ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WiFi II AMD WRX80 Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Extended-ATX Workstation Motherboard

I write this after about 1 year of post-build use. The board just works, but I did my research up-front to be sure I was buying all the right components (I leaned heavily on Level1 forums, others). I should add that this is not a typical consumer motherboard. I mean that technically (build-detail precision required), but also physically. It is heavy, very heavy. And big, very big. Make sure the case you choose (extended-ATX) can fit this board - not all E-ATX can. I went with Fractal Torrent. Also, not all RAM listed on the QLV is best. I went with the listed Samsung ECC variant. And for PSU, Corsair flagship 1600. You might/likely need longer cables than the stock PSU cables due to the distance between the PSU placement in the Torrent and the motherboard. Heatsink fan is fine but be sure to use the best paste, MK6 is what I used. And be sure to connect all the power inputs into the board, for long-term stability. That's all the biggest issues you should know. As built it is an extremely flexible and cost-effective platform (arguably more stable, too, than the WRX90 variant). I'm using it to host my bare-metal LLMs, content GFX editing, vlog streaming, Windows Infrastructure VM testing environments, gaming and more. The electrical draw is not as extreme as I imagined, but I use professional grade GPUs, RTX 4x00 series. So, unless I'm hammering the system, it doesn't use any more electricity than my upper-range normal PC, in fact it uses less because of the efficiency gains. And lastly, ironically, I paid 30% less for this board 1 year ago. In fact, I got luck: all together, my build is now worth twice what I paid for it early in 2025.

Packaged poorly like last time but luckily arrived undamaged. This may be the heaviest motherboard I have ever owned and that is saying a lot. It is beefy, for serious PC builders. That being said, it was packaged inside of a large Amazon box almost 3 feet long and twice as big as the motherboard box with a single 3 foot piece of brown packing paper so it slid freely inside. I can only imagine the abuse it suffered getting here and may account for why the first one didn't work. But this one does and it is fast!

PCIE 4.0 is not working on this motherboard. I tried 4 different OS, including windows (supposed to be supported). One RAM slot is not working neither (C2 error) whatever that means because the manual does not match the errors you will see on display. The support is awful, QR codes leading nowhere, lacking so much detail to address problems. I managed make it work with Fedora 39 + PCI 3.0 versions. You can save $500 for a cheaper PCI 3.0 motherboard.

I had a problem with the first motherboard they sent me, but they had no trouble replacing it. I am up and running and I am very happy. If you need a hard working machine this is a good starting place. I highly recommend this motherboard! I am using it for building, training, testing, and running AI models. I will do my best to protect humanity from the machines.

After assembling and using two systems with these MBs, I'm ready to declare it the Queen and the King of workstation MBs. Requires a delicate touch during assembly, check the coplanarity of standoffs, do not torque the screws. Seven identical x16 PCIe slots is grand. Sadly, they are all equally, tightly that is, spaced. So probably only five are realistically usable. What I mean there is always room for improvement.

This board is total garbage it's bigger than most boards so it's hard to get it into the case once you get it in the sata ports are behind your front panel devices once you get past that the board shuts off without rhyme or reason mostly during boot up

Inline RAM with PCI makes an awesome look and should be brought to lower tier PCs

I built a fast deep learning box around one of these, and suffered 6 months of incredibly frustrating problems; it wouldn't start or stop reliably. That's an extremely mild description: picture hours of restarts, black screens, random shutdowns, video crashes, etc.) I assumed that the problems were caused by Linux and I tried hundreds of fixes, including switching between 5 or 6 different Linux distros, updating the BIOS and firmware, messing with the GRUB system, and much, much more. Finally, it occurred to me that the motherboard might actually be defective, so I called ASUS customer service. They had me remove the motherboard (not a small job) and mail it to a repair center in the US. The center returned it about 2 weeks later saying they had found no problems, but a piece of paper floating around in the packing showed that they had replaced a capacitor and one other small component. Since then, it's worked perfectly. In summary, it seems likely that it was defective, but ASUS didn't want to admit it. One other thing: It's a slightly weird board inasmuch as it is built like a hybrid between a server and a regular mobo, so it's not easy to access fan controls directly. There's some software from ASUS for fan control, but it only works for Windows (thanks, ASUS!) Also, I installed it in a big case that had lots of USB ports, only to discover that the motherboard only has plugs for a couple of them (it was my first build, so just a reminder that a case may not match the board perfectly).

Received my board today and noticed the it was tampered with the seal was pulled off and -stuck back on upon inspection , i found that the board is cracked !! Hopefully the new Board is is in better condition 🤞

la placa aprendio a pensar y me esta hablando en aleman, pero muy buena compra