Asus Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE LGA 4677 EEB Workstation Motherboard, Intel W790 Chipset, 8x DIMM DDR5 / 2048GB Max Memory, 3x M.2 Slots, 7x PCIe 5.0 Slot, Pre-Mounted I/O Shield
- PRO WS W790E-SAGE SE
- Intel® W790 (LGA 4677) EEB workstation motherboard, PCIe 5.0 x16, M.2, Dual 10G LAN, Server-grade Remote Management, 14+1+1 power stages, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C®
- Features
- Intel® LGA 4677 socket: Ready for Intel Xeon® W-3400 & W-2400 processors
- CPU and memory overclocking: Supports for up to 2TB of ECC R-DIMM DDR5 memory (1DPC)
Warranty: 1 Year — effortless warranty claims with UK-wide coverage. Learn more
Key specifications
- Socket
- LGA 4677
- Chipset
- Intel W790
- Form factor
- EEB
- Memory type
- DDR5
- Memory slots
- 8
Details
- Shipping Weight
- 4.05 Kg
- Shipping Dimensions
- 37.50 cm x 38.10 cm x 8.50 cm
- M.2 Slots
- 3
- Maximum Memory
- 2 TB
- Multi-GPU Support
- 4-Way CrossFire 4-Way SLI
- PCI Express x16
- 7
- CPU
- Intel® Socket LGA4677 for Xeon® W-3400 and W-2400 Series Processors*
- Memory
- 8 x DIMM slots, Max. 2048GB, DDR5 6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/6200(OC)/6000(OC)/5800(OC)/5600(OC)/5400(OC)/5200(OC)/5000(OC)/4800 ECC Registered Memory*8-Channel Memory ArchitectureSupports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Graphics
- 1 x VGA port from AST2600
- Expansion Slots
- Intel® Xeon® W-3400 Series Processors*7 x PCIe 5.0 slot(s) (Seven at x16/x16/x16/x16/x16/x8/x16)**Intel® Xeon® W-2400 Series Processors*4 x PCIe 5.0 slot(s) (Four at x16/x16/x16/x16)**
- Storage
- Total supports 3 x M.2 slots, 2 x SlimSAS slots and 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*Intel® Xeon® W-3400 Series ProcessorsM.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)***M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode)***Intel® W790 Chipet**M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)SlimSAS_1 port supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode NVMe deviceSlimSAS_2 port supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode NVMe device8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Ethernet
- 1 x Intel® dual 10Gb Ethernet, 1 x Realtek 1Gb Ethernet, ASUS LANGuard
- USB
- Rear USB (Total 8 ports)1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C®)5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)2 x USB 2.0 port(s) (2 x Type-A)Front USB (Total 7 ports)1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (supports USB Type-C® )1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) 2 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
- Audio
- Realtek S1220A 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC*- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs- Internal audio Amplifier to enhance the highest quality sound for headphone and speakers- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input (Line-in)- Supports up to 32-Bit/192 kHz playback*Audio Features- Power pre-regulator reduces power input noise to ensure consistent performance- Rear optical S/PDIF out port- Premium audio capacitors- Dedicated audio PCB layers- Unique de-pop circuit* Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192 kHz is not supported for 7.1Surround Sound audio.
- Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port(s) (1 x USB Type-C)5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port(s) (4 x Type-A + 1 x USB Type-C®)2 x USB 2.0 port(s) (2 x Type-A)1 x VGA port2 x Intel® dual 10Gb Ethernet ports1 x Realtek 1Gb Ethernet port5 x Audio jacks1 x Optical S/PDIF out port1 x BIOS FlashBack™ button1 x Clear CMOS button
- Internal I/O Connectors
- Fan and Cooling related1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s)5 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)1 x W_PUMP+ header(s)Power related2 x 24-pin Main Power connector4 x 8-pin +12V Power connector1 x 8-pin PCIe Power connector1 x 6-pin PCIe Power connectorStorage related3 x M.2 slots (Key M)2 x SlimSAS connector(s)8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports1 x VROC Key connectorUSB1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector (support(s) USB Type-C® )1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header(s) support(s) 2 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports2 x USB 2.0 header(s) support(s) 4 additional USB 2.0 portsMiscellaneous1 x COM Port header1 x FlexKey button1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)1 x LN2 Mode jumper1 x M.2 slot (Key E)1 x ReTry button1 x Safe Boot button1 x SPI TPM header (14-1pin)1 x Start button1 x 20-3 pin System Panel header with Chassis intrude function1 x Thermal Sensor header
- BMC Related
- 1 x BMC switch1 x VGA switch1 x BMC LAN fixed IP switch1 x IPMI switch2 x Q_PSU switch2 x PSU SMBus header1 x Front panel location LED header1 x Location button header1 x VPP_I2C header1 x Micro SD card socket1 x BMC_T_SENSOR header1 x BMC LED1 x Location LED1 x Message LED header
- Special Features
- Extreme OC Kit- FlexKey button- LN2 Mode- ReTry button- Safe boot button- Start buttonExtreme Engine Digi+- 10K Black Metallic Capacitors- MicroFine Alloy ChokeASUS 5X PROTECTION III- DIGI+ VRM (- Digital power design with DrMOS)- ESD Guards- LANGuard- Overvoltage Protection- Safeslot- Stainless-Steel Back I/OASUS Q-Design- M.2 Q-Latch- Q-Code- Q-Connector- Q-DIMM- Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])- Q-SlotASUS Thermal Solution- M.2 heatsink backplate- M.2 heatsink- Steel backplate- VRM heatsink designASUS EZ DIY- BIOS FlashBack™ button- BIOS FlashBack™ LED- Caterr1 LED- Box Headers- Clear CMOS button- ProCool II- Pre-mounted I/O shield- SafeSlot- SafeDIMMBespoke Motherboard Design & Business Focused Features- 24/7 Reliability- Overcurrent Protection
- Software Features
- ASUS Exclusive SoftwareArmoury Crate- Fan Xpert 4AI Suite 3- TPU- DIGI+ VRM- Turbo app- PC CleanerASUS CPU-ZIT Management software supported- ASUS Control Center Express(ACCE)Adobe Creative Cloud (Free Trial)Norton 360 Deluxe (60 Days Free Trial)WinRARUEFI BIOSASUS EZ DIY- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3- ASUSTeK. EzFlash UtilityFlexKey
- Accessories
- Cables, VRM Fan holder, Q-connector, M.2 Rubber Package(s), M.2 backplate Rubber Package(s), Screw package for M.2 Key E, CPU guards, Documentation
- Operating System
- Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit
4.88 reviews
Got something to share?
Rate this product — your experience helps other buyers.
Oliver W. Used for: 6–12 months
Pros
Seven PCIe 5.0 slots and eight DIMMs, no compromises
Cons
Registered memory only, my desktop kit was useless
Comment
Four GPUs and a capture card all running at full width, which no consumer board can do!
Daisy S. Used for: More than a year
Comment
This board is the reason our render box has not been opened in a very long time. Seven full length slots means three GPUs, a 10G card we did not end up needing and a capture card all coexist without a single lane compromise, which is the whole reason to buy a W790 board instead of a desktop platform. Eight DIMMs of registered memory gives us 512GB, and the machine has never once thrown an ECC correctable that turned into something worse. The management controller deserves a mention of its own. Remote console, remote power, sensor logs, all of it through a browser and none of it needing an agent on the machine. When something does need attention I can look at it from home rather than driving in. Coming up on two years in the rack and I have physically stood in front of it twice. Expensive, and worth every penny in a machine that earns its keep.
Rosie K. Used for: 6–12 months
Pros
IPMI means I never need a monitor anywhere near it
Cons
EEB, so check your case before ordering
Comment
Headless in a rack under the stairs and managed entirely through the browser, though the fan noise still carries up the stairs
Ivy K. Used for: More than a year
Pros
Utterly stable under loads that would fold a desktop board
Cons
You will pay for registered memory, and it adds up fast
Comment
Our finite element machine runs jobs that take days, and this is the first board we have had where nobody thinks about that. Eight sticks of RDIMM, all detected, ECC reporting into the management log, temperatures logged and graphed without any software on the host. Three years in and the correctable error count is still zero. The VRM sits around 55 under a sustained all core load with the standard heatsinks and a couple of chassis fans. Worth budgeting properly for the memory though. The DIMMs cost us more than the board and the processor put together.
Ivy C. Used for: 6–12 months
Pros
Thunderbolt on a workstation board without an add in card
Cons
Fan headers are all along the top edge
Comment
Thunderbolt built in saved a slot for something else. All six fan headers sit along the top, which makes the bottom intake cable a very long run.
Freya A. Used for: More than a year
Cons
Firmware updates are a manual, unglamorous job and the notes are thin
Comment
Everything about the hardware has been right, so this is a review about living with a workstation board rather than a complaint about the board itself. Updating firmware here is nothing like a consumer board. There is no one click tool, the release notes say almost nothing beyond a version number, and you do it through the management interface with the machine down. I have done four updates in the two years it has been in service, and each one ate an evening with a set of notes open beside me. One of them changed the default fan behaviour and I did not find out until the room got loud. None of that is a fault exactly. It is a professional board and it expects a professional to be looking after it. But if you are coming from a ROG or an AORUS expecting a friendly update button, adjust your expectations before you buy.
Charlie B. Used for: 1–3 months
Pros
Eight channel memory and remote management as standard
Cons
The QVL is short and it means it
Comment
Specified this for a simulation workstation with a W-3465X and it does exactly what the datasheet says, with one caveat about memory. Eight channels of registered DDR5 is transformative for the work we do, and the board trained a full 256GB set without complaint once we used a kit from the support list. An earlier attempt with a kit that was not on it would post, then fail memory test partway through, which cost most of a day to pin down. Take the QVL literally on this one. Everything else is a pleasure. The onboard management lets me power cycle the machine from another room, both 10G ports work without drivers, and the VRM heatsinks stay cool enough to touch under a full load.
Sophie L. Used for: 6–12 months
Cons
It is an EEB board, so half the full towers on sale will not take it
Comment
Measure your case twice. Mine needed a new chassis because EEB is wider than E-ATX and the standoffs simply were not there. The board itself has been faultless with a W-3455.
