GIGABYTE Outs Trio of Socket AM5 Server Products Based on B650E

[btarunr]

GIGABYTE released three of the first Socket AM5 server motherboards and barebones, letting you build small-business/home servers using AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors. These boards may feature a client-segment CPU socket, but come with server-grade components for 24/7 or high-uptime operation, and remote-management features. The three are based on the AMD B650E chipset, which means it gets full PCI-Express Gen 5 (for an x16 slot and an x4 Gen 5 NVMe).

The MC13-LE0 and MC13-LE1 motherboards are built in the Micro-ATX form-factor, but with a design optimized for rack airflow. Both boards feature an identical PCB layout, but differ in their network connectivity options. The MC13-LE1 offers two 10 GbE interfaces driven by an Intel X710 controller; while the MC13-LE0 gives you two 1 GbE interfaces, each driven by an Intel i210. Both boards offer an ASPEED AST2600 remote-management chip with its dedicated 1 GbE port; one M.2 PCIe Gen 5 slot, a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 slot, and four SATA 6 Gbps ports. The W332-Z00 is an M-ATX tower server/workstation barebones (you add your own processor, DDR5 memory, and storage). This features a different motherboard than the MC13-LE#, with two M.2 PCIe Gen 5 slots, and Realtek-supplied remote-management and 2.5 GbE chips.



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[Dirt Chip]

Please bring back this basic design for consumers!
Plenty of people will gladly save on useless esthetic, led, plastic and metal whatsoever and some of us still preferer the non-glass case so the look is even more pointless.
Just plain functionality, that's all I'm asking.

 

[Chaitanya]

Gigabyte also has entry level X670 board below Elite X SKU now.

 

[Jism]

Please bring back this basic design for consumers!
Plenty of people will gladly save on useless esthetic, led, plastic whatsoever and some of us still preferer the non-glass case so the look is even more pointless.
Just plain functionality, that's all I'm asking.

Those things proberly dont sell alot. And i dont understand. You can turn off RGB and all that, its not like your looking 24/7 inside your computer case are you?

Above product is great. Most EPYC have relatively low clocks on avg 2.4 ~ 3Ghz but a Ryzen 7950X based server boosts double those speeds. There's still a league of applications where you want to have maximum core clocks instead of more threads. At least i can think of a few workloads that would benefit a high speed desktop consumer CPU rather then a server based CPU.

These boards have the grade to run 24/7 for years. I have servers (15 to be precise) on which some of 'm have'nt even rebooted since 3 years ago. Just saying.

 

[Dirt Chip]

Those things proberly dont sell alot. And i dont understand. You can turn off RGB and all that, its not like your looking 24/7 inside your computer case are you?

Above product is great. Most EPYC have relatively low clocks on avg 2.4 ~ 3Ghz but a Ryzen 7950X based server boosts double those speeds. There's still a league of applications where you want to have maximum core clocks instead of more threads. At least i can think of a few workloads that would benefit a high speed desktop consumer CPU rather then a server based CPU.

These boards have the grade to run 24/7 for years. I have servers (15 to be precise) on which some of 'm have'nt even rebooted since 3 years ago. Just saying.

I dont want to pay for useless things I dont use, that are purely esthetic. This junk take bigger and bigger part of the product.

Save all the materials, assembly, software and engineering of "make it look pretty and cool" and reduce price or give more functionality and stability.

 

[Quake]

I dont want to pay for useless things I dont use, that are purely esthetic. This junk take bigger and bigger part of the product.

Save all the materials, assembly, software and engineering of "make it look pretty and cool" and reduce price or give more functionality and stability.

Definitely! Integrated I/O, LED/RGB heatsinks, software to control those RGBs... I know they have their audience, but it would be great if we could get all the performance related features without such "features". Wondering how much cheaper a e.g. ROG motherboard would be...

 

[SL2]

Isn't this pretty much a double post? Even if it's not a press release?

GIGABYTE Unveils Enterprise-grade Motherboards and an Entry Level Workstation for the Launch of AMD Ryzen 7000 Series

GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376), an industry leader in high-performance servers and workstations, today announced supporting products for the new AMD AM5 platform starting with two GIGABYTE motherboards, MC13-LE0 & MC13-LE1, that pair a consumer CPU with IPMI management functionalities via...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Dirt Chip]

Definitely! Integrated I/O, LED/RGB heatsinks, software to control those RGBs... I know they have their audience, but it would be great if we could get all the performance related features without such "features". Wondering how much cheaper a e.g. ROG motherboard would be...

50$ for all the junk, another 150$ for the "loss" of "primum" look.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

So now for basic motherboards we have to shell out extra for stuff marketed as enterprise/workstation-grade instead of marketing just calling spade a spade - entry level customer stuff?

Greed knows no bounds...

 

[LabRat 891]

Really like the 'utilitarian' design. Others might deride the case's and board's style/layout, I really appreciate it. I've been getting quite tired of 'RGB everywhere' and 'extreme' aesthetics.

Now that I think about it... Considering that OCing is basically dead, and the even stock PBO/Turbo 'delivers' when kept 'overcool'; boards like this might end up 'choice' for gamers, etc. that don't upgrade often.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

And i dont understand. You can turn off RGB and all that, its not like your looking 24/7 inside your computer case are you?

Truly, someone who believes RGB will give you 25% more performance. Keep the faith, bro!

I prefer the minimalist look, any aesthetics that are powered(controlled) from the BIOS is a complete was of BIOS space, you wouldnt see RGB on a board meant for LN2.

 

[framebuffer]

Do they sell only the case?
It's perfect for my early 2000 builds!

 

[Michael_O]

The MMC13-NB0 inside the chassis is the board I would want, hopefully won't be too much to buy standalone.
Agree with all the comments re RGB and keeping costs down, wish more MB manfacturers focused more on functionality and design/layout rather than bling.
I plan to put this board in a closed chassis anyway so pointless having tons of RGB.

 

[Wirko]

Please bring back this basic design for consumers!
Plenty of people will gladly save on useless esthetic, led, plastic and metal whatsoever and some of us still preferer the non-glass case so the look is even more pointless.
Just plain functionality, that's all I'm asking.

Also, white versions. I have always chosen white cases and white keyboards (in the 90s it was "PC beige" actually, later it was white).

Isn't this pretty much a double post? Even if it's not a press release?

GIGABYTE Unveils Enterprise-grade Motherboards and an Entry Level Workstation for the Launch of AMD Ryzen 7000 Series

GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376), an industry leader in high-performance servers and workstations, today announced supporting products for the new AMD AM5 platform starting with two GIGABYTE motherboards, MC13-LE0 & MC13-LE1, that pair a consumer CPU with IPMI management functionalities via...

www.techpowerup.com

Hm, there's the 1394 hole in the same place, so probably you're right.

 

[Chaitanya]

Truly, someone who believes RGB will give you 25% more performance. Keep the faith, bro!

I prefer the minimalist look, any aesthetics that are powered(controlled) from the BIOS is a complete was of BIOS space, you wouldnt see RGB on a board meant for LN2.

And yet recent Apex line up of boards from Asus have RGB shit all over the place.

 

[SL2]

Hm, there's the 1394 hole in the same place, so probably you're right.

Well spotted, I missed that one.

Gigabyte: Shut up and take my money, I needs me Firewires. (Still need a FW expansion card lol) /No I don't need it because sarcasm.

 

[dyonoctis]

Please bring back this basic design for consumers!
Plenty of people will gladly save on useless esthetic, led, plastic and metal whatsoever and some of us still preferer the non-glass case so the look is even more pointless.
Just plain functionality, that's all I'm asking.

It's always been there : socket 1700 ddr4/ddr5

 

[Arco]

Black box for the win!

 

[ModEl4]

That's an ugly case.
Lol, not even a +60 years old IT (that even loves retro gaming) and when he looks at it, it reminds him his youth doesn't like the design.
You can have minimalistic sturdy cases like Sharkoon S25-V & M25-V starting at €59 (including VAT) for example.

 

[Chaitanya]

That's an ugly case.
Lol, not even a +60 years old IT (that even loves retro gaming) and when he looks at it, it reminds him his youth doesn't like the design.
You can have minimalistic sturdy cases like Sharkoon S25-V & M25-V starting at €59 (including VAT) for example.

Atleast that Gigabyte case has mesh where fan sits unlike solid front panel of this Sharkoon case. There are quite a lot of minimal cases with good airflow and no RGB nonsense and 5.25" drive bays available.

 

[Lianna]

I can't find the word/acronym "ECC", neither in this post nor in the previous one. Are these MBs and barebones "server" at all?

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

I can't find the word/acronym "ECC", neither in this post nor in the previous one. Are these MBs and barebones "server" at all?

No the closest you'll get to "server" is HEDt and these are not HEDT either.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

Atleast that Gigabyte case has mesh where fan sits unlike solid front panel of this Sharkoon case. There are quite a lot of minimal cases with good airflow and no RGB nonsense and 5.25" drive bays available.

Did you not notice mesh on the sides of Sharkoon's front panel?

 

[jesdals]

Both motherboards support ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules and non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

 

[SunMaster]

Those things proberly dont sell alot. And i dont understand. You can turn off RGB and all that, its not like your looking 24/7 inside your computer case are you?

Above product is great. Most EPYC have relatively low clocks on avg 2.4 ~ 3Ghz but a Ryzen 7950X based server boosts double those speeds. There's still a league of applications where you want to have maximum core clocks instead of more threads. At least i can think of a few workloads that would benefit a high speed desktop consumer CPU rather then a server based CPU.

These boards have the grade to run 24/7 for years. I have servers (15 to be precise) on which some of 'm have'nt even rebooted since 3 years ago. Just saying.

The problem is all the features I don't want cost a lot to implement. I don't want to pay for the added features. Something went totally haywire the last decade, where home computer suddenly meant computers for kids. Give me back motherboards with functionality, not aesthetics.