Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 review - Product Showcase

 
When we place the motherboard at an angle we see that all new socket SP3 / TR4. It will support all Threadripper processors and is actually based on the SP3 Epyc socket, this is referred to as the server class up-to 32 core processors. The cooler mounting system is the same for both. 

 
Storage ports then -- the board is fitted with 8x SATA3 ports. There is no U2 connector, real-estate that nobody is going be using either really. See that heatsink?
 

 
You can remove the top cover of the heatsink and then that's where one of the M2 slots is located. M2280 only as you can see, so the MS unit cannot be longer than 8cm. 

 
There are three locations for M2 SSDs, the other two sit under the black heatsinks in-between the PCIe slots. I like that very much. The entire board has RGB LED lighting as we'll show you in some photos. All configurable with proyitary software of course.

The memory DIMM slots, the board supports single, dual and quad channel with support for up-to DDR4 3600 and starts at 2133 MHz memory modules. 8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets can support up-to 128 GB of system memory with Threadripper processors. We recommend 3200 MHz low latency memory (CL14).