The Gigabyte ME33-AR0 is the corporate’s single-socket AMD EPYC 8004 motherboard. We’ve began our EPYC 8004 “Siena” sequence and that is an understated, or under-hyped platform that loads of people may very well be benefiting from. Gigabyte’s platform for a Siena server is exclusive in comparison with others available in the market. Allow us to get into it.
Gigabyte ME33-AR0 {Hardware} Overview
The motherboard goes to look very totally different, however the dimension is EATX 12″ x 13″. Which means it would combine into many alternative chassis. If you’re studying this, and doing a double-take on the motherboard, we’ll undergo why it seems the way in which it does on this article.
The brand new motherboard makes use of the AMD SP6 socket. One may very well be excused for considering it seems so much just like the Naples by way of Milan (and Threadripper) SP3 socket. A simple option to inform is that there are six reminiscence channels and as much as two DIMMs per channel for twelve DIMM slots complete.
Within the socket are the AMD EPYC 8004 CPUs that scale as much as 64 cores utilizing Xeon 4c cores, the identical which can be in “Bergamo“. A method to consider that is that it’s like half a Bergamo from a most core depend and DDR5 reminiscence channel perspective.
Placing the CPU on the entrance of the motherboard permits for the system to direct airflow over the CPU heatsink. It additionally permits for the entire reminiscence channels to be current alongside plenty of PCIe slots.
Simply displaying an instance of this, we are able to see the Gigabyte G242-Z10 or the Gigabyte MZ32-AR0 as earlier era examples of how this works. Now, Gigabyte is bringing an identical fashion platform utilizing a more recent know-how.
Subsequent to the DIMM slots on the highest of the motherboard are two PCie Gen5 x4 M.2 slots.
Gigabyte additionally has three x8 MCIO connectors on the vanguard of the motherboard. Two are on the highest aspect.
The opposite is on the underside. These give a complete of 24 lanes or sufficient for six NVMe drives. Gigabyte additionally features a MCIO to SATA cable for many who need to use SATA drives. Two of the MCIO connectors can be utilized for SATA giving a complete of 16 drives.
There are 4 PCIe x16 slots. Three are PCIe Gen5 x16. The fourth, or the highest slot on this picture is a PCIe Gen4 x16 slot.
For administration, there may be an ASPEED AST2600 BMC.
Networking is dealt with by a Broadcom BCM5720. This can be a twin port 1GbE NIC chip.
The highest of the motherboard has the ATX energy connector and the CPU energy connectors on the motherboard.
Subsequent, allow us to get to how that is all linked.
