ASUS Announces Intel W790 Series Workstation Motherboards

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ASUS has announced the Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE and Pro WS W790-ACE, two new motherboards designed for the W-3400 and W-2400 series of workstation Xeon CPUs that Intel unveiled yesterday, featuring up to 56 cores, 112 CPU PCIe Gen 5.0 lanes, and other platform features. The new Pro WS W790 series unleashes even more expandable graphics, extensive storage, impressive connectivity, and famed reliability, according to ASUS.

ASUS W790 Series Highlights

  • CPU and memory overclocking: Ready for Intel Xeon W-3400 and W-2400 CPUs, with support for DDR5 ECC R-DIMM overclocking
  • Server-grade remote management: An onboard AST2600 BMC controller and IPMI expansion card are supported by ASUS Control Center Express software
  • Ultrafast connectivity: Multiple PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, M.2 storage, 10 Gbps and 2.5 Gbps LAN ports, SlimSAS and USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C
  • Trusted reliability: Validated for extensive compatibility with the latest technologies, boasting an impressive QVL list; tested for 24/7 durability

ASUS Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE Specifications

SocketLGA4677
Memory8 x DDR5, 8 channels, Max. 2TB
Power stages14+1+1
Expansion slots7 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots
SATA ports8
SlimSAS slots2
M.2 slots2 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 5.0)
1 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 4.0)
Ethernet2 x Intel® 10Gb Ethernet
1 x Realtek 1Gb Ethernet
Rear I/O1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
2 x USB 2.0 Type-A
Front I/O1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A header
2 x USB 2.0 headers
AudioRealtek S1220A 8CH
Form factorEEB, 12 inch x 13 inch
Remote controllerAST2600
FeaturesBIOS Flashback
ASUS Control Center Express

ASUS Pro WS W790-ACE Specifications

SocketLGA4677
Memory8 x DDR5, 4 channels, Max. 2TB
Power stages12+1+1
Expansion slots5 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots
SATA ports4
SlimSAS slots3
M.2 slots1 x M.2 22110 (PCIe 4.0 )
1 x M.2 2280 (PCIe 4.0)
Ethernet1 x Marvell® 10Gb Ethernet
1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
Rear I/O1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C
4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
8 x USB 2.0 Type-A
Front I/O1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connector
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A header
2 x USB 2.0 headers
AudioRealtek S1220A 8CH
Form factorCEB, 12 inch x 10.5 inch
Remote controllerBMC Header ready
FeaturesBIOS Flashback
ASUS Control Center Express

From an ASUS press release:

Server-grade remote management

The Pro WS W790 series offers comprehensive hardware and software-level remote management to keep IT on track. The Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE uses a dedicated gigabit Ethernet controller assigned to the onboard AST2600 BMC for the connection of IPMI architecture, allowing for BIOS updates, hardware resets, or critical issue fixes via a web UI. Users can access similar functionality with the Pro WS W790-ACE with ASUS IPMI expansion card. Additionally, the Pro WS W790 series comes with ASUS Control Center Express ― a real-time IT monitoring and management software designed to help IT administrators improve efficiency and protect digital assets from unauthorized access and data leaks.

Proven performance and productivity

The Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE is empowered to overclock Intel Xeon W-3400 or W-2400 processors, and it features eight memory module slots supporting up to 2 TB of ECC R-DIMM DDR5 RAM, which may also be overclocked. The seven total PCIe® 5.0 x16 slots deliver flexible configurability to support multiple performant GPUs in creation, architecture or data analytics. Meanwhile, ultrafast dual Intel X710-AT2 10 Gb Ethernet ports make short work of data transfers with low latency. Creators working with massive video files can set up multiple NVMe® storage devices in a RAID formation for massive I/O bandwidth and seamless playback in their editing bays. To add even more high-speed storage, two onboard SlimSAS slots let you connect industrial SSDs — not to mention server and networking equipment.

For those who need to build a workstation for businesses, AI development, or for running data analytics in finance and science, the Pro WS W790-ACE supports Intel Xeon W-2400 and W-3400 processors with eight RAM slots supporting up to 2 TB of ECC R-DIMM RAM in a quad-channel configuration. With its five PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, multi-GPU arrangements are once again on the menu. Three SlimSAS slots provide advanced storage options, and a 10 Gbps Marvell® AQC113CS Ethernet port is ready for network attached storage (NAS). In addition, one 2.5 Gbps Intel I226-LM Ethernet port is ready for streaming or file uploads.

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