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GIGABYTE X399 Designare EX Socket TR4 Motherboard Pictured

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It looks like the Aorus X399 Gaming 7 won't be the only socket TR4 motherboard GIGABYTE has in store for those looking to build Ryzen Threadripper high-end desktops. The first picture of its flagship motherboard for this platform, the X399 Designare EX surfaced thanks to VideoCardz. This board is based on the same exact PCB as the Aorus X399 Gaming 7, including its black PCB color uncharacteristic of the Designare moniker in recent times.

All that's changed is that GIGABYTE swapped out the black colored heatsinks over the chipset and VRM for silver colored ones, and the I/O shroud running the length of the motherboard now comes in silver, and now includes a detachable integrated I/O shield; as well as the M.2 SSD heatsinks. Aorus branding around the board has been swapped for Designare branding. The rest of the board appears to be identical overall. Something still tells us that GIGABYTE could ask a small premium for this board over the Aorus X399 Gaming 7, for its exclusivity and better suitability for white-themed builds.



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That boards looks very nice!!! I want more boards with this design!!!
 
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GhostRyder said:
That boards looks very nice!!! I want more boards with this design!!!
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and also same pricetag? cuz some of them "Designare" lineup is almost as expensive as "Gaming 7 or some Ultra durable high end ones...
 
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eidairaman1 said:
Hope it uses high quality vrms and has ideal amt of phases
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Yea I hope it uses high quality parts as well.
peche said:
and also same pricetag? cuz some of them "Designare" lineup is almost as expensive as "Gaming 7 or some Ultra durable high end ones...
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Yea that part I am not a big fan of unless it warrants it (Based on more than just looks).

I mostly just think the overall design/looks of this board are great with the edges, color scheme, etc being very nice. In my opinion, its the best looking black and white color scheme board I have seen.
 
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Wow. Yesterday I was drooling at Rampage 6 Extreme review on OC3D and today this.

Now I can't decide what I want.

The obvious difference (beside color) from Gaming 7 is integrated I/O shield and addition of 3rd NIC (probably 10G???).

I just hope that wired 1G NIC is at least one Intel (instead of Killer whatever) and that Gigabyte solved Intel Wi-Fi problem where NIC crashed every attempt of installing W10 - I'm sure there was no malice from Intel. :p
 
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