To unleash the full power of AMD’s latest HEDT platform, the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series CPUs, ASUS has revealed two new Pro WS class motherboards to take up that job.
Coming in models of the Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE and Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI, the role of supporting the most premium SKUs of the upcoming Threadripper PRO offerings is quite challenging since the very best contains 96 cores and 192 threads capable of achieving even higher performance to date in things like complex simulation, software compilation tasks, generative design, and rendering.
For instance, the Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE’s VRM is a crazy (16*2)+3+3+3 power stage that can support dual PSU power inputs for a stable yet high gush of electricity with the 2nd gen ProCool connectors properly securing each pin to the 12V CPU input together with metal armor and solid pins for better heat dissipation.
Need more power? An additional PCIe 8-pin can be inserted as well.
DRAM-wise, there are 8 slots for octa-channel setup with ECC support while the Q-Release Slim design on each PCIe slot (PCIe 5.0 x16 and there’s 7 by the way) makes installing additional components super easy.
Scaling everything down a bit, the Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI is tailored for the non-PRO version of the Threadripper 7000 series with up to 64C/128T configuration. Comprising VRM of (18*2)+3+4+4 power stages, they are overclocking ready with 4x ProCool II connectors ensuring stable power output and physical connection.
A total of 4 DDR5 ECC supported DRAM slots are available while three out of five PCIe slots are 5.0 x16.
Other notable features will be summarized via point forms for easy reading so here you go:
- Ample cooling is achieved with massive VRM heatsinks made of extruded aluminum with a finned design + 2 fans on either side of the CPU
- M.2 slots covered by beefy heatsinks and thermal pads
- Extended heatsink covering PCIe x16 slots
- Up to dual 10GbE ports
- 20Gbps USB-C ports with Quick Charge support
- USB4 expansion cards
- Up to 4x PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD slots
- Onboard BMC for IPMI support
- Enhanced security protection via ASUS Control Center Express
Availability
The ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE will start selling beginning next January while the Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI can be acquired as early as next month.
