Gigabyte Aorus X399 Gaming 7, AMD X399 motherboard socket TR4 [X399 AORUS Gaming 7]

PCIe NVE SSDs are connected directly to the CPU on AMD's X399 motherboards and all 12 PCIe lanes are reserved by Threadripper. This allows the extreme read and write rates of NVMe-M.2 and U.2 SSDs to be used optimally without slowing down the data through the chipset. The connection via four PCI-Express 3.0 lanes per PCIe-NVMe slot in the U.2 or M.2 format enables enormously high data transfer rates of up to 32 Gbit / s, which is nearly eight times as fast as SATA 6G ,

The X399 chipset on Socket TR4 motherboards is connected to the processor as usual via four PCIe lanes, and the X399 platform supports native USB 3.1, so that usually no additional USB controllers are required to run the extremely fast USB- Standard with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps per port. Memory is run on X399-Mainboards in the particularly fast quad-channel mode and via OC depending on the mainboard RAM clock rates beyond the 4,000 MHz mark are possible.

As a further feature, X399 motherboards support overclocking the Ryzen threadripper CPUs and the motherboards with the TR4 socket, along with the threadripper processors, form AMD's Enthusiast platform for gamers and content creators.
Features of the Gigabyte Aorus X399 Gaming 7 in ATX format

The Gigabyte Aorus X399 Gaming 7 is a motherboard in ATX format and has graphics cards with four PCI Express 3.0 slots, two of which are connected to the chipset with full 16- or 8-lanes. Additional expansion cards can be connected in a single PCIe x16 slot (4 lanes), and the Gigabyte Aorus X399 Gaming 7 also supports AMD's Crossfire and NVIDIA SLI technology for multi-GPU setups as the X399 motherboard. Up to 128 GB of DDR4 memory take up the eight RAM banks, whereby corresponding memory can run natively with a maximum of 2.666 Megahertz.
The special features of the Gigabyte Aorus X399 Gaming 7 Mainboard at a glance:

5x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 / x16 / x8 / x8 / 4) for high-end graphics cards
2x USB 3.1: Type A & Type C + 3x M.2 slot PCIe 3.0 x4
DDR4 memory up to 2.666 MHz in quad-channel mode
BT / WLAN module & 1x Gigabit LAN
RGB LED lighting including RGB LED headers
Modern UEFI BIOS including temperature monitoring

Such as SSDs and hard disks, the board manages over eight SATA 6G connectors (including RAID support) as well as three M.2 slots that are connected directly to the CPU with four PCI Express 3.0 lanes each. The advanced NVM Express protocol, which has been specifically optimized for highly parallelized data carrier accesses to modern PCIe SSDs, is supported.

A small highlight on the Gigabyte Aorus X399 Gaming 7 is also that a I / O panel on the back of the motherboard is a USB 3.1 connector with type C socket. The new USB type C port is especially thin and can be inserted at both ends. USB 3.1 or USB 3.1 Gen 2 achieves maximum speeds of 10 Gbit / s per port. A LAN port, a USB 3.1 type A port as well as eight USB 3.0 ports round off the connection repertoire for peripherals.

Special refinements of the Gigabyte Aorus X399-Gaming 7 are also LED lighting including RGB LED headers as well as a WLAN module, which even supports the particularly fast AC standard. Other internal connectors include a header for USB 3.0 for 2 ports, a total of eight 4-pin headers for CPU and chassis fans, additional power connectors for stable overclocking, and last but not least, numerous internal status / debug LEDs, headers and switches.

Note: Due to the size of the Ryzen Threadripper CPU, the TR4 socket differs greatly from conventional sockets. When installing the CPU, please pay careful attention to the instructions in the mounting instructions of the CPU or the mainboard! It is an LGA socket! The pins are located on the socket, not the CPU.

Technical details:
Format: ATX (305 x 244 mm)
Chipset: AMD X399
Socket: TR4 (for Ryzen Threadripper)
R.A.M:
8x DDR4 (2.666 MHz)
Quad-Channel
Max. 128 GB
slots:
2x PCIe 3.0 x16
2x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x8)
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x4)
Multi-GPU configurations: 4-way CrossFireX (16/8/16/8), 4-way SLI (16/8/16/8)
Internal connections:
8x SATA 6G (RAID 0, 1, 10)
3x M.2 (M-Key, PCIe 3.0 x4 with a maximum of 32 Gbit / s, horizontal)
1x USB 3.0 header (2 ports)
2x RGB LED Header 8x CPU Header (4-pin)
1x Clear CMOS Button
1x debug switch + LED
1x Power Switch
1x Reset Switch
Power / Reset / Front Audio
External connections:
2x USB 3.1 (each 1 × Type A and Type C)
8x USB 3.0
1x Gigabit LAN (Killer E2500)
1x S / PDIF
5x audio (7.1 ALC1220)
2x WLAN antenna (included)
1x PS / 2 Combi port (keyboard / mouse)
Power supply:
1x 24-pin ATX12V (for motherboard)
1x 8-pin ATX12V (for mainboard)
1x 4-pin ATX12V (for motherboard)
Special features: integrated LED lighting