Rumor 28 core ITX from ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M
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You're now just blue-balling everyone for a threadripper ITX board now, ASRock!!!
EDIT: okay I shouldn't be tooting my own horn, but are those... horizontal RAM socket placements on the underside? o_o
EDIT: okay I shouldn't be tooting my own horn, but are those... horizontal RAM socket placements on the underside? o_o
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Guys:
https://sviko.com/t/asrock-rack-epc621d4i-2m-review-mini-itx-motherboard-for-xeon-lga3647/45
The ASRock engineers are crazy! Hoping to see one day the TR4 as well!
https://sviko.com/t/asrock-rack-epc621d4i-2m-review-mini-itx-motherboard-for-xeon-lga3647/45
The ASRock engineers are crazy! Hoping to see one day the TR4 as well!
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Threadripper or Epyc cpu support is close now!Guys:
https://sviko.com/t/asrock-rack-epc621d4i-2m-review-mini-itx-motherboard-for-xeon-lga3647/45
The ASRock engineers are crazy! Hoping to see one day the TR4 as well!
Guys:
https://sviko.com/t/asrock-rack-epc621d4i-2m-review-mini-itx-motherboard-for-xeon-lga3647/45
The ASRock engineers are crazy! Hoping to see one day the TR4 as well!
German news article
Russian news article
Yep, they've done it.
sviko.com
Quote : "When the Intel Xeon LGA-3647 series processors only appeared, many experts joked that this processor socket is so large that the mini-iTX format Board on it can not be done. And behold ASRock Rack showed the world that anything is possible, and if you need Scalable Xeon Board for nettop - please, the company has for your motherboard EPC621D4I-2M."
ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M - Review of Mini-ITX motherboard for Xeon LGA3647
When Intel Xeon processors of the LGA-3647 series first appeared, many experts joked that this processor socket was so large that it was impossible to make a Mini-iTX board on it. And now ASRock Rack showed the whole world that nothing is impossible for them, and if you need Xeon Scalable on a...
sviko.com
Quote : "When the Intel Xeon LGA-3647 series processors only appeared, many experts joked that this processor socket is so large that the mini-iTX format Board on it can not be done. And behold ASRock Rack showed the world that anything is possible, and if you need Scalable Xeon Board for nettop - please, the company has for your motherboard EPC621D4I-2M."
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(Mods - Could someone merge the conversation together? This is spread across 3 threads. I'm going to post in this one seeing as its older.)
I think someone on that twitter thread described it best with the Jeff Goldblum quote. Anyway, one of the first SFF ideas I had in my mind was a build with this boards predecessor, C422 WSI/IPMI because I wanted 64gb RAM and ECC at the time, (I still want 64GB, now hedging my bets Ryzen 3 brings 128GB). The biggest roadblocks I ran into was the lack of USB's, lack of Wifi/Bluetooth, lack of soundcard/chip, overall cost, the fact the board did not support 16GB ECC sticks and the temps.
Here was what I came up with at the time (December 2018).
That came to nearly £3916.88 or $5152.22 USD (As of today). Nowdays I prefer to aim around the £2000 mark.
I think if anyone wants this to work in an SFF format, we are going to need a bespoke case made. I imagine it would be like a wind tunnel a bit like the CaseLabs Bullet BH4 crossed with a server case. The sub-70 TR4/SP3 cooler thread has taught me we are going to need something special for HEDT/Server CPU's.
And if anyone wants to attempt doing a slim case here are some Supermicro coolers and the Dyantron B1, B3, B4, B5, B8, B11, B16, B18 and B21.
Plus here's a list of CPU's on Scan.
Good hunting.
I think someone on that twitter thread described it best with the Jeff Goldblum quote. Anyway, one of the first SFF ideas I had in my mind was a build with this boards predecessor, C422 WSI/IPMI because I wanted 64gb RAM and ECC at the time, (I still want 64GB, now hedging my bets Ryzen 3 brings 128GB). The biggest roadblocks I ran into was the lack of USB's, lack of Wifi/Bluetooth, lack of soundcard/chip, overall cost, the fact the board did not support 16GB ECC sticks and the temps.
Here was what I came up with at the time (December 2018).
CPU | Intel 6 Core Xeon W-2135 |
CPU Cooler | Dynatron T318 1U LGA 2011 |
Motherboard | C422 WSI/IPMI |
Wireless USB | ASUS USB-AC53 NANO Wi-Fi |
Bluetooth USB | ASUS USB-BT400 Bluetooth 4.0 |
Ram | Crucial 16GB CT16G4TFD8266 |
Case | Dan A4 SFX |
PSU | Corsair SF600 Platinum |
GPU | NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 |
Boot Drive | Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB |
Active Drive | Samsung 970 PRO 1 TB |
Active Drive Adapter | StarTech.com M.2 to U.2 Adapter |
Scratch Drive | Samsung 860 EVO 500GB mSATA |
Scratch Drive Adapter | SAT32MSATPEX |
U.2 Cable | CBL-SAST-0956 |
92mm Fans | Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM x 2 |
USB C to A cable | USB 3.1 Front Panel Header to USB 3.0 20 Pin |
Internal USB | BQLZR 9-Pin to 2 USB 2.0 A |
That came to nearly £3916.88 or $5152.22 USD (As of today). Nowdays I prefer to aim around the £2000 mark.
I think if anyone wants this to work in an SFF format, we are going to need a bespoke case made. I imagine it would be like a wind tunnel a bit like the CaseLabs Bullet BH4 crossed with a server case. The sub-70 TR4/SP3 cooler thread has taught me we are going to need something special for HEDT/Server CPU's.
And if anyone wants to attempt doing a slim case here are some Supermicro coolers and the Dyantron B1, B3, B4, B5, B8, B11, B16, B18 and B21.
Plus here's a list of CPU's on Scan.
Good hunting.
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no I mean these two markers
eh I think
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it's more-or-less official now ._. they list the reviews and yet they haven't released the proper page
https://www.asrockrack.com/general/news.asp
https://www.asrockrack.com/general/news.asp
Taking a closer look at the Cascade Lake CPU's the lowest TDP is 85W's. Take that how you will.
Also a review from April.
Also a review from April.
Better late than never. Title's fixed. (Will do better next time ?)
I merged the topics and the posts in the X299 thread.
This board is all kinds of weird. I'm sad it only has 1GbE as 10GbE shouldn't have been a problem. The tall M.2 sockets on the reverse side also demand case support to be investigated. Though I ponder how much space you are saving when 205W TDP CPUs are supported on such a small board.
Hats off to ASRock for once again raising the bar on board realestate efficiency !
This board is all kinds of weird. I'm sad it only has 1GbE as 10GbE shouldn't have been a problem. The tall M.2 sockets on the reverse side also demand case support to be investigated. Though I ponder how much space you are saving when 205W TDP CPUs are supported on such a small board.
Hats off to ASRock for once again raising the bar on board realestate efficiency !
I can only assume they're going to officially drop this at computex ._. as the little monster's Xeon cousin
Currently mulling a build idea for this:
CPU | Intel 10 Core Xeon Silver 4210 85W |
CPU Cooler | Dynatron B4A FCLGA 3647 Narrow ILM + 3D Printed Adapter |
| CPU Fan | Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM |
Motherboard | ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M |
Ram | Crucial 16GB DDR4 2666 (PC4-21300) CL19 ECC CT16G4TFD8266 x4 (64GB) |
Case | Skyreach 4 MINI |
PSU | HDPLEX 400 AC-DC + HDPLEX 400 DC-DC |
GPU | NVIDIA Quadro P2000 |
Boot Drive | WD Black SN750 500GB With Heatsink |
Active Drive | WD Black SN750 2TB With Heatsink |
92mm Fans | Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM x 2 |
USB Wifi + Bluetooth | Edimax EW-7611ULB USB Wi-Fi Adapter with Bluetooth |
| USB DAC | AudioQuest DragonFly |
Operating System | Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit |
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Eh, I would say if you really wanted to use this board, go big or go home. 10-18 cores would make more sense on the X299 platform unless you really want ECC as there are more features and better cooled components on the X299 itx board. 20 cores and beyond is where this board starts to really shine.
I'm not worthy.... ?
We used to joke about this, I really didn't think it was possible. Honestly, the socket looks smaller on the board than I thought it would be, I thought it would take up half an ITX board, but this board looks less crammed than the consumer X299. I guess when you strip it down of all extras, you get a lot of space back.
Honestly, if they just get rid of the VGA port and give it 2 more USB 3, one USB 2 header, 1 more SATA and a black PCB, it's basically ready for the prosumer space. You can get a DAC for audio and an external WiFi if you need it, and 2 M.2 is enough. I don't know if Intel will release consumer chips on this socket, but it's safe to say if they do, ASRock will have a consumer ITX board ready.
I would love to see this board in an S4 Mini or even a Velka 3, it would be hilarious. I hope Linus does a build with it in the A4-SFX for his next ultimate compact PC.
We used to joke about this, I really didn't think it was possible. Honestly, the socket looks smaller on the board than I thought it would be, I thought it would take up half an ITX board, but this board looks less crammed than the consumer X299. I guess when you strip it down of all extras, you get a lot of space back.
Honestly, if they just get rid of the VGA port and give it 2 more USB 3, one USB 2 header, 1 more SATA and a black PCB, it's basically ready for the prosumer space. You can get a DAC for audio and an external WiFi if you need it, and 2 M.2 is enough. I don't know if Intel will release consumer chips on this socket, but it's safe to say if they do, ASRock will have a consumer ITX board ready.
I would love to see this board in an S4 Mini or even a Velka 3, it would be hilarious. I hope Linus does a build with it in the A4-SFX for his next ultimate compact PC.
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now that this board is being shown around, a lot of people completely turned around on their opinion for a TR4 ITX board ._.
at least there'd be a lot more people to talk with now
at least there'd be a lot more people to talk with now
I'll take ten. I'll see if i can get some glory shots at Computex 
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