On the plus side, this is one of the few new boards whose aesthetics are tasteful enough not to make me want to throw up. On the minus side, with 2xTB3 and 1x10GBe controllers it's also going to be one of the most expensive boards I expect.
yeppers, 10Gb ethernet on board vs "standard" 10/100/1000 connector and T anything costs extra due to licensing etc.
nice looking board, for me the other thing I look for is audio ALC1220 is that "new norm" for me at least if they even bother including onboard audio.
I like AMD effectively forced everyone to have proper heatsink(s) etc for the m.2 slots which also means at some point everyone will put to bed the heatshield which tended to hurt more than help, active all the way ^.^
Outside of serverland I can't remember the last time I saw a board that didn't have some sort of onboard audio, even if it was a crappy ALC8xx solution with only 3 analog jacks.
"More higher-end models" Should be "more high-end models"
More seriously and to the product, I like the fact that there are usable features on this board to make it premium, rather than simply flash and lights.
What application does the TB ports serve in this system? What are the external peripherals that would benefit from this?
I think the TB3 and the “creator” motif indicate perhaps they expect people to want to attach thunderbolt storage arrays. Probably also the target of the 10gbit.
I would have dropped “more”... “one of its higher-end models”.
I wonder what exactly the displayport in ports are for? There is no DP out, so it can't be an optional pass-through, and if it had a capture card, it would be a first and on the info card...
I've seen a few VR focused GPUs with an internal video port and a drive bay breakout box you could use to route video to the front of your desktop (wonderful for the 3 people whose cases are still old enough to have drive bays not walled off behind a door I guess).
According to the card next to the board in one picture both display ports are video in not video out; so in this case I guess it's so if you have a GPU with an internal displayport out you can route from the card to the board for thunderbolt passthrough without needing an external cable. If using a discrete GPU the other 99% of users would need to run a DP cable from their GPU to the port in the IO panel to achieve the same.
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DanNeely - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
On the plus side, this is one of the few new boards whose aesthetics are tasteful enough not to make me want to throw up. On the minus side, with 2xTB3 and 1x10GBe controllers it's also going to be one of the most expensive boards I expect.Dragonstongue - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
yeppers, 10Gb ethernet on board vs "standard" 10/100/1000 connector and T anything costs extra due to licensing etc.nice looking board, for me the other thing I look for is audio ALC1220 is that "new norm" for me at least if they even bother including onboard audio.
I like AMD effectively forced everyone to have proper heatsink(s) etc for the m.2 slots which also means at some point everyone will put to bed the heatshield which tended to hurt more than help, active all the way ^.^
DanNeely - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
Outside of serverland I can't remember the last time I saw a board that didn't have some sort of onboard audio, even if it was a crappy ALC8xx solution with only 3 analog jacks.shabby - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
The good news is asrock is usually one of the least expensive boards, so if asus copies these features it'll probably cost $100 more.cb88 - Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - link
10G Base-T is a complete waste of money... they should have put an SFP+ socket in there and called it a day.James5mith - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
Any idea what chip is driving the Thunderbolt ports? Alpine Ridge or Titan Ridge?mdriftmeyer - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
If the board has DP 1.4 then it's Titan Ridge.jardows2 - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
"More higher-end models"Should be "more high-end models"
More seriously and to the product, I like the fact that there are usable features on this board to make it premium, rather than simply flash and lights.
What application does the TB ports serve in this system? What are the external peripherals that would benefit from this?
sor - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
I think the TB3 and the “creator” motif indicate perhaps they expect people to want to attach thunderbolt storage arrays. Probably also the target of the 10gbit.I would have dropped “more”... “one of its higher-end models”.
Dug - Thursday, June 6, 2019 - link
Really fast external raid arrays. (22Gbps)frank tisdale - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link
high-end professional audio interfaces, among others.e.g.
https://www.sweetwater.com/c1089--Thunderbolt_Audi...
nagi603 - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
I wonder what exactly the displayport in ports are for? There is no DP out, so it can't be an optional pass-through, and if it had a capture card, it would be a first and on the info card...zepi - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
I think it is compatible with the APUs that have an iGPU.And with decent luck it will also support the next generation of APUs.
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
I would assume your plug the DP out of your video card into the DP in, then the video can be routed over TB3.r3loaded - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
Oh look, TWO Type-C ports!arashi - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
How would you even feed the internal DP post??arashi - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
Port*DanNeely - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
I've seen a few VR focused GPUs with an internal video port and a drive bay breakout box you could use to route video to the front of your desktop (wonderful for the 3 people whose cases are still old enough to have drive bays not walled off behind a door I guess).According to the card next to the board in one picture both display ports are video in not video out; so in this case I guess it's so if you have a GPU with an internal displayport out you can route from the card to the board for thunderbolt passthrough without needing an external cable. If using a discrete GPU the other 99% of users would need to run a DP cable from their GPU to the port in the IO panel to achieve the same.
JKJK - Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - link
Finally a board I could consider to buy that isn't a Asus WS board or a Supermicro WS board.BillyONeal - Thursday, June 6, 2019 - link
MOAR Aquantia YESSSSSSSSextide - Monday, July 8, 2019 - link
Any word on when this will be released?