X399 AORUS XTREME stays faithful to AORUS design principles with the contour of its armor resembling the falcon's dominant ascension into the skies, capturing the prowess and attitude of the falcon in flight. The LED zone on the I/O armor can be likened to the windshield of futuristic spacecrafts, symbolizing advancement and an eye into the future of technology.
Indisputable Supremacy.
Unrestrained Potential.
he AORUS X399 enthusiast motherboard with AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processor. Do everything, do it all at the same time, and do it without sacrificing responsiveness. Render. Stream. Compile. Encode. Work or Play. Real-World Productivity or Virtual Reality Entertainment. The AORUS X399 enthusiast motherboard has the power to overwhelm your most daunting workloads.
With up to 32 cores, the 2nd Generation of AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processor can command 64 threads, the most multi-processing power that has ever been unleashed on a consumer desktop. Overwhelm your workloads with 64MB of L3 cache, without sacrificing.
Quad-Channel DDR4 for devastating memory bandwidth, 64 lanes of incredible PCIe Gen3 connectivity, and native USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s support on a chipset. With every processor multiplier-unlocked to be configured as you see fit, GIGABYTE X399 AORUS XTREME is perfectly designed to support the 2nd Generation Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 250W processor to offer you the latest advancements in motherboard technology.
- Thermal Armor with Built-in Digital LED
- Power/Reset & Clear CMOS Buttons
- Integrated I/O Shield - Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac WIFI + BT 4.2
- Dual Intel® i210AT GbE LAN
- AQUANTIA® 10GbE BASE-T LAN
- 4-Way CrossFire™/ SLI with Ultra Durable™ PCIe Armor
- AORUS AMP UP Audio Design
- ALC1220-VB Audio
- ESS 9118 SABRE HiFi DAC
- Nichicon High-End Audio Capacitors
- Gold Plated Audio Jacks - RGB FUSION
- Addressable LED Header*2
- RGBW LED Header*2
- PCIe VGA 6pin Solid Pin Power Connector
- Triple M.2 Connectors with Triple Thermal Guards
- Front USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C™
- Solid Pin Power Connectors
- 24pin ATX Power Connector
- 8pin*2 ATX 12V Power Connectors - Supports AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors
- Quad Channel DDR4, 8 DIMMs, Up to 3600MHz+/ 3466MHz+(OC)
- 10+3 phase Digital PWM with Cutting-edge Thermal Design
- Fins-Array Heatsink
- Direct Touch Heatpipe
- 5W/mk High Thermal Conductivity Pad
- Dual Fan Design
- NanoCarbon Base Plate
IR Digital PWM Provider for High Performance Power IC Solutions
X399 AORUS XTREME motherboard uses an all IR digital CPU power design which includes both digital PWM Controllers and PowIRstage MOSFET, capable of providing at least 50A of power from each phase, for a total of 650A.
These 100% digital controllers and additional 8+8 Solid-pin CPU Power Connectors offer incredible precision in delivering power to the motherboard's most power-hungry and energy-sensitive components, allowing enthusiasts to get the absolute maximum performance from the new 2nd Gen. AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processors.
10+3 Digital Power Design
- 50A IR3578 for each vCore Phase & each SOC phase
- Enhanced MOSFET top side cooling by exposed pad
- High current capacity MOSFET
- Lower temperature
- Server level reliability
Server Level Chokes
AORUS X399 series motherboards feature Server Level Chokes.
- Server level reliability
- High current capacity
- New design reduces heat created by power loss and provides efficient power delivery to CPU VRM area.
All Advanced Thermal Technology
X399 AORUS XTREME uses all advanced thermal technology, including Dual-Fan, Fins-Array Heatsink, Direct Touch Heatpipe, NanoCarbon Base Plate, while providing ultimate MOSFET cooling performance for content creators, enthusiasts, overclockers and professional gamers.
- X399 AORUS XTREME uses Fins-Array Heatsink which increases the heat dissipation area by 300% compared to traditional heatsinks of the same size. Direct Touch Heatpipe helps transfer heat from MOS to heatsink and fins.
- By using a high 5 W/mK thermal conductivity pad, it can transfer 2.7x more heat than traditional thermal pads in the same time period.
AORUS X399 motherboards feature a unique PCI Express design that utilizes 100% of all 48 lanes from the CPU when in a 4-Way or 3-Way graphics configuration providing the full bandwidth available and provide the best graphics bandwidth possible to the user.
NVMe RAID for AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ platform is now supported for free. By combining multiple NVMe SSDs together into a RAID 0, 1, or 10 array, it is possible to greatly enhance disk performance or data integrity. With a single GPU in the system, up to 8 NVMe SSDs array can be supported by AORUS X399 motherboards.
AORUS X399 Motherboards are focused on delivering M.2 technology to enthusiasts who want to maximize their system's potential.
M.2 Thermal Guards prevent throttling and bottlenecks on M.2 SSDs especially on high-end NVMe PCIe M.2 SSDs. Reduces and dissipates heat from M.2 SSDs to maintain high SSD performance.
- VR requires more performance than Full HD graphics for a steady 90FPS or greater.
- Only Gaming PCs can provide the best VR experience.
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Recommended configuration for VR Gaming PC
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 480 or greater, Compatible HDMI 1.4 video output
- CPU: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™
- Motherboard: GIGABYTE X399 motherboards
- Memory: 8GB RAM or greater
- USB Ports: 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port or greater
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit or newer
To create a seamless VR experience AORUS Motherboards offer the best features to make your virtual reality feel like your actual reality. With technologies such as NVMe support via M.2 or U.2 and a one piece metal shielding to brace for heavier discrete graphics cards it's obvious that AORUS has the tools you need to start your journey in VR. To set the mood AORUS Motherboards include RGB Fusion to put you in the center of action.
The AQUANTIA ® AQC107 is a high-performance, backward compatible with 10GBASE-T/ 5GBASE-T/ 2.5GBASE-T/ 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ethernet Controller which is able to provide up to 10 GbE network connectivity, with 10 times faster transfer speeds compared to general 1GbE networking and is perfectly designed for media centers, workstations and gamers.
- Ultimate online gaming experience with faster connection speed
- Backward compatible with 5/2.5/1Gbps network
- No re-wiring needed
Equipped with next generation connectivity onboard AORUS X399 Gaming Motherboards already support the chassis of the future. The onboard USB Type-C header for USB 3.1 Gen2 makes access convenient when connecting a USB 3.1 drive or charging your new mobile device.
The latest USB 3.1 Gen 2 offers staggering 10Gb/s transfer speeds. 2x faster than USB 3.1 Gen 1 along with backwards compatibility with existing USB devices.
- The World's Next Universal Connector
- Reversible USB Type-C™ with USB 3.1 Gen 2
Utilizing a digital fuse, motherboards are able to avert against over-current damage by reacting faster, with greater precision, and avoid unexpected voltage from external devices.
Activates when the current reaches its trigger point, this design is much more precise than traditional fuses.
All New Realtek High-End HD Audio Codec
ALC1220 120dB(A) SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone Amp automatically detects impedance of your head-worn audio device, preventing issues such as low volume and distortion. New VB series audio controller stream your voice to the world vibrantly with both front/rear microphone SNR up to 110/114dB(A).
During In-Game Voice Chat
Microphone input with higher front dynamic range allows gamers to hear more clearly. No more misunderstandings, no more confusing GO! GO! GO! as NO! NO! NO!
AORUS AMP-UP Audio now offers ESS SABRE with a DAC that adopts the concept of a high-end audiophile sound system design into a micro system within the motherboard.The 32-bit HyperStream architecture to deliver up to 125 dB SNR and -112 dB Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (THD+N) ensuring audiophile quality sound all the way to the headphones. It also supports the most popular high resolution and lossless audio formats including FLAC, ALAC, AIFF and WAV.
AORUS Gaming motherboards pack top quality gold plated audio connectors for improved connectivity and long lasting durability. Gold has superb signal conductivity and will not tarnish over extended periods of use.
The AORUS X399 motherboards use high end, Japanese branded Nichicon audio capacitors. These professional audio capacitors deliver the highest quality sound resolution and sound expansion to create the most realistic sound effects for professional gamers.
With AORUS Motherboards, RGB Fusion is even better with Digital LEDs.* RGB Fusion offers users the option to control onboard RGB and external RGBW / Digital LED light strips for their PC. Already feature filled with colors and patterns, RGB Fusion on AORUS Motherboards are now upgraded with Digital LED support. With external digital LED strips*, where each LED is digitally addressable, users can experience even more patterns, styles, and illuminations.
AORUS Gaming Motherboards will support either 5v or 12v digital LED lighting strips and up to 300 LED lights. RGB Fusion with Digital LEDs comes with 9 new patterns and various speed settings with more to come.
Basic
Advanced
Independently Programmable Onboard Pin Header for RGBW/UV LED Strips
Not bright enough? You can install standard 12V external RGB, RGBW or RGB/UV light strips on the RGBW pin header and control its color from the RGB Fusion software. Using a RGBW light strip with a dedicated white LED, users will experience brighter and more vibrant shades of colors.
When using RGB/UV LED strips, users can give their systems a fluorescent glow with the use of UV reactive liquid, neon braided cables, and acrylic paint for a wicked-looking gaming PC.
No need to worry when choosing light strips as GIGABYTE motherboards support a wide variety of RGBW/UV light strips on the market thanks to the RGB Fusion software that allows users to redefine the pin location for the R/G/B Signal.
With the all new RGB Fusion software, users have access to different preset LED lighting configurations with choice of colors. You can even set the LEDs to synchronize with your favorite music or have them change colors to indicate the CPU temperature. For true lighting experts there is an Advanced Mode, which can be fully customized by individual area with its own effects and color transitions, along with specific duration and transition times. along with specific duration and transition times.along with specific duration and transition times.
Synchronize with RGB FUSION READY Peripherals
With a dazzling array of products supported, RGB Fusion is the software that brings it all together, letting your accessories synchronize to the same beat.
- Independent Control
Customized different color for different section of board - Synchronize with RBG FUSION READY Peripheral
With a dazzling array of products supported, RBG Fusion is the software that brings it all together, letting your accessories synchronize to the same beat. Customize all your LEDs how you like-have them match, dazzie and impress. - Fully Customizable
Adjust lighting animation with color stops, color duration, trnsition period, and color effects. - Lighting Profile
Save, export and import profiles to quickly change effects based on your preference and to share with others.
Don't just make your PC shine, make it a work of art that friends will envy. With the GIGABYTE RGB Fusion mobile app users can watch as they control the lighting within their gaming PC. This gives users ease of access as they try and adjust colors and speeds for different modes, all this can be achieved away from the keyboard and monitor of their PC.
With a dazzling array of products supported, RGB Fusion is the software that brings it all together, letting your accessories synchronize to the same beat. Customize all your LEDs how you like — have them match, dazzle and impress.
With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.
- 8 Fan Pin Connectors
- 7 Temperature Sensors
- 2 External Temperature Sensors
- All Fan Pin Headers Upgraded to Hybrid Fan Headers
- Interoperable Fans and Sensors
- Intuitive UI for Fan Control
- All Hybrid Fan Headers can automatically detect the type of cooling device whether it be fan or pump with different PWM or Voltage mode.
- Includes support for one High-Current Pump up to 3 Amps with built-in overcurrent protection—a must for high-end high current fans.
Choose from different modes, Quiet to Full Speed, to match your system usage scenario. For each fan or pump, you can use the intuitive fan curve to define trigger thresholds and corresponding fan speeds.
Interoperable Sensors and Fans
Each fan can be customized to operate at different speeds according to any defined temperature source input (except the CPU fan).
Fan Curve
Customize fan curves based on specific temperatures with the intuitive graphical UI.
Make Good Connection and Significantly Lower the Wires Capacity
AORUS 400-series motherboards feature solid plated ATX 24pin & ATX 12V 8pin power connectors for offering stable power supply while CPU overloading.
- Larger contact area for electricity
- More metal quantity to sustain higher power and generated heat
- Ultra durable and longer lifespan
AORUS' exclusive one piece stainless steel shielding design prevents against PCB distortion and twist, plate bending, in addition to preventing any possible ESD interference
Sulfur compounds in the air can penetrate tiny onboard resistors creating chemical change and causing these resistors to open or short. If either of these occurs the motherboard will fail to function. By equipping resistors with an Anti-Sulfur Design GIGABYTE gives Ultra Durable Motherboards a whole new meaning.
GIGABYTE motherboards integrate the absolute best quality solid state capacitors that are rated to perform at maximum efficiency for extended periods, even in extreme performance configurations. With ultra-low ESR no matter how high the CPU load, this provides peace of mind for end users who want to push their system hard, yet demand absolute reliability and stability. These exclusive capacitors also come in customized jet black, exclusively on GIGABYTE motherboards.
GIGABYTE's EasyTune™ is a simple and easy-to-use interface that allows users to fine-tune their system settings or adjust system and memory clocks and voltages in a Windows environment. With Smart Quick Boost, one click is all it takes to automatically overclock your system, giving an added performance boost when you need it the most.
The GIGABYTE @BIOS app allows you to update your system's BIOS from within Windows using a simple and slick graphical user interface. @BIOS can automatically download the latest version from the GIGABYTE servers or you can update your BIOS from a file on your computer. @BIOS also allows you to save your current BIOS to a file, recover your previous BIOS from an image and backup your BIOS to an image.
GIGABYTE System Information Viewer is a central location that gives you access to your current system status. Monitor components such as the clocks and processor, set your preferred fan speed profile, create alerts when temperatures get too high or record your system's behavior; these are the possibilities of the System Information Viewer.
3D OSD automatically detects and displays your system information during games, allowing you to easily get a hold of your system information without switching between screens.
- Enjoy 14-days FREE seamless connection to any game server in the world
- Experience up to 60% overall connection improvement
- Receive FREE unlimited access to PC Gaming Launchpad, supporting over 800 MMO games
- Monitor your Game Ping and Connection Statistics continuously
Pros: What a solid looking and feeling board. Built like the proverbial brick out-building. I've built several computers over the years and this is by far the heaviest and most fully featured board I've had. With up to 3 m.2 nvme pciex4 drives and plenty of sata and usb ports it has all the connectivity I needed. Plus it has robust power phases for o'clockers. At this time I'm running 2 M.2 drives (Samsung 970 500GB), 2 1TB SSD Sata drives, 1 WD 4TB black drive, and 64GB of memory (8 8GB Gskill Trident RGB (F4-3200C32Q16GTZR - 2 quad channel sets) The board kit includes 6 SATA cables (3 with one connector being an L) and an assortment of over cables. It also comes with 2 thermal sensors which can be placed in your case to monitor air temperatures. The board provides about a bazillion fan (and pump) headers.
Cons: The first example I had didn't work. I RMA'd it and the egg got me a replacement relatively quickly. I had RAM problems with this board- I started with all 8 sticks of RAM installed. No go. I removed one quad channel set leaving ram modules in 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D. This configuration worked. Ram cam up as 2133Mhz memory. Used the bios to select the XMP profile on the rams bringing them up to 3200Mhz with cas 16. They still worked. I installed the other 4 modules again, and this time they worked. I think the problems was the board was trying to run them at 1.2V (they spec 1.35V). Once I got the MB to load the XMP settings everything worked fine. UPDATE [11/16/18] The replacement board appears to have a problem with WIndows hibernation. When it wakes up it shows code d8 (flash problem?) on the LEDs. Rebooting took it back to completely non-operative with 8 rams in place showing code 00. I took out 4 of the rams and now it could boot again. UPDATE [11/20/18] The problem occurred while recovering from sleep. The cause of that problem was a bad display port cable! Gigabyte support got me information (after 4 days) that steered my troubleshooting away from the motherboard itself.
Overall Review: Neither the original, nor the replacement boards had seals on their boxes which seemed a bit strange. However it appears this is just the way Gigabyte packs the boards. the box didn't have any kind of seal on it. I've never had a Gigabyte MB before but the BIOS seemed relatively intuitive and I figured out what I needed without needed to study the manual.\ After reading about (and seeing videos of) problems with FoxConn sockets I was somewhat apprehensive about the board's sockets. However, at least in my case I experienced zero problems getting a Threadripper 2950x installed and seated. No problems with trying to get the screws started. I had problems connecting Deep Cool RGB fans to the motherboard header. The connectors just didn't seem to match up. Not sure who to blame for this - probably my fault because I know so little about external RGB devices I may have ordered incompatible parts. Getting the M.2 2280 drive boards installed was a little tricky. The sticky thermal compound on the heat sink covers made it difficult to install the heat-sinks without moving the M.2 drive out of alignment with the mounting holes. The board puts on quite an RGB light show. I've experimented briefly with the RGB utility included on the install CD/DVD but can't seem to get exactly the effects I desired. I did manage to get the RGB show tamed down to something simpler (I'm not fond of showing every color in the rainbow just because you can). I'd like to use 10GBPS Ethernet to hook up to my NAS box, but alas, the NAS is Gigabit lan, not 10gb. The built-in wireless networking picked up my ASUS wifi router even before I connected the antenna to the motherboard! I got somewhat spotty download speeds over the built in wireless connect, BUT I suspect that's because I live in a rural area and my (east podunk-ville) ISP likely was in "ultra-slow mode". The gigabit Ethernet seems to work find with my home wired network. I haven't started overclocking yet, but even at stock speeds the Cinebench results for this MB, 3200Mhz ram, and 2950X beat the pants off my o'clocked i7-5820k hex core system! Other than the difficulty getting the MB to play nice with a full set of ram (8 modules), I've no trouble with it. If you are having ram troubles, try using fewer and few modules until you can get the bios to load, then set the XMP memory config, and start adding ram back again. DO ensure that if you have 4 modules they are in slots 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D. When I was falling back to 4 sticks I had them in slots 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D and the the board wouldn't work properly. Moving them to 2A(BCD) solved that problem. I gave the board 4 eggs because of my ram config and rgb header problems. At this point I would recommend this board to someone looking for a board for a Threadripper CPU. I will update this review once I've had more experience with this board.\ UPDATE [ 11/16/18] The second board (the replacement) is also having problems. At this point I'd have to say it's time to RMA the RMA'd board. Not that I have much hope a replacement would be better. UPDATE [11/19/18] the board appears to be corrupting it's CMOS every time WIndows tries to enter sleep mode. It displays 03 then d8 on the status LEDs, then powers off. On resume it shows d8 (invalid password - but I have no password, nor does it work if I add a password) and refuses to progress further. When I cycle power the LEDs show 00 and do not advance. I need to clear CMOS to make it work again. I flashed the bios from version F3 (what it came with) to F5c (the latest at this time) which did not cure the problem. Thank goodness the board has dual bios. I have support tickets in at Gigabyte but so far no action on them. Frustration doesn't begin to describe my feelings. This is my 5th computer build and I have never encountered problems like this before. UPDATE [11/20/18] I think it was not corrupting it's CMOS, instead I think there was some state there that caused it to look for something on a display port on my GPU. When it couldn't find it, it just waited and waited and waited. With a replacement display port cable in place, sleep recovery is working fine. I've changed my egg rating from 1 back to 4 (because it seems improper that a bad display port cable could hang the sleep recovery process)