Gigabyte MW83-RP0 Workstation Board vs ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE

These are different platforms, not two versions of one board. The Gigabyte MW83-RP0 is a single-socket Intel Xeon W workstation board with 8-channel DDR5 RDIMM and five PCIe Gen 5 x16 slots. The ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE is a Threadripper PRO platform with seven PCIe Gen 5 x16 slots, four M.2 slots and USB4. Pick by the CPU you need: Intel Xeon W for a conventional workstation, Threadripper PRO for the most PCIe lanes and memory bandwidth. Owners of the ASUS board report strong performance and connectivity, but at least one reports a board that would not power on and a BIOS flashback that failed.

• Choose the Gigabyte MW83-RP0 if you are building around an Intel Xeon W-3400 or W-3500 processor and want a compact single-socket board with 8-channel RDIMM memory and five Gen 5 x16 slots.
• Choose the ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE if you need a Threadripper PRO system with the maximum number of Gen 5 x16 slots, four M.2 drives and USB4.