ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-Sage SE Wifi DDR4 AMD Motherboard

The ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WiFi is an Extended ATX workstation motherboard built around the AMD sWRX8 socket, designed for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO series processors. It is engineered to serve professional creative and compute workloads — including video editing, 3D rendering, scientific simulation, and multi-application workflows — where high core counts and sustained throughput are essential. Power delivery is handled by a 16-stage VRM with ProCool II connectors and supplementary 6-pin power inputs, paired with aluminum VRM and M.2 heatsinks. A semi-passive thermal design covers the SOC and DRAM zones, helping the board maintain stability during prolonged, heavy workloads. Storage and expansion are well-provisioned. Three M.2 slots and two U.2 slots operate at PCIe 4.0 x4 bandwidth, each with a dedicated heatsink to mitigate thermal throttling under sustained I/O. Seven PCIe 4.0 x16 slots — reinforced with SafeSlot technology — accommodate multi-GPU configurations for professional rendering or simulation pipelines. A HYPER M.2 X16 Gen 4 expansion card is also included to extend NVMe capacity further. Connectivity includes onboard Intel X550-AT2 dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 6 (802.11ax, backward-compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac). USB connectivity spans a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C port and ten USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports. For enterprise environments, the onboard ASMB9-iKVM BMC chip enables out-of-band IPMI remote management, allowing hardware-level system monitoring and control without requiring an active OS. The board supports eight DDR4 memory slots and is compatible with ECC registered memory, providing automatic detection and correction of single-bit data errors to reduce the risk of corruption in long-running workstation sessions. Verified Specifications: - Socket: AMD sWRX8 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO series) - Chipset: AMD WRX80 - Form Factor: Extended ATX (E-ATX) - Memory: 8 x DDR4 slots; ECC supported; RAM technology DDR4 - Expansion Slots: 7 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (SafeSlot) - Storage: 3 x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4, 2 x U.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 - Networking: Intel X550-AT2 dual 10GbE; WiFi 6 (802.11ax) - USB: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C; 10 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 - Remote Management: ASMB9-iKVM (IPMI) - Dimensions: 31 x 33 x 5 cm - Weight: approximately 2.98 kg - Wireless Standard: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 802.11ax - Country of Origin: China