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Tom M
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Is there a cheaper Epyc MB

Is there a cheaper Epyc MB out there than the Epycd8 MB?

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Tom M
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Gigabyte MZF2-AC0 4GPU Dual

Gigabyte MZF2-AC0 4GPU Dual AMD Epyc 7002/7003 10pcie 16DIMM Server Motherboard

Apparently if you really want a 10 pcie slot MB you can get one without adding anything.

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Tom M

Tom M wrote:

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-launches-jetson-orin-nano-developer-kit-at-249-mini-pc-for-developers

I think this may be a smaller version of what Keith M is running?



the inverse. Keith is running a smaller ("smaller" is a weird word choice, older is more appropriate, physical size is basically the same). version of that. he has the older Jetson Nano. originally he had the original Nano with the Tegra X1 and 128-core Maxwell GPU, then upgraded to the X2 with 256-core pascal GPU.

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Tom M wrote: Gigabyte

Tom M wrote:

Gigabyte MZF2-AC0 4GPU Dual AMD Epyc 7002/7003 10pcie 16DIMM Server Motherboard

Apparently if you really want a 10 pcie slot MB you can get one without adding anything.



not "without adding anything". you'll need to add all the custom MCIO->PCIe adapters

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Tom M
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I thought I saw 10 regular

I thought I saw 10 regular pcie slots?

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Keith Myers
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Nope, not a single PCIE slot

Nope, not a single PCIE slot on that board.  Just a lot of memory DIMM slots for the two sockets.

All PCIE supported externally off the board through the MCIO connectors on the edge.  Meant for a server case or mining chassis.

 

Tom M
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https://www.tomshardware.com/

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/worlds-first-open-source-armv9-motherboard-surfaces-radxa-orion-o6s-pricing-starts-at-usd200-for-the-8gb-ram-model

I wonder if this would be competitive with the Nvidia soc mentioned previously excluding the different GPU's?

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Keith Myers
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Hard to say. One of the main

Hard to say. One of the main benefits of the Jetson ecosystem is the broad software and hardware support. Jetson are supported by everyone including 3rd party software and hardware vendors.  Lots of things bolt straight onto a Jetson, just like a Pi.

Main thing missing is the Nvidia gpu that is the primary advantage of the Jetson platform.

All this other SBC offers is double the cpu core count compared to Jetson.  You can just get more cores from a standard ARM server platform.

 

Tom M
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Keith Myers wrote: Nope, not

Keith Myers wrote:

Nope, not a single PCIE slot on that board.  Just a lot of memory DIMM slots for the two sockets.

All PCIE supported externally off the board through the MCIO connectors on the edge.  Meant for a server case or mining chassis.

I see that I screwed up the link. It is taking us to a AsRock motherboard not the gigabyte one.

Hang on

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126363009250?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zfivnoeyrpm&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=PAS42sWPTnG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I would swear I am seeing 10 slots though the plastic.

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Keith Myers
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Yes that board you linked

Yes that board you linked correctly has ten PCIE slots.  Still have to deal with either single slot cards which are rare or PCIE extenders to physically move the cards off the board to an external chassis.

 

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