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  • The Chill Blueberry - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    Looks an awful lot like the ROG branded boards.
  • shabby - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    Does it really matter what its called?
  • Gothmoth - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    if only gigabyte was able to copy the BIOS from asus too... LOL

    the last gigabyte boards i worked on (thank god i did not buy them) were awfull.
  • Kushan - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    Is there a mistake in the article? The press shots indicate a front USB-type C header on the motherboard, but the article and spec sheet says otherwise?
  • DigitalFreak - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    Why is it that hardware sites can't seem to get specs right, even when they copy and paste? The PCI-E x1 slot is off the chipset, so it's PCI-E 2.0, not 3.0. It happens on a number of sites, anytime an AMD motherboard is mentioned.
  • DigitalFreak - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    I've always wondered what the price for a no frou-frou board would cost? Keep the hardware top notch, but get rid of the blinky lights, fancy heatsinks, triple NICs, etc.
  • DigitalFreak - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    No cost high-end motherboard, that is.
  • fazalmajid - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - link

    Right. I want to build a workstation, not disco lights. Also, putting high-end audio on a motherboard is pointless. Anyone who cares about audio quality will avoid noise from EM interference and opt for an outboard DAC, for which a coax S/PDIF or AES/EBU interface matters more than fancy capacitors that will be unused.
  • boeush - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    Kinda disappointing to see an "Xtreme" board at the end of 2018 that offers a bunch of Gen 1 USB ports and a whopping total of 2 Gen 2 ports... Wowzers, it's almost like going back to 2016 or something.
  • fazalmajid - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - link

    Amen. I understand Intel is doing everything it can to sabotage TB3 on AMD platforms, but I would expect a minimum of 4, and more likely 8 USB-C 3.1gen2 ports on a high-end desktop. More M.2 slots would also be welcome.
  • Arbie - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    What are the "solid state inductors" mentioned here (apparently in the power circuits)?
  • Chaitanya - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    A motherboard with proper heatsink for VRM unlike other crappy designs and still manages to look good. Though too much RGB does take away from overall target market of Threadripper.
  • KingJ - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - link

    I'm a little confused on the WiFi spec here which lists a non-existent Intel Wireless-AC 9265. A refinement of the 9260 can't be ruled out, but I don't think this is the case given it downgrades maximum speeds from 1.73Gbps to 887Mbps! Potential typo for the 8265 perhaps? Unfortunately, Gigabyte's own spec sheet doesn't seem to list the model number of the WiFi chip. That said, it would be a shame to see the 8265 used on a brand new high-end board like this instead of the more recent and performant 9260 or 9560.
  • watersb - Thursday, August 16, 2018 - link

    Error-correcting DRAM? I am the only person ob the planet who cares about ECC.
  • Hurn - Sunday, December 9, 2018 - link

    Late entry - ECC works fine. I have 4x 8GB (technically 9GB with the extra parity chip, but only 8 usable) sticks of Samsung M391A143BB1-CRC in my x399 Aorus Xtreme. RAM is rated for 2400, but runs fine at 3400 (haven't tried for 36). Am having RAID issues (the chipset SATA ports run at half speed in RAID mode vs fullspeed in AHCI mode) which appear to be BIOS/UEFI related.
  • R3MF - Thursday, August 16, 2018 - link

    "In addition, GIGABYTE installed a massive heatsink on the X399 chipset that not only cools down the chip, but plays an important aesthetic role as it has embedded RGB LEDs"

    "Important"? Really!
  • Chad - Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - link

    makes it purdy

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