Help me Decide please AMD ot Intel

ChuckH · May 20, 2020, 3:49pm

There is also the X570D4I-2T coming out soon. Dual 10gb nic, but its mITX. Only one pcie slot.

There is also a rumored matx x570 version coming out in fall.

EDIT: there are a good threads on these boards here:

ASRock Rack has created the first AM4 socket server boards, X470D4U, X470D4U2-2T Motherboards

ASRock Rack Product Page Ever since Ryzens release I have been waiting for this. This product, as far as I know, the first AM4 socketed server grade motherboard that is going to be released. This would be great for budget minded homelabbers that don’t need a million Threadripper or Xeon cores. Someone like me for example. This would be an awesome budget VM host. I cannot wait to get my hands on one. Here are some of the biggest features: X470 Chipset ECC UDIMM DDR4 is supported (up to 64GB) PCIe 3.0 x16 (splittable to x4/x4/x4/x4) IMPI via Realtek RTL8211E chipset ASPEED AST2500 with 256MB VRAM for basic display via VGA Dual Gigabit LAN via Intel i210 chipset Dual M.2 slots Dual USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports Serial and VGA ports on the back. Better late than never! EDIT: Added iGPU detail 2nd Edit: Added model names: X470D4U, X470D4U2-2T

ASRock X570D4I-2T Motherboards

https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X570D4I-2T#Specifications Need some advice on splitting up a 16X slot into 2 x slots. I’ve been running a PCI-e 1X in a 16X slot since Z87 days. Using an Intel chip with GPU on die has worked fine. But want to use an AMD Ryzen 2/3, which means a 1 x slot Mini ITX must share an 8X basic GFX card, and a 1X Audio card using a split riser. I have no idea if this can be done and buying 2500 worth of components is forcing me to seek advice from anyone knowledgable. I’ve been told that the Aspeed AST2500 would easily handle my 2D needs which is basically monitoring signals, no 3D, no FPS requirements. But don’t know if Windows 10 can access the ASPEED Chip, or if I get Windows 2012, if it’s compatible with my audio interface. Here’s the GFX 8X and the Riser card I would use. Any help is much appreciated. [image] [image]