
* Lots of potential for storage. 28 PCIe lanes is huge at this price point. * IPMI is so convenient for running a headless system. * Fits plenty of potential in a small form factor. 4 built in SATA ports plus 2 M.2 sockets. 7 fan headers. M.2 doesn't compete with PCIe for lanes. All awesome.

IPMI alone has to be the biggest feature! Board looks built to last decades

Everything works, The IPMI web interface is fast and easy.

- IPMI "just works". Updating BIOS + BMC firmware over IPMI web browser feels like I'm actually in the future. - IPMI event logging is clean. I've noticed one of my 8 RDIMMs is throwing a single correctable error about twice a month, so I have a task list to go in and re-seat/clean/replace it if necessary. Thanks, IPMI logging! - Great supporting list of CPU models/generations. I went with a used Milan I got for a bargain off Eb@y.

VGA out and 10Gbit NICs were worth the upgrade to the NT edition.

All the features you could ever want. Has sensors for days! HTML5 WebUI for Remote Console to your OS!


- CPU comes preinstalled - Plenty of PCI slots - Stable under load - Remote management interface

Ipmi feature allowed effortless bios update even without a cpu or ram. Also enabled full setup without a screen, all it need was Lan and power. Plenty of pcie lanes for small businesses or home lab

* Can accommodate 128 GB of RAM. * PCIe 4.0. * 2× Oculink ports. * Feature-rich IPMI Web interface. * 2× 10 Gb ethernet. * Passively cooled X570 chipset.

- below $350 this is a great option to pack huge amount of power into a small box - can serve 48 or 64 core EPYC - slimSAS connectors allow you to add extra devices (e.g. additional drives, I actually use an EDSFF SSD with adapters) - fits e.g. 2U Dynatron coolers but also chunky ones like the ID-Cooling SE-207-TRX

I gave this product full stars because is worked as advertised without issue successfully from day one for the last ninety days plus. This is after two failed attempts using the ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE and a six month hiatus. For details, see my Total Disaster Newegg review for that ASUS motherboard. Other than solid quality and solid reliability, it is difficult for me to review this Gigabyte board. The reason is that the board is most definitely designed to be a server motherboard. I configured it into a workstation motherboard.


- IPMI - Supports ECC





IMPI\BMC, serial console accessible through IPMI, PCIE, high memory bandwidth
