Aorus trx40, one of the first motherboard with socket tr4 +

The first TR4 + motherboard for AMD 's third-generation Ryzen CPUs has been leaked online. The Gigabyte AORUS TRX40 motherboard has been revealed and although it doesn't show us much in detail, what we can see is still a lot of information in terms of the design scheme for the new range of TR4 + motherboards.

AORUS TRX40, One of the first TR4 + socket motherboard for 3rd generation Threadripper

First off, the Gigabyte AORUS TRX40 motherboard socket looks very similar to the existing TR4 socket on X399 motherboards. Even the mounting mechanism is similar to that of today's TR4 motherboards. What we have heard is that the pin configuration would be different on the new socket, so it would be called TR4 +. There are reports to suggest that the socket would not support previous Threadripper CPUs, but those are just rumors and there is currently nothing official. One of the advantages of this closeness between the two sockets is that the heatsinks for TR4 could probably work in the same way in the TR4 + socket.

The motherboard features eight DDR4 DIMM slots that could support 32GB modules for a total capacity of up to 256GB. Large blocks of heat sinks are seen at the top of the VRMs area along with an aluminum stacked fin heat sink near the I / O slots and a regular heat sink with plastic cover on the right side from the motherboard. VRMs also seem pretty decent for what looks like a 12-phase design, but there could be more.

A new PCH has been added to the motherboards, which is an updated version of the X399 PCH that enables PCIe Gen 4.0 support, plus tracks and improved I / O functions. This PCH, like the X570 chipset, requires active cooling and we can definitely see it on this motherboard.

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There are four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots and three M.2 (Gen 4.0) slots with full cover heatsinks. A total of 8 to 10 SATA 3 ports are available along with the USB 3.1 front panel headers. There also appears to be an Aquantia 10G chip hidden underneath a small heatsink below the DDR4 slots on the left.

ITS cost would be around 500 USD.

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