Aorus trx40 from amd and z490 / x299x from intel are listed by the eec

More Gigabyte motherboards have been EEC certified (leaked) and this time, we can see not only the new Z490 product line, but also AMD HEDT X299X and TRX40 series products. The Intel Z490 line was leaked a while ago, but unsurprisingly, there are more models that Gigabyte / AORUS are working on.

New AORUS Z490 motherboards

AORUS would be working on the high-end parts that would include the Z490 AORUS Xtreme and the Z490 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce as flagship products. The complete list of this series is shown below:

• Z490 AORUS XTREMEZ490 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCEZ490 DESIGNAREZ490I AORUS ULTRAZ490 AORUS ULTRAZ490 AORUS PRO

Intel X299X platform renewal

Gigabyte is also working on its HEDT X299X motherboards. The 'X' was added to differentiate it from the current X299 series. AORUS was already offering an upgrade with the 9th generation Core-X product line. The X299 chipset is the same as current models, but motherboard specifications, which include certain things like I / O and power delivery, have been definitely improved on new models to offer optimized support for CPUs. 'Cascade Lake-X'.

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Gigabyte X299X series motherboards would include:

• X299 AORUS Xtreme WaterforceX299 AORUS MasterX299X DESIGNARE EX-10GX299X DESIGNARE EX

TRX40 will have five models by AORUS

Moving on to TRX40 models, Gigabyte is also working on five new motherboards for AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 processors. The TRX40 platform would offer four-channel memory and would reportedly be compatible with X-series 'Enthusiast' processors, while HEDT parts would be compatible with higher -end WRX80 platforms with eight-channel memory. Gigabyte offerings include the following:

• TRX40 AORUS Xtreme WaterforceTRX40 AORUS XtremeTRX40 AORUS MasterTRX40 AORUS Pro WIFITRX40 DESIGNARE

AMD mentioned that we would have more details on third generation Threadripper later this year.

In this way, AORUS is ready to tackle the new wave of Intel Core X and Threadripper processors from AMD with a significant assortment of motherboards. We will keep you informed.

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