ASRock’s server division, ASRock Rack, has launched a brand new motherboard. The mannequin in query is none apart from the W890D8UD-1L1N2T/BCM, a barbaric reference for a motherboard in µATX format. µATX certainly, however with a LGA-4677 socket ! Now that’s extra spectacular!
ASRock Rack W890D8UD-1L1N2T/BCM, a LGA-4677 micro-ATX board!
This card is a really particular mannequin. Not solely is it a server platform, it’s additionally a board in µATX format… Well, deep micro-ATX , which implies it’s somewhat wider and somewhat greater than a traditional µATX board.
Nevertheless, on this format, ASRock manages to suit a LGA-4677 socket and eight reminiscence slots. The latter can accommodate as much as 2TB(RDIMM-3DS 4H) of ECC RAM working at 4800 MT/s. There are additionally 4 PCIe x16 5.0 connectors, all wired in x16.
The storage part stays mild, with the presence of 4 SATA IIIs. There’s additionally an M.2 2280 in PCIe 4.0 x4 and three OCuLink in PCIe 4.0 x4, one in all which supplies entry to 4 extra SATAs .
On the rear, the board options two USB-A 3.2 Gen1 and a UID button with LED. There’s additionally a VGA output and a serial port. As for Ethernet, it’s occasion time with a minimum of 4 ports. Among them, two are pushed by Broadcom BCM57416 in 15 GbE. The different two will run on 2.5 GbE Intel i226 and 1 GbE Intel I210, the latter getting used for IPMI features.
Here’s the ASRock Rack datasheet!
