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Computex 2017: Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 Up Close and Personal
So I finally got around to visit the Taipei 101 suite that Gigabyte hires each year to display their products. X299 is nice, but the hottest topic and thing on Computex to see really are X399 motherboards. I got access to the product manager and have a couple of close-up photos in many angles of the Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7.
On Tuesday we already showed the ASUS X399 board, Gigabyte is fabbing the Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7. The board I had access to is still an in progress build as you can clearly see. It will get aesthetic improvements and obviously would look 10x better when powered up and some RGB LED lovin'
The AORUS Gaming 7 has 2x4 DIMM slots and thus offers quad-channel support. This 16 cores and 32 threaded Threadripper ready motherboard shows once again that massive SP3 slot. You will spot three M.2 slots (I probably should say 2 open and visible, and one is located under the heatsink being shielded), there is Realtek ALC 1220 for audio and Gigabyte seems to be embedding a Killer E2500 network NIC into the board and sure, RGB. The CPU can be powered by 8+4 pin power connectors. The board has five PCI-Express x16 slots and an array of OC buttons as well as a diagnostic POST LED. Since X399 will bring support of up-to 64 PCIe Gen3 lanes bringing anything and everything multi-GPU support multi-GPU into play, including full-on quad GPU support, the spacing on the mobo does support it.
Threadripper will likely see its official announcement late June already, with a release on likely August 10th (at least that is the chatter in the channel right now). Have a look at the photos, finally in a room with some proper lighting.
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#5438154 Posted on: 06/01/2017 02:01 PM
Still hoping these boards will be able to take the 32c EPYC chips too
Still hoping these boards will be able to take the 32c EPYC chips too
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#5438180 Posted on: 06/01/2017 03:00 PM
I am sure they can, the chips are based of the server CPU's/socket - and it's probably the same as with intel (Having an X99 chipset while using a Xeon cpu for example) - usually the those HEDT chipsets (and CPU's) are based of the Server chipsets so I can't imagine EPYC not to work on X399.
*Edit*
Actually, aren't the Threadrippers just EPYC's with disabled clusters?
(altho I havent checked on this - just assuming, so take it with a grain of salt
)
Still hoping these boards will be able to take the 32c EPYC chips too
I am sure they can, the chips are based of the server CPU's/socket - and it's probably the same as with intel (Having an X99 chipset while using a Xeon cpu for example) - usually the those HEDT chipsets (and CPU's) are based of the Server chipsets so I can't imagine EPYC not to work on X399.
*Edit*
Actually, aren't the Threadrippers just EPYC's with disabled clusters?
(altho I havent checked on this - just assuming, so take it with a grain of salt
)
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#5438203 Posted on: 06/01/2017 03:51 PM
Getting that giddy feeling all over as these CPU wars heat up..... Love seeing new hardware between companies making things so competitive once again.
Now I just need to see AMD smash the doors off of Intels price points so that they may realize their true downfall. Price gouging over the years and that is/needs to stop.
If AMD can release their 16 core CPU's at or below a grand with performance on par if not surpassing that of Intels offerings then the proverbial "****e" would truly hit the fan...
OH I'M SO DAMN EXCITED.....!!!
Getting that giddy feeling all over as these CPU wars heat up..... Love seeing new hardware between companies making things so competitive once again.
Now I just need to see AMD smash the doors off of Intels price points so that they may realize their true downfall. Price gouging over the years and that is/needs to stop.
If AMD can release their 16 core CPU's at or below a grand with performance on par if not surpassing that of Intels offerings then the proverbial "****e" would truly hit the fan...
OH I'M SO DAMN EXCITED.....!!!
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#5438212 Posted on: 06/01/2017 04:06 PM
Getting that giddy feeling all over as these CPU wars heat up..... Love seeing new hardware between companies making things so competitive once again.
Now I just need to see AMD smash the doors off of Intels price points so that they may realize their true downfall. Price gouging over the years and that is/needs to stop.
If AMD can release their 16 core CPU's at or below a grand with performance on par if not surpassing that of Intels offerings then the proverbial "****e" would truly hit the fan...
OH I'M SO DAMN EXCITED.....!!!
Seeing as how the 1800X is $499 (or a little below) and the Threadripper is pretty much 2x 1800x for ultra premium use, I would think they would like a little more margin than what they get for 1800x. It depends a lot on performance vs. Intel though. If it trades blows with Intels 16 or especially their 18 core nicely, that will be the deciding factor.
If I had to guess, right now, realistically I'd say $1200 maybe at the most for 16 core TR, with 14 core at $1000, 12 at $800, 10 at $600 or so. That meets the 1800x at $450/500. All depends on performance vs Intel.
Getting that giddy feeling all over as these CPU wars heat up..... Love seeing new hardware between companies making things so competitive once again.
Now I just need to see AMD smash the doors off of Intels price points so that they may realize their true downfall. Price gouging over the years and that is/needs to stop.
If AMD can release their 16 core CPU's at or below a grand with performance on par if not surpassing that of Intels offerings then the proverbial "****e" would truly hit the fan...
OH I'M SO DAMN EXCITED.....!!!
Seeing as how the 1800X is $499 (or a little below) and the Threadripper is pretty much 2x 1800x for ultra premium use, I would think they would like a little more margin than what they get for 1800x. It depends a lot on performance vs. Intel though. If it trades blows with Intels 16 or especially their 18 core nicely, that will be the deciding factor.
If I had to guess, right now, realistically I'd say $1200 maybe at the most for 16 core TR, with 14 core at $1000, 12 at $800, 10 at $600 or so. That meets the 1800x at $450/500. All depends on performance vs Intel.
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It took me a while to realise where the third M.2 slot is because it had a card and a special heat sink preinstalled.
Real estate is really precious on these boards with the double amout of dimm slots and the huge CPU socket.