Gigabyte’s Ultra-Enthusiast AORUS TRX40 Motherboard For 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs Pictured – Aluminum Fin Heatsinks & Active Cooling

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The first TR4+ socketed motherboard for AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs has leaked out and it's a monster. Pictured in a leak by Videocardz, the Gigabyte AORUS TRX40 motherboard has been revealed and although it doesn't show us a lot in detail, what we can see is still a load of info in terms of design scheme for the new TR4+ board lineup.

Gigabyte AORUS TRX40 Motherboard For Up To 64 Core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 CPUs Pictured - E-ATX Design With Superb Cooling

Starting off with the socket, the Gigabyte AORUS TRX40 motherboard socket looks very similar to the existing TR4 socket featured on X399 motherboards. Even the mounting mechanism is similar to the one featured on current TR4 motherboards. What we have heard is that the configuration for the pins would be different on the new socket hence it would be termed as TR4+. There are reports that have suggested that the socket wouldn't support the previous genThreadripper CPUs but those are just rumors and nothing is currently set in the stone.

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Moving on, we have eight DDR4 DIMM slots that would be able to support 32 GB modules for a total capacity of up to 256 GB. I can spot a large heatsink array featured on the top of the VRMs area along with a proper aluminum stacked-fin heatsink near the I/O slots and a regular heatsink with plastic cover on the right side of the motherboard. The VRMs also look to be pretty decent for what looks like a 12 Phase design but there could be more. The heatsink cover on the right has a heatpipe running through it. The same Heatpipe runs through all four heatsinks and ends up in the main PCH heatsink which comes with active cooling.

A new PCH has been added to the motherboards which are an upgraded version of the X399 PCH that allows for PCIe Gen 4.0 support, more lanes and improved I/O features. This PCH, just like the X570 chipset, requires active cooling and we can definitely see it on this motherboard. Expect all of the TR4+ motherboards to feature active cooling just like their X570 brethren.

For expansion, there are four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots and triple M.2 slots (Gen 4.0) with full cover heat-sinks. A total of either 8 or 10 SATA 3 ports are available along with USB 3.1 front panel headers. A debug LED can be spotted on the motherboard and an extensive Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0 LED system can be seen running across the sides and on the PCH heatsink. The motherboard even comes with an extra 6-pin connector to pump juice to the expansion slots when running several AIC cards. There also seems to be an Aquantia 10G chip hidden beneath a small heatsink under the DDR4 slots to the left. This is definitely one high-end design that would easily end up being priced more than $500 US.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series CPUs - Here's What To Expect In Terms of Price, Specs, and Performance

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 series family is internally known as “Castle Peak” and is stated to bring dominant leadership in the HEDT market. The family will prove to be a new watermark in performance and overall efficiency while new platform features will be introduced on the new and enhanced TR4+ motherboards which are rumored to feature a revised socket and a new chipset

Currently, reports state that there will be two separate platforms for enthusiasts and workstation chips, the TRX40 and WRX80. The details of these platforms are listed below.

AMD TRX40 'Enthusiast' Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Processors

The TRX4 HEDT platform would feature quad-channel memory, UDIMM memory support with 2 DIMMs per channel and up to 256 GB of capacity per channel. This means that the platform will support up to 1 TB of memory. There would also be support for 64 Gen 4 PCIe lanes with 16 lanes switchable with the SATA interface. There also seems to be info regarding TDPs and we can also notice the segmentation here too. The Group 'A' series processors, which are the HEDT lineup for the TRX40 platform with 280W TDP, Tcase Max temperature of 60C and Tctl Max of 100C.

AMD WRX80  'Workstation' Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Processors

Now coming to the WRX80 series, we are looking at a pure workstation lineup. Even the processors built around this platform are spec'd similar to the EPYC 7002 variants, featuring 8-channel DDR4-3200 support in UDIMM, RDIMM, LRDIMM flavors. The platform would support 1 DIMM/channel featuring support for up to 2 TB of memory. There wouldn't be any OC support like the TRX40 series but you get 96-128 Gen4 PCIe lanes with 32 switchable lanes to SATA. The Group 'B' series processors which are the workstation lineup for the WRX80 platform will also feature a 280W TDP but different temperature range of Tcase Max temperature of 81C and Tctl Max of 100C.