When we think of processors for servers, data centers, computing such as AMD EPYC Rome, we imagine machines in Rack format, or large towers with ATX motherboards or larger. This is why the latest proposal from ASRock through its ASRock Rack range is so striking: the ROMED4ID-2T motherboard.

This board with 4094 socket SP3 supports AMD Epyc ROME series 7002 based on the Zen 2 architecture and all in a proprietary format similar to ITX, in fact ASrock calls it as “Deep mini-itx “, because although it keeps the width of 170 mm of mini-ITX plates, it is somewhat longer, going from 170 mm a little more than 208 mm. Even so, it is quite a logo to have a board with support for these CPUs, with such a large socket, in such a small size.

At the connectivity level, we have a fairly small repertoire of ports, with two USB 3.0, one VGA and four network ports. Two of them from 10 GbE. The reason for this is because it is a board designed for small servers that will not require direct physical interaction in the usual way.

The ASRock ROMED4ID-2T supports four DDR4 modules up to 256 GB

Offers four R-DIMM, LR-DIMM type DDR4 RAM memory slots o NV-DIMM with module support from up to 256 GB with a speed of 3. 200 MHz.

It is also not missing a PCI Express 4.0 x port 16, nor M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 and SATA and U.2 ports. Its price and availability are unknown at the moment.

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Antonio Delgado

Computer Engineer by training, editor and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.