ASUS silently up to date its socket sTRX4 motherboard lineup with the ROG Strix TRX40-XE Gaming. Whispers of this board together with a “Prime TRX40 PRO-S” mannequin date again to February, when a Hardware Info report described them as near-identical successors of the ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming and Prime TRX40-PRO, with upgraded CPU VRM setups, as ASUS in all probability felt the 2 wanted an improved VRM to deal with the trials of a 64-core/128-thread Ryzen Threadripper 3990X processor, notably overclocking it.
The firm had already upgraded its flagship ROG Zenith II Extreme to the beefed-up Zenith II Extreme Alpha. The ROG Strix TRX40-XE Gaming is an identical to the unique ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming, proper till you pop open its VRM heatsink. ASUS is utilizing beefier 70 A phases with the XE, carried over from the unique ROG Zenith II Extreme. The Extreme Alpha which now tops the lineup, makes use of even stronger 90 An influence levels. The unique ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming nonetheless very a lot does assist the Threadripper 3990X, together with overclocking it, although not in addition to the ROG Strix TRX40-XE Gaming. The Prime TRX40 PRO-S stays elusive. ASUS is pricing the ROG Strix TRX40-XE Gaming at USD $549.
