

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors and the TRX40 chipset to develop a series of motherboards that capitalize on the full potential of this enthusiast-grade platform," boasted Jackson Hsu, Director of the Gigabyte Channel Solutions Product Development Division. "Gigabyte has worked closely with AMD since the start of the development of 3rd Gen. Gigabyte has announced four new AMD TRX40 motherboards, and you can find their individual product pages here. If you are a fan of Asus and interested in an AMD 3 rd gen Threadripper system you should check out the new Edge Up Asus blog post which provides a deep dive into all three new motherboards from Asus - from the 'push-every-limit' ROG Zenith II Extreme, to the gaming purposed ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming, and the 'rock-solid professional foundation' of the Prime TRX40-Pro (individual product pages directly linked). In an email to HEXUS, Asus PR summed up that the new TRX40 trio was "Designed for professionals, gamers and enthusiasts… with PCIe 4.0 support on every PCIe and M.2 slot on the boards, meaning that whoever you are, the best performance is available for you." These big three AMD motherboard partners have shared info about their new TRX40 products with HEXUS, and also uploaded blogs, press releases and product pages already.Īsus is readying three new motherboards for the end of November and they are the ROG Zenith Extreme II, ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming, and Asus Prime TRX40-Pro.


Now, big hitting component makers like Asus, Gigabyte and MSI have released preliminary details and specs for their TRX motherboards that will become available in late November, in time for the arrival of the first processors.
#Msi vs gigabyte motherboard update#
Briefly, the new TRX40 chipset motherboards are a necessary update as they deliver the extra socket bandwidth required to make the platform meaningful, they also deliver PCIe 4.0 to HEDT platforms for the first time. In our overview of the AMD Fall Update yesterday, the HEXUS editor talked about the new motherboards that were being prepared for AMD's 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors.
