


-reasonable cost -two m.2 slots -form factor -IPMI



It's a real beast! Works with my AMD Threadripper Pro 5975WX (also from Newegg) veeeeeery well. Note: - You have to upgrade BIOS to 2.a, otherwise can not boot. - It's cheaper than ASUS WRX80E-SAGE Pro, and I have to say, BETTER! - Too difficult to use ASUS WRX80E-SAGE Pro, which needs a BIOS updating too. However, I couldn't get ASUS BIOS Flash button & IPMI BIOS Flashing work. To verify these, I wasted money on SAGE MB, another 3955WX CPU and 8 x Crucial 16GB RAMs which are listed by ASUS. Good luck!


- 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.

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



- High-end IPMI + dual 25gb LAN = great value at $450. - Multitude of BIOS configuration options. - 1-week burn-in went well.

- Tons of expansion - 6 x16 PCIe 5.0 slots and 2 x8 MCIO ports. - 8 PWM fan headers allow for complete customization of cooling configuration without needing to use splitters. - BMC allows for remote monitoring and diagnostics. The AST2600 is a big upgrade over the AST2500 from previous boards. - IPMI Serial Over LAN provides logging of everything from when the power button is pressed. - Socketed CPU means you can easily swap processors to for example swap to a CPU with fewer cores but higher per-core speeds.


The BMC is a little clunky, but very helpful. I can't see myself getting another server that doesn't have it.




