Comments on: ASRock Rack ROME2D32GM-2T AMD EPYC Motherboard Review

By: RunsackAL

RunsackAL — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 21:23:03 +0000

I want to see this in a chassis, but I mean I love that STH does these reviews with all of that “STH context”. It’s so cool that there’s a site that can explain why not just what.

By: Guy

Guy — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 12:40:27 +0000

@emerth nailed it on the head- this is why STH is the only site I read the comments.

The way the review was stated, it sounds like this was a showcase piece for Asrock Rack. I’ll be curious if there is a vendor lined up already to integrate this, or maybe someone will build a modular platform around it.

By: Kiko Lee

Kiko Lee — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 03:59:30 +0000

That is different. Not locking you into specific psus

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 02:17:38 +0000

There are 4 USB3 ports on the edge of the motherboard, not 2 as stated in the article.

By: emerth

emerth — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:39:19 +0000

This is brilliant. This shows what can be done if we will just break our addiction to PCIe slots.

Thanks to Eric for featuring it.

Imagine the same apporoach taken to a UP Epyc or a TR Pro board: you could have a row of slim sas connectors lined up beside the CPU, providing a dozen PCIe4 x8 links. Short traces lower the cost of manufacturing it. Such a board could be uATX in size but have the IO of a EATX.