Introduced three new ASUS motherboards with TRX40 chipset for the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and Threadripper 3970X processors.

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Two AMD Threadripper processors have been announced, specifically the Threadripper 3960X and the Threadripper 3970X. These two processors are based on the Zen2 @ 7nm architecture manufactured by TSMC. The new AMD processors arrive with the TRX40 chipset, which adds support for PCIe 4.0. ASUS taking advantage of the official announcement of these processors to announce their compatible motherboards.

ASUS has presented the ROG Zenith II Extreme motherboards that have an E-ATX format and the ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming and First TRX40-Pro ATX format. All three models have four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots with support for 4-Way SLI and 4-Way CrossFire configurations. These three motherboards support x16 / x8 / x16 / x8 graphic configurations.

Three ASUS motherboards presented for the new AMD Threadripper

The Zenith II Extreme model has 802.11ax WiFi support and Bluetooth 5.0. The motherboard is complemented with 10Gbps Ethernet connection using the Aquantia chipset. On the other hand, the TRX40-E has a 2.5Gbps chipset with the same WiFi and Bluetooth support. Finally, the TRX40-Pro offers Gigabit Ethernet and the possibility of adding a WiFi + Bluetooth module using an M.2 2230.

The three motherboards despite being destined for the Workstation market have RGB LED lighting. They are powered by two 8-pin PCI connectors, in addition to the 24-pin ATX connector. The three models have eight DIMM DRR4 sockets for a maximum of 256GB and support for ECC memories.

These three ASUS models have advanced audio codecs, with dedicated circuits and shielded sound system. It has a lot of connectors for water pump, fans and RGB lighting. They have USB 3.1, USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 Type-C ports.

Something quite interesting about Zenith II is that it has a small OLED screen that can be configured. The screen may display special information or error codes of the motherboard boot test. It includes a reinforcement back plate and an aluminum heatsink for VRM phases. The chipset on all models has a fan to cool it.