2×


VCN ASUS X299-A PRIME
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 3× / 1× / 2×


VCN ASUS X299-DELUXE PRIME
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN ASUS X299E ROG STRIX
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 3× / 1× / 1×

BIOSTAR

Biostar made EATX motherboard with seven PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots.


VCN BIOSTAR X299 RACING GT9
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 7× / 0× / 0×

COLORFUL

Colorful has a pair of iGame X motherboards. The latter is the first and only white X299 motherboard.


VCN COLORFUL X299 iGAME-X Black
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 1×


VCN COLORFUL X299 iGAME-X White
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 1×

EVGA

EVGA has three motherboards. The Micro is the only MicroITX X299 motherboard so far. Surprisingly, none of the three has reinforced PCIe/DIMM slots. The X299 DARK has a similar M.2 cooling mechanism to MSI’s GAMING M7.


VCN EVGA X299 DARK
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 2×


VCN EVGA X299 FTW K
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 2×


VCN EVGA X299 MICRO
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Micro-ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 3× / 0× / 1×

GIGABYTE

Gigabyte is fully committed to AORUS series, they already announced four motherboards from the series. They also have a workstation motherboard and budget oriented Ultra Durable edition.


VCN GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Gaming 9
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 3×


VCN GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Gaming 7
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 3×


VCN GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Gaming 3
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 2×


VCN GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 3×


VCN GIGABYTE X299 C422-WS
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 7× / 0× / 1×


VCN GIGABYTE X299 UD4
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 5× / 0× / 2×

MSI

MSI has quite a few motherboards coming. There are many variants: some feature WIFI AC, some are white (Arctic). Only some were made public though. The Gaming M7 has M.2 SHIELD FROZR mechanism for M.2 drive cooling. The XPower Gaming AC has a nice 90s style touch.

My favorite X299 motherboard so far is PRO CARBON AC. This motherboard takes customization one step further by allowing you to change the heatsink covers.


VCN MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 SLI PLUS
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 TOMAHAWK
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 TOMAHAWK AC
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : EATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 3×


VCN MSI X299 RAIDER
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 1× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


VCN MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON
Chipset : INTEL X299
Form Factor : Standard ATX
PCI-E 3.0 x16 / x1 / M.2 : 4× / 2× / 2×


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