AMD X399 Motherboard Review Collection
The ASRock Fatal1ty X399 Professional Gaming motherboard (priced around $390) performs just as well as the company’s X399 Taichi, but has the added benefit of the 10Gb network controller. This board has some deficiencies from a gamer’s perspective, but would work well for a system that calls for 10Gb throughput and utilization of all the PCIe slots (something most boards can’t handle).
Read more @ Tom’s Hardware
Gigabyte has included a total of three Ethernet ports, which consists of two Intel Gigabit and one Aquantia 10 Gigabit. To our mind 10Gbit is an expensive luxury for gamers however a number of our YouTube audience are absolutely in love with this feature. Nonetheless, we maintain that gamers will be perfectly well served by Gigabit while it is workstation users who will benefit from 10Gbit.
Read more @ KitGuru
The X399 Aorus Extreme is absolutely bristling with features and high end technology, from the inclusion of three M.2 connectors through to three RJ45 connectors. “Three LAN ports?”, we hear you cry. Yes, dual Intel Gigabit LANs are matched by a 10GbE Base-T LAN.
Read more @ OC3D
There haven’t been too many new X399 boards released despite a new range of Threadripper CPUs landing (with more to come), but both MSI and Gigabyte have decided to launch halo products that sit high above their other X399 boards, and today we’re looking at Gigabyte’s – the X399 Aorus Xtreme.
Read more @ Bit-Tech
MSI demonstrated perfect timing when they introduced the MEG X399 Creation at Computex. AMD announced the 32-core 2990WX Threadripper at the start of Computex then MSI followed up with this X399 motherboard that uses 16-phase VRMs that promise a new level of power delivery.
Read more @ KitGuru
Gigabyte’s X399 motherboard range previously topped out with the X399 Aorus Gaming 7 and X399 Designare EX, both of which are rock-solid boards that I’ve had the pleasure of using on the bench and in system builds.
Read more @ Tech Report
MSI released a new motherboard for Threadripper processors which we review today, and yes that would be the MEG X399 Creation. The board is stylish, loaded with features has subtle LED effects, terrific WIFI and obviously offers everything you need from quadruple x16 PCI-Express slots, multiple M2 SSD options, quad-channel memory and some beefy VRM.
Read more @ Guru3D
Speaking of cooling, keeping all these phases happy under heavy load are some of the beefiest heatsinks we’ve seen, with the pair surrounding the CPU socket connected via a heatpipe. They weigh plenty and are securely screwed in, but we actually prefer the stacked-fin cooling employed by, say, Gigabyte because it increases usable surface area over the flat, single-block heatsinks here.
Read more @ Hexus
We don’t think you’d be too disappointed aesthetically for splashing out, and there’s plenty of RGB lighting to go around too, illuminating the I/O shroud, chipset heatsink, and underside of the PCB in addition to three-pin addressable and four-pin 5050 RGB LED headers on the PCB.
Read more @ Bit-Tech
First impressions are that it’s an absolute beast in build; it makes an Asus X399 ROG Zenith Extreme feel lightweight. Part of the reason for the heft is a full-size base plate on the back. Is it strictly necessary? Nope, though chucking on everything is what this board is all about. That and Aorus claiming it can lower backside temperature by up to 10°C.
Read more @ Hexus