AMD’s new powerhouse Ryzen 9 and Threadripper processors generate a lot of heat. Up until now, the only way of cooling the chips down has been to use our custom water-cooling solution to regulate temperature, which depending on the application can be difficult to achieve.
An even harder task is finding high-performing 1U rack mount computers able to support a full ‘Server’ feature set like ‘Out of band management’ and ECC RAM. Generally speaking, this is because AMD motherboards are incompatible with most rack mountable cases, so enjoying the benefit of the Ryzen chips in smaller units just isn’t possible.
That’s where ASRock’s new X570 motherboard chipset comes into play.
We’re getting 1U ready for Ryzen
Compatible with AMD’s 3rd generation of processors, as well as their upcoming Zen 3 architecture, the X570 is a Socket AM4 chipset with a big feature list. The impressive chipset now supports 3200MHz and ECC RAM, an IPMI Management Interface, a VGA onboard GPU port, and Dual 10Gb/s Intel NIC ports. This is great news for our customers, as it means for the very first time we’re able to offer support for AMD Ryzen CPUs within our 1U Workstation and Server models, including their impressive Ryzen 9 3950X.
Cool and compact
As well as being a more compact board, the orientation of the X570 has changed completely. Instead of its RAM sockets going left to right like on previous boards, these are now front to back – the orientation you would ordinarily find in a rack mount server. This important alteration means the sockets no longer act as an air flow barrier, enabling AMD’s powerful Threadripper CPUs to be air-cooled. This radically simplifies the way in which temperature is controlled within a unit, reducing the need for more complex water-based solutions.
As well as these exciting changes, the X570 offers:
- Up to 16x PCIe 4.0 lanes
- Up to 12 SATA 6Gbps ports
- 3200MHz RAM support with ECC
- IPMI Management Interface
- Dual 10Gb/s Intel X550 Ethernet ports
Available soon
We’re currently still working on integrating the X570 motherboard into our 1U PC, which we anticipate will become available later this month. We’re thrilled to be able to give our customers the opportunity to enjoy the power of AMD’s Ryzen processors in even more of our units by making these available in the Workstation and Server models of our 1U PC.
If you would like to find out more about how you can harness AMD Ryzen 9 and Threadripper CPUs in our rack mount computers, please get in touch.
