Hot on the heels of the official launch of the new
AMD Threadripper 2 processor which is capable of being overclocked to extreme
heights. GIGABYTE has this week announce the release of their new X399 Aorus
Xtreme AMD Threadripper 2 motherboard, priced at US$ 449. Designed specifically
for AMD’s latest Threadripper 2 processors the motherboards have been created
to handle the 250W TDP and more, offering plenty of headroom for overclocking.
The X399 Aorus Xtreme motherboard It is equipped
with 10+3-phase VRM featuring 50A IR3575 power ICs, solid state inductors, and
polymer aluminium electrolytic capacitors, SocketTR4, Supports AMD Ryzen
Threadripper 2 (24core/250W) CPU, DDR4, Quad-Channel, 8 DIMMs, ECC/R-DIMM
support, Upgraded Power Solution with 10+3 IR Digital Power for Stable OC and
40% Heat Dissipation Enhance with Pure Copper Fin-Array Heatsink & Direct
Touch Heatpipe. Together with 7.1-channel subsystem is based on Realtek’s
ALC1220-VB codec outfitted with the ESS9118EQ DAC that features a 125 dB SNR
and supports popular lossless formats, such as FLAC and ALAC.
For more information on the overview of what you can
expect from the X399 Aorus Xtreme AMD Threadripper 2 motherboard jump over to
the AnandTech.
