Replacement for Xeon w-1350 server platform

So my current ASRock w480 motherboard seems to be dying as the onboard graphics has quit working and it will nto boot when HDMI is plugged in. If I unplug HDMI system will boot and run. As it is being used in my Unraid server I am concerend it will eventually fail and possibly corrupt data with it. I have looked for replacement w480 and w580 MOBOs but given the availibility probems and cost for these it just doesn’t make sense to invest anymore money in my Xeon W-1300 platform.

This leaves me wondering what direction I should go. I recently saw the Gigabyte MW34-SP0 review and wonder if that would be a good replacement path. I run a series of dockers and a couple of VMs on this system mostly related to media and transcoding. Looking for any suggestions on a good replacement platform. Preferably DDR4 so I don’t have to purchase a bunch of new components.

Depending on your preferences, consider used EPYC parts from Aliexpress/ebay.

You might be able to get a 3rd gen tr pro which would work great with your existing memory and still have ipmi. It’s the best of a lot of worlds, really.

The w680 is new and has a premium that’s kinda high IMHO esp if you consider 16/24c tr pro 3000 series

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