Motherboards for Epyc 7002

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That appears to be a different/older model. The new version of the EPYCD8-2T appears to be the ROMED8-2T.

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Youā€™re right, it only has PCIe3. Sorry.

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Totally understandable, it is the all over googleā€™s results when you search ROMED8-2T.

EDIT: I just recieved this response from an inquiry I made to gamepc . com, ā€œAt this time, we need to inform you the ETA of ASRock ROMED8-2T is late February. And current pricing is based on what ASRock USA has given us.ā€

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I think, ROMED8-2T is first and only EPYC 7002 MB with addional PCIe 6pin (power delivery for PCIe 16x slots).

https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=ROMED8-2T#Specifications

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What about dual SP3 (7002/3200/PCIe 4.0) MB? I think, there is no E-ATX format offer.

Not releasing WRX80 is the saddest HW think (2019/2020). :cry:

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Spotted the ASRock ROMED8-T2 for US$625 at game PC.

Reminds me of the X99 ASRock workstations of old.

This is how it is done. TRX40s take note.

I do wonder if the TRX40 boards are limited to 16/8/16/8 max on purpose, instead of having switches to spread the lanes across additional slots.

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I contacted gamepc and they said that the ROMED8-T2 wonā€™t be available until March, but that the Tyan board is available with a 1 to 2 week lead time. I donā€™t think Iā€™d buy from a place like gamepc, they donā€™t accept credit cards.

However, the Tyan S8030GM4NE-2T is available from 8anet for $545. Iā€™ve purchased Tyan motherboards from them (acme micro) in the past (ages ago) without any problems I can remember.

acmemicro sent me the block diagram of the S8030 and it looks like Tyan sanely wired the PCIE 4.0 lanes. All 5 x16 slots are full x16 and donā€™t seem to be shared.

Iā€™m leaning towards going with the Tyan board vs waiting for the ASRock rack board to appear.

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Little higher price (655US$).
https://www.prowesscomputing.com/products?sku=ROMED8-2T

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I wish theyā€™d make a dual SP3 for 7002. Supermicro has the H11DSi which is dual socket in EATX, but no PCIe4. Would really like to see one of those for their H12 series.

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I think they want to sell out PCIe 3.0 generation MB first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzmIyzRVl1A&feature=youtu.be&t=993

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I am trying to build a on-the-cheap EPYC server (my FIRST system with server hardware).

Does anyone know of the EPYCD8 & EPYCD8-2T can run the EPYC 7262 and EPYC 7302/7302P? I donā€™t really need the 10G, or PCIE4 and was trying to do it on the cheap so these boards are easily $200 cheaper (and available) than the ROMED model.

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ASROCK RACK AMD EPYC Review Part 1

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Sorry to necro an old thread but has anyone run into an issue where the onboard slimsas connectors only work with slimsas-> sata breakouts and not with u.2 based nvmeā€™s? I do not see anything in the manual saying the onboard slim-sas does not support nvme.

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Welcome aboard!

Depends on the board. But boards have SLSAS that are usable for both SATA and NVMe and SLSAS that are only for SATA. Whatā€™s your board model? Usually the board manufacturer has fancy diagrams with descriptions of the connectors. Iā€™ve seen boards that only have SLSAS for SATA, but usually itā€™s a mix of both (because confusing your customers is a thing).

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I have the EPYCD8-2T. I have come to the conclusion that those slimsas connectors only do SATA. I know in newer epyc boards some of them have the ability to toggle between sata or pcie. Sadly no option exists in the bios and I do not see anything in the manual. oh well I still have the occulink ports.

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I checked the board and the slimSAS connectors are 2x4 SATA ports. No PCIe functionality. Intention is that you use the Oculink or PCIe/M.2 slots to establish PCIe NVMe connectivity.

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