

- Almost every feature you will need for a server is already on board (IPMI, 2 Oculink 4x, 2 10Gbe Nics) - ECC Ram official support, however, my B450 mainstream rig can also run ECC Ram - with a 3900x, 3900XT or a 3950X, your VMs are uniquely able to have a very high frequency and many core count which is something even the epyc platform cannot offer. - AMD is always insane when it comes to SR-IOV even their cheapest board supports this and here is no different

- I/O for days, there is so so much I/O for something this size! 6x slimsas 8x gen 4!!!!!! WuT! -Asrock Rack worked a pcb engineering miracle! -Seems really well made and all the features of a full size server -Perfect board for the ultimate home server built in a boutique sff. -A great option for the cheap oem 32 core 7d12 if you want to put this in something small the 7d12's lower power is easy to keep cool, also the 7d12 is a 4 memory channel chip so you are not wasting any slots! -Got on sale for $379 insane deal.


I gave this product full stars because is worked as advertised without issue successfully from day one for the last ninety days plus. This is after two failed attempts using the ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE and a six month hiatus. For details, see my Total Disaster Newegg review for that ASUS motherboard. Other than solid quality and solid reliability, it is difficult for me to review this Gigabyte board. The reason is that the board is most definitely designed to be a server motherboard. I configured it into a workstation motherboard.




IPMI makes setup, monitoring etc super easy Small size board means it will fit a lot of cases Fan defaults are quiet.





Two pcie x16 slots with ryzen comparibokity





- Dual 10Gb Ethernet. - Remote management via OpenBMC or MegaRAC. - Up to 2TB ECC RAM. - Supports Ampere Altra processors up to the 128-core Altra Max.

VGA out and 10Gbit NICs were worth the upgrade to the NT edition.