While we were expecting a single card on the Asus side for the Xeon W-3400/2400 finally, it is two cards that the brand launches. Indeed, we find the Pro WS W790E-Sage Se and Pro W790-Ace.
The Pro WS W7905-Sage Se, a very angry model!
The Pro WS W7905-Sage Se is finally the model that we found in the yesterday’s teaser. It is the bigger of the two cards with its EEB format. It has an original layout with a socket and eight memory slots horizontally. This allows it to be equipped with a total of seven PCIe 5.0 x16 slots. Their operation is as follows: x16/x16/x16/x16/x16/x8/x16 with a Xeon W-3400 and x16/x16/x16/x16 with a W-2400.
The storage part highlights a total of three M.2 slots, two of which will work in PCIe 5.0 x4 while the last one will be in PCIe 4.0 x4. In addition, we also have the right to eight SATA III and two slim SAS in PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe compatible.
Of course, we can’t miss the massive heatsinks of the power supply stages. These cover a total of 14+1+1 phases while there are a total of four EPS12V for the CPU. The PCIe part can even be given a little more juice via 8 and 6 pin PCIe connectors.
Finally, the rear connectivity is based on a double Ethernet connector in Intel X710-AT2 in 10G. Similarly, a third port is present for remote management of the machine via an integrated BMC chip. Finally, the audio part puts forward a Realtek S1220A chip.
The Pro W790-Ace, rival of the W790 WS of ASRock?
The Pro W790-Ace is a much more conventional model with a more accessible format. Like the ASRock model, the socket and the DDR5 memory slots are vertical. With this layout, we lose two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots with a total of five connectors.
The storage part is also less elaborate with a total of four SATA III. We also have the right to two M.2, however, they only have a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. On the other hand, this model has an additional SlimSAS, which means three connectors. The first one works in PCIe 3.0 x4 while the other two are in PCIe 4.0 x4 with the possibility of splitting one connector into four SATA.
If we still find massive heatsinks, the power supply phases are also less elaborate with 12+1+1 phases. Nevertheless, the four ESP12V for the CPU are still there. Likewise, the PCIe part has only one 8-pin PCIe to bring some power to the daughter boards.
Finally, the network part only has two Ethernet managed via Marvell AQC113CS chips in 10 GbE and an Intel I226-LM in 2.5 GbE. In addition, there is no evolution concerning the audio with a Realtek S1120A chip.
Here and there the technical data sheets of Asus !
