Wednesday, September 20th 2017

More Details Emerge on Gigabyte X399 Designare EX

The X399 Designare EX, to which we were privy to a sneak peek already, stands to be Gigabyte's flagship X399 motherboard for AMD's Threadripper platform. Gigabyte, however, seem to have taken a little too much inspiration from their own AORUS X399 Gaming 7, since even the PCB color has been appropriated form that board. Changes are mostly aesthetic: black heatsinks have turned silver, with some added bluish bling that would make any Halo fan smile, and the backplate has a premium feel to it. Overall, I quite like the design accents in this board, though again, this seems to be a case of a slight redressing of an already existing product - with an accompanying increase to its price-tag. If the AORUS Gaming 7 retails for $389, you should see this one crossing the $400 threshold easily.
Source: AnandTech
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26 Comments on More Details Emerge on Gigabyte X399 Designare EX

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EarthDogBut...but, that back plate!
Indeed so, most indeedely! It's sassy AF, hands down. Maybe even the sassies one yet for TR.

Although there is no real argue on the topic, my point this whole time was that this is a 16C/32T platform w/ 128GB RAM and tons of PCIe lanes. This is not something you buy just to carry you over the next 3 months and then ditch it. And when buying for the long run you better buy future-proof stuff.

Then again this board is designed around 'gaming'. (Lulz) They slapped not 1 but 2 Killers. I guess 10GbE was never an option to begin with. :-(
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