AOOSTAR offers a 16-core Mini-ITX board with full PCIe 5.0 support, vapor-chamber cooling at $749
AOOSTAR has put its TA95X3D motherboard with a soldered AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D on sale for $749 on its own store. This CPU is a 16-core, 32-thread “Fire Range” mobile X3D chip and mount it on a desktop board. AMD rates the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D at up to 5.4 GHz boost, with 16 cores and 32 threads.
For builders, the appeal is the platform I/O you normally want from a desktop setup. AOOSTAR lists a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot for a GPU, plus two PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 slots and four SATA ports. Memory support is shown as DDR5-5600, with an EXPO overclocking note that mentions up to DDR5-6000 , which usually depends on BIOS maturity and the kit you use.
Source: AOOSTAR
The main drawback is that the CPU is soldered, so there is no upgrade path beyond swapping the whole board. Memory tuning may top out around DDR5-6000 in practice, and smaller vendors often ship fewer BIOS updates than the big motherboard brands. Even the networking specs look inconsistent across listings, with AOOSTAR showing a single 5GbE port while some coverage mentions dual 10GbE.
AOOSTAR TA95HX3D specs (Ryzen 9 9955HX3D MoDT board)
- Form factor: M-ATX (244 x 244 mm)
- CPU: onboard AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor
- Memory: 2x desktop DIMM slots, up to 96GB, dual-channel, up to 6000MHz (OC)
- Display: 1x DisplayPort 2.0 (up to 8K@60Hz), 1x HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K@144Hz)
- Expansion: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16, 1x PCIe 4.0 x1
- Storage: 2x M.2 PCIe 5.0 x4, 4x SATA
- Network: 1x Realtek RTL8126 5Gbps, MT7902 Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2
- Audio: integrated 7.1-channel audio chip
Source: AOOSTAR
AOOSTAR’s global store currently lists $749. Either way, it targets people who would otherwise buy a desktop X3D CPU plus a board, where the combined cost can climb fast once you pick a feature-complete model.
Source: AOOSTAR
