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ASRock Rocks Out the X570D4I-2T - A mini-ITX X570 motherboard with two 10 Gigabit Ethernet Jacks
Alright, it is so cute that I had to post about it. ASRock is releasing an X570 based mini-ITX motherboard that has been fitted with two 10 Gbit/s ethernet jacks next to a single Gigabit jack.
However, this motherboard will be available to build yourself a server with. That's right, a 17x17cm motherboard with dual 10 Gigabit jacks and wait for it, support for ECC memory. There are four DIMM slots on the motherboard and as you can see, these are rather small, so that's SODIMM memory. So with a PRO series Ryzen processor you can go ECC. If you stick to regular memory, then even a Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core processor could be housed there.
Other than that it is interesting to see that the X570 is not actively cooled. PCIe wise you'll get one x16 slot (PCIe 4.0). The read connectors show a duo of USB 3.2 ports (type-a), a Gigabit port for IPMI, then two 10 GbE ports, and a d-sub video port (VGA) connector which is still the standard for servers. Two OcuLink connectors enable up to eight SATA devices, so that is not two SATA connectors that you see. Also, a single m.2-2280 connector is present for your NVMe M.2 SSD.
Probably not, but we hope ASRock will launch the X570D4I-GT2 on the consumer market as well. The earlier X470 model was just over 300 EUR.
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#5756302 Posted on: 01/31/2020 08:53 PM
Finally, an ITX board with four RAM slots, PCI-E, and other connectivity - so now it can be more than just an ATM.
I could actually get some content creation work done with this!
Not only that, but this actually seems to make use of the extra PCIe bandwidth. 10Gbps Ethernet is a really nice feature to have integrated. I don't like how you can have a perfectly good chipset "wasted" on a board that can't take advantage of it, but this one does.
Finally, an ITX board with four RAM slots, PCI-E, and other connectivity - so now it can be more than just an ATM.
I could actually get some content creation work done with this!
Not only that, but this actually seems to make use of the extra PCIe bandwidth. 10Gbps Ethernet is a really nice feature to have integrated. I don't like how you can have a perfectly good chipset "wasted" on a board that can't take advantage of it, but this one does.
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#5756344 Posted on: 02/01/2020 12:31 AM
Asus: There's only 1cm between the PCB and the video card. No choice but to install a tiny, high RPM fan for the chipset.
Asrock: Let's change the PCB design so that the chipset is elsewhere and there's room for a decent passive heat sink.
Asus: ???
Asus: There's only 1cm between the PCB and the video card. No choice but to install a tiny, high RPM fan for the chipset.
Asrock: Let's change the PCB design so that the chipset is elsewhere and there's room for a decent passive heat sink.
Asus: ???
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#5756345 Posted on: 02/01/2020 12:58 AM
- 2 x RJ45 10GLAN by Intel® X550-AT2
This alone screams SOHO Server...
I wonder how it will be priced.
- 2 x RJ45 10GLAN by Intel® X550-AT2
This alone screams SOHO Server...
I wonder how it will be priced.
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#5756355 Posted on: 02/01/2020 02:37 AM
So this doesn't have a 24-pin power connector... Has an 8-pin and two 4-pin EPS connectors so I'm guessing that second 4-pin at the bottom-right corner is what is powering the motherboard? But that means you'll also need a PSU with three EPS cables since the two 4-pins are both the left side of a 4+4 cable along with the 8-pin.
So this doesn't have a 24-pin power connector... Has an 8-pin and two 4-pin EPS connectors so I'm guessing that second 4-pin at the bottom-right corner is what is powering the motherboard? But that means you'll also need a PSU with three EPS cables since the two 4-pins are both the left side of a 4+4 cable along with the 8-pin.
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#5756359 Posted on: 02/01/2020 03:44 AM
10 Gbit Nics had quite big heat sinks, some had even active cooling.. Its this progress or disaster or some paper 10Gbit - 2.5 Gbit in real port?
10 Gbit Nics had quite big heat sinks, some had even active cooling.. Its this progress or disaster or some paper 10Gbit - 2.5 Gbit in real port?
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#5756363 Posted on: 02/01/2020 04:31 AM
i thought all ryzen cpus had ecc support?
i thought all ryzen cpus had ecc support?
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#5756372 Posted on: 02/01/2020 07:30 AM
This is the ultimate NAS or router/firewall (or both) motherboard.
Those are dual Intel 10GbE ports controlled by an Intel X550-AT2 chip, along with a another 1GbE port for remote management. That chip next to the D-sub video output is an ASpeed AST2500 BMC that provides basic graphical output, therefore there is no need to have a dGPU or an APU. Support for ECC RAM, and storage wise it has 8 SATA ports and a PCI.E 4.0 x4 NVME M.2 Then there's the 16 lanes of PCI.E 4.0 to add whatever else you want, either a ton more storage, hardware RAID, more 10GbE. Even USB is decent with two 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A and a header for another USB 31. Gen 1.
I can't wait to see what this thing is priced at...been waiting for something like this to come out for ages.
This is the ultimate NAS or router/firewall (or both) motherboard.
Those are dual Intel 10GbE ports controlled by an Intel X550-AT2 chip, along with a another 1GbE port for remote management. That chip next to the D-sub video output is an ASpeed AST2500 BMC that provides basic graphical output, therefore there is no need to have a dGPU or an APU. Support for ECC RAM, and storage wise it has 8 SATA ports and a PCI.E 4.0 x4 NVME M.2 Then there's the 16 lanes of PCI.E 4.0 to add whatever else you want, either a ton more storage, hardware RAID, more 10GbE. Even USB is decent with two 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A and a header for another USB 31. Gen 1.
I can't wait to see what this thing is priced at...been waiting for something like this to come out for ages.
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#5756378 Posted on: 02/01/2020 08:23 AM
It's true, Ryzen CPUs have ECC support, but it's down to the motherboard to properly use and implement true functionality. Asrock have the most efforts spent in this direction, for prosumer motherboards.
Things are different in server grade motherboards.
i thought all ryzen cpus had ecc support?
It's true, Ryzen CPUs have ECC support, but it's down to the motherboard to properly use and implement true functionality. Asrock have the most efforts spent in this direction, for prosumer motherboards.
Things are different in server grade motherboards.
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#5756385 Posted on: 02/01/2020 08:35 AM
ASRock Rack had a few motherboards with similar layouts in the past (e.g. EPYC3251D4I-2T). On those the 2nd 4-pin ATX 12V connector was there to provide power for SATA devices.
So this doesn't have a 24-pin power connector... Has an 8-pin and two 4-pin EPS connectors so I'm guessing that second 4-pin at the bottom-right corner is what is powering the motherboard? But that means you'll also need a PSU with three EPS cables since the two 4-pins are both the left side of a 4+4 cable along with the 8-pin.
ASRock Rack had a few motherboards with similar layouts in the past (e.g. EPYC3251D4I-2T). On those the 2nd 4-pin ATX 12V connector was there to provide power for SATA devices.
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#5756405 Posted on: 02/01/2020 11:49 AM
So since the x570 chipset is cooled by the CPU fan on the typical OEM 'downdraft' style cooler, why can't larger motherboards do this?
For two cents I'd almost wager I could run my bottom front case fan off the header for the chipset fan on my x570 board... IF it was directed enough at the chipset. Not that I've ever heard the chipset fan yet in 6 months (I haven't).
So with a modest processor 3600/3600x, a modest graphics card, I could build my retired 70 year old mother the best "Multiplayer Solitaire Deathmatch" machine in town. SWEET! She's going to love that. That's her absolute favorite game.
So since the x570 chipset is cooled by the CPU fan on the typical OEM 'downdraft' style cooler, why can't larger motherboards do this?
For two cents I'd almost wager I could run my bottom front case fan off the header for the chipset fan on my x570 board... IF it was directed enough at the chipset. Not that I've ever heard the chipset fan yet in 6 months (I haven't).
So with a modest processor 3600/3600x, a modest graphics card, I could build my retired 70 year old mother the best "Multiplayer Solitaire Deathmatch" machine in town. SWEET! She's going to love that. That's her absolute favorite game.
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#5756747 Posted on: 02/02/2020 11:23 PM
- 2 x RJ45 10GLAN by Intel® X550-AT2
This alone screams SOHO Server...
I wonder how it will be priced.
Heck yeah, could make one heck of a server with this thing. I've used several sff/itx for routers and file servers and what not, but this would allow for a whole new world of big power in a tiny system. i love that it has a dedicated ipmi nic. hook it up to a nice IP KVM and you will never even have to be onsite. Even if it is priced a bit on the high side, and even if you splashed a bit of cash making it pretty fancy, you could still have a killer server for around/under $5000, and it would be tiny. It would out-perform quite a few servers that i deal with, i know that much......and it may just be what i replace a certain SAN controller that i hate with.
- 2 x RJ45 10GLAN by Intel® X550-AT2
This alone screams SOHO Server...
I wonder how it will be priced.
Heck yeah, could make one heck of a server with this thing. I've used several sff/itx for routers and file servers and what not, but this would allow for a whole new world of big power in a tiny system. i love that it has a dedicated ipmi nic. hook it up to a nice IP KVM and you will never even have to be onsite. Even if it is priced a bit on the high side, and even if you splashed a bit of cash making it pretty fancy, you could still have a killer server for around/under $5000, and it would be tiny. It would out-perform quite a few servers that i deal with, i know that much......and it may just be what i replace a certain SAN controller that i hate with.
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#5757079 Posted on: 02/03/2020 10:26 PM
It looks fantastic, this would be perfection if they could cram an additional m.2 on the back.
It looks fantastic, this would be perfection if they could cram an additional m.2 on the back.
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#5757201 Posted on: 02/04/2020 08:34 AM
i thought all ryzen cpus had ecc support?
It's true, Ryzen CPUs have ECC support, but it's down to the motherboard to properly use and implement true functionality. Asrock have the most efforts spent in this direction, for prosumer motherboards.
Things are different in server grade motherboards.
I was under the impression that ECC was only "validated" on Ryzen Pro chips ?
Still, this is a motherboard that I could easily buy to replace my ITX Nas motherboard....
Just waiting for the eye-watering price
i thought all ryzen cpus had ecc support?
It's true, Ryzen CPUs have ECC support, but it's down to the motherboard to properly use and implement true functionality. Asrock have the most efforts spent in this direction, for prosumer motherboards.
Things are different in server grade motherboards.
I was under the impression that ECC was only "validated" on Ryzen Pro chips ?
Still, this is a motherboard that I could easily buy to replace my ITX Nas motherboard....
Just waiting for the eye-watering price
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#5757202 Posted on: 02/04/2020 08:42 AM
I was under the same impression. The Pro line for Ryzen family address to certain professional grade workstations.
But reality is different. The Ryzen CPUS can work with ECC ram, but having the ram memory validated and also enabled fully and working as it should it is a different story.
There are a lot of threads about building Ryzen NAS with full ECC support needed for ZFS file system. And very few motherboards are having ECC ram fully enabled and running.
I was under the same impression. The Pro line for Ryzen family address to certain professional grade workstations.
But reality is different. The Ryzen CPUS can work with ECC ram, but having the ram memory validated and also enabled fully and working as it should it is a different story.
There are a lot of threads about building Ryzen NAS with full ECC support needed for ZFS file system. And very few motherboards are having ECC ram fully enabled and running.
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Finally, an ITX board with four RAM slots, PCI-E, and other connectivity - so now it can be more than just an ATM.
I could actually get some content creation work done with this!