The combination of the sWRX8 socket and the WRX80 chipset is required for the "prosumer" processors of the Threadripper Pro series to support their numerous business and professional functions.
Background information on the Threadripper Pro platform can be found on the category page.
The ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE Wifi at a glance:
7x PCIe 4.0 x16 for high-end graphics cards
3x M.2 and 2x U.2 for high-speed data storage
Internal: 1x USB 3.1 Type C, 2x USB 3.0 and 4x USB 2.0
External: 1x USB 3.2 Type C, 1x USB 3.1 Type C and 8x USB 3.1 Type A
Dual LAN with 2x 10 Gigabit (Intel X550-AT2)
WLAN 802.11ax and Bluetooth 5.1
The ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE Wifi in detail:
Other important features of the ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE Wifi motherboard include a WLAN / BT module (Intel WiFi 6 AX200) and two LAN ports with 10 Gbit / s (Intel X550-AT2). When it comes to audio, the manufacturer relies on the Realtek ALC4080 audio codec. This provides a total of five 3.5 millimeter jack sockets and an optical Toslink output on the I / O panel.
The mainboard has a USB 3.2 connection (USB 3.2 Gen 2x2). This always comes in the form of a USB Type-C socket and achieves a maximum data transfer rate of 20 Gbit / s. The I / O panel also has nine USB 3.1 ports - one of type C - and eight of type A. USB 3.1 or USB 3.2 Gen 2 achieves maximum speeds of 10 Gbit / s per port.
Internally, the mainboard offers a USB 3.1 Type-C connection for modern PC cases. In addition, two USB 3.0 ports (one header) and four USB 2.0 ports (two headers) are provided.
Expansion slots and connections for drives
The E-ATX mainboard provides seven PCIe x16 slots in the 4.0 standard for plug-in and expansion cards. Eight SATA 6G connections (including RAID support) and three M.2 slots, each connected directly to the CPU with four PCI Express 4.0 lanes, are provided for connecting data carriers such as SSDs and hard drives . In addition to SATA, the M.2 ports also support the advanced NVM Express protocol, which has been specially optimized for the highly parallelized data carrier access of modern PCIe SSDs.
Danger:
WRX80 motherboards are only compatible with AMD Threadripper Pro series processors. The sWRX8 socket differs from other Threadripper sockets in that it has a different PIN assignment and is not compatible with older Threadripper CPUs!
Note:
Due to the size of the Ryzen Threadripper CPU, the sWR8 socket is very different from conventional sockets. When inserting the CPU, please carefully follow the instructions in the assembly instructions for the CPU or mainboard! It is an LGA socket! The pins are on the socket, not the CPU.
Technical details:
- Format: E-ATX (310 x 330 mm)
- Chipset: AMD WRX80
- Socket: sWRX8 (for Ryzen Threadripper Pro)
- R.A.M:
- 8x DDR4 (3200 MHz / 4733 MHz via OC)
- Octa-Channel
- max. 2 TB
- UDIMM, RDIMM, LRDIMM, 3DS RDIMM (with ECC support)
- Slots:
- 7x PCIe 4.0 x16
- Multi-VGA configurations: NVIDIA 4-way / 3-way / 2-way SLI, AMD 4-way / 3-way / 2-way CrossFireX
-Internal connections:
- 8x SATA 6G (RAID 0, 1, 10)
- 3x M.2 (M-Key, PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA, 2242 to 22110)
- 2x U.2 / SFF-8643 / Mini-SAS (PCIe 4.0 x4)
- 1x USB 3.1 Type C (USB 3.2 Gen 2, one header, max. 10 Gbit / s)
- 2x USB 3.0 (USB 3.2 Gen 1, one header, max. 5 Gbit / s)
- 4x USB 2.0 (two headers, max. 480 Mbit / s)
- Power button
- FlexKey button
- IPMI switch
- VGA switch
-BMC switch
- PSU switch
- 1x serial port
- 1x TPM header
- 1x VGA header
- 1x I2C header
- 1x SMBUS header
- 1x RTC header
- 1x location button header
- 2x LAN LED headers
- 1x location LED header
-1x card reader (microSD)
-1x SPI TPM header
- 1x COM port header
- 1x FlexKey button
- 1x front panel audio connector (AAFP)
- 1x start button
- 1x 20-3-pin system panel header
- 1x RTC battery header
-1x thermal sensor header
- Fan header:
-1x CPU fan (4-pin PWM)
- 1x optional CPU fan (4-pin PWM)
-6x case fan (4-pin PWM)
- 1x chipset fan header (proprietary)
- 1x VRM Heatsink fan header (proprietary)
- RGB header: none
- External connections:
- 1x USB 3.2 Type C (USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, max. 20 Gbit / s)
- 1x USB 3.1 Type C (USB 3.2 Gen 2, max. 10 Gbit / s
- 8x USB 3.1 Type A (USB 3.2 Gen 2, max. 10 Gbit / s)
- 2x 10 Gigabit LAN (Intel X550-AT2)
- 5x 3.5 mm jack (Realtek ALC4080)
- 1x Toslink
- 2x WLAN antenna (Intel WiFi 6 AX200, Bluetooth 5.1)
- 1x USB BIOS flashback button
- 1x Clear CMOS button
- Power supply:
- 1x 24-pin ATX12V
- 2x 8-pin ATX12V
- 2x 6-pin PCIe
- 1x 8-pin PCIe
Special features: audio + solid capacitors, diagnostic LED (segment display), diagnostic LED (LED indicators), 3x M.2 passive cooler, integrated I / O cover, backplate, IPMI 2.0, ECC support
Manufacturer's guarantee: 3 years