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ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI

mmarcisz
Level 7
Hi all. I know it may be a bad place but as I'm the owner of 2x Asus Zenith II Ex Alpha and 1x Zenith II Ex and the subject is about the only way to get an upgrade for new Threadrippers like 5995WX. We all know AMD abandoned sTRX40 but they released new TR Series for sWRX80(soon will be available for DIY market) and they made for consolation OC possible on TR PRO. Basically, they merged both platforms into one but we need to change the motherboard so I decided to go with ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI, and here problem appears according to Polish Asus support team there will be no OC support on this motherboard and there will be no other Asus new or respin motherboard with OC. Normally I would pass it but it seems strange to me as MSI and Asrock already made motherboards with OC and You can find results on Youtube with 5995WX decent OC. Another thing is Asus SAGE has the most powerful CPU VRM section of all SWRX80 motherboards and there are already lots of voltage tweaks in AI Tweaker bios section so seems BIOS update should be possible to enable CPU OC. I understand PRO WS motherboards are made for stability mainly but the situation with the Theredripper platform merge and making new TR OC enabled by AMD should result in BIOS or new/respin motherboard which allows us for all possibilities which CPU gives. So my question is anyone heard smth? Or maybe someone from Asus staff can explain why or deny what I was told by my local Asus support staff. I don't want to be forced to move to another brand as I really like Asus motherboards and bios.

here are links for both Asrock and MSI videos I mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-wLIZnQ3g&t=1300s
in this video, tests show PBO with 400W vs std 280W

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIV2Oh6uOc&t=655s
video time for straight to oc result 28:23

UPDATE - Seems Asus Released new version SAGE WRX80
https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/pro-ws-wrx80e-sage-se-wifi-ii/
and when You look at BIOS manual there is PBO section shame they could not say they plan such version so I would wait for this mobo.
I remind they said the opposite for my support question that they have no plans for such mb.
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mohsh86
Level 7
mmarcisz wrote:
Hi all. I know it may be a bad place but as I'm the owner of 2x Asus Zenith II Ex Alpha and 1x Zenith II Ex and the subject is about the only way to get an upgrade for new Threadrippers like 5995WX. We all know AMD abandoned sTRX40 but they released new TR Series for sWRX80(soon will be available for DIY market) and they made for consolation OC possible on TR PRO. Basically, they merged both platforms into one but we need to change the motherboard so I decided to go with ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI, and here problem appears according to Polish Asus support team there will be no OC support on this motherboard and there will be no other Asus new or respin motherboard with OC. Normally I would pass it but it seems strange to me as MSI and Asrock already made motherboards with OC and You can find results on Youtube with 5995WX decent OC. Another thing is Asus SAGE has the most powerful CPU VRM section of all SWRX80 motherboards and there are already lots of voltage tweaks in AI Tweaker bios section so seems BIOS update should be possible to enable CPU OC. I understand PRO WS motherboards are made for stability mainly but the situation with the Theredripper platform merge and making new TR OC enabled by AMD should result in BIOS or new/respin motherboard which allows us for all possibilities which CPU gives. So my question is anyone heard smth? Or maybe someone from Asus staff can explain why or deny what I was told by my local Asus support staff. I don't want to be forced to move to another brand as I really like Asus motherboards and bios.

here are links for both Asrock and MSI videos I mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-wLIZnQ3g&t=1300s
in this video, tests show PBO with 400W vs std 280W

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIV2Oh6uOc&t=655s
video time for straight to oc result 28:23


Same thoughts, i opted for Asus TRX40 then later swapped to WRX80 for continuous support both on Asus and AMD side. Purchased Asus because of its know BIOS support. Really disappointed paying 1500 $AUD for a motherboard to know one year later that asus are abandoning it. Not to mention the lots of bugs on bios alread..

mohsh86 wrote:
Same thoughts, i opted for Asus TRX40 then later swapped to WRX80 for continuous support both on Asus and AMD side. Purchased Asus because of its know BIOS support. Really disappointed paying 1500 $AUD for a motherboard to know one year later that asus are abandoning it. Not to mention the lots of bugs on bios alread..



Asus just released BIOS FW 1106, not sure if this will enable PBO?


https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/pro-ws-wrx80e-sage-se-wifi/hel...