Gigabyte AM4 B550 MC12-LE0 - ideal motherboard for mATX Ryzen server or NAS
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Right I'ma save everyone here a day of troubleshooting: If you processor isn't supported out of the box (but is compatible with the latest firmware), you need to update the IPMI first using the "rom.ima_enc" file you get from the .zip file on the support page. Yes, I know the manual says something different. It performs a check first, which fails when the file ain't proper. You can try that using the .bin file the manual wants you to use. Anyway, only after upgrading the IPMI, you can update the UEFI to support your processor. Before that, the IPMI will misidentify basically every component. Don't worry about that, just update the IPMI and it'll be fine. If you only use two sticks of DRAM, from the perspective of the CPU socket: Leave one slot free, populate the next, leave the next one free, populate the outer one. Single stick of RAM: Leave a slot free, populate the next (still counting from the perspective of the CPU socket). Also, there's one Ethernet jack for the IPMI and two separate ones for the actual system, so check which one you're plugging into. See 5:12. Oh and I think the front panel IO might be mislabeled, but that could also be my cheap-ass case. You possibly need to split one of your connectors (think it was the power LED connector) into two single Duponts. See 3:14 in the video. Regarding 10:50: You do not need a compatible CPU to flash the BIOS if you're using the up-to-date IPMI.
It's a great board imo, especially considering the price, but the documentation isn't "consumer-ready".
Just got one of these thanks to you video, migrated my NAS from an Asrock B550 paired with a 3900X to this MB with the same CPU, the IPMI alone was worth it and I can probably sell the old MB for more than this cost.
The flashing from IPMI seems totally safe too, it has many safetychecks when uploading a file, I could upgrade the BIOS and other firmware without issues.
Awesome! Thanks for the update and enjoy the new NAS.
You can fully control all the fans in the settings part of the BMC 😊
Oh, that's nice! I missed that.
@@MiyconstI would recommend you update the BMC firmware also! Really good thread on this mobo on the STH forum. Loads of good info. I also really hate the ATX power placement. Having to remove RAM to take out the power feels wrong. 😂
@@zr0dfx I should have mentioned it explicitly, I updated both BIOS and BMC to the latest available.
Server motherboards are always something else....
oh for shure man i bought my first server motherboard a HUANANZHI X99 F8D LGA 2011-3 a cpl months ago now and i love it sooooo much more stable for my uses which is crypto mining on the dual cpus which are intel xeon 2680 with a toal of 28 cores and 56 threads and 64bg of ddr4 ram mining Monaro this board is rock solid so far way better then mining on my other intel z490 motherboard
@@seanwood5443 @Karti200 what about the "problems" they give on the power deoartment compared to full atx counterparts?
@@alyia9618 what ???
This mainboard was for sure manufatctured on 2020, meaning planing way before that. To assume that they would integrate 2,5GbE is not really realistic. Its a new trend, no an old one. Agree on the to few USB-Prots thing. Nice video!
On supermicro board you can update bios even without cpu even inserted or machine booted. Would excpect it to be same. BMC basically has access to bios chip and can do whatever it like with it.
I would guess so as well but can't guarantee without testing it myself and didn't want to take any extra risk.
The Aspeed 2500 in youre config is a computer in youre computer, you can update the bios from that because its a different computer and even without a working cpu or anything.And for the Locations from the 24 Pin and 8 Pin they are there because servers have airflow in the front and blast it over the motherboard to the back. the word with youre connecter that you need it connects with a "Backplane". And the Aspeed 2500 that internal usb port ist mostly for data like video wehn youre computer bluescreens and save footage there from a few seconds bevore.
I don't mind the location of the top side of the motherboard but the 24-pin should have been flipped 180 degrees so the click in latch is not blocked. The 8-pin CPU power should be by the edge of the motherboard not to drag the cord over the other components.
Boa noite, gostei muito da explicação e de todo conteúdo,um abraço e tudo de bom
Very nice choice for cpu cooler. Maybe a higher speed fan could be used and powered from psu. Then whole board will stay cool.
I just took whatever cooler I had on my shelf for testing. 😃 But yeah, for motherboards with questionable VRM I prefer the top-down style coolers.
odds that this works with my 4500 in my server? I bought an untested one for 15 euros shipped so ill know soon enough but still curious
I wonder which CPU would be the best compromise between low idle power consumption and good performance in this board. Can you limit TDP using PBO in the BIOS?
I would say Ryzen 7 5700(X) is the sweet spot. PBO doesn't have options for CPU TDP throttling.
Does the ECC reporting work with this MB? It’s often that Ryzen systems supports (or rather “doesn’t block”) use of ECC memory but lack the proper reporting in the IPMI that an event has occurred and what was done.
Also, I wouldn’t call this a server motherboard. It’s a workstation motherboard. With that said, it could still function very well as a server. :)
I don't have any faulty ECC sticks to check incidents report but at least it's reported that ECC works.
Hello! My question might be a little far away from this video's topic but can you tell me what would be the best cpu to choose for my Huananzhi X99-P4? For gaming purposes with an RX 6600 XT.
It really depends on what games you play and what budget. I would say E5-2680/2690 V4 are the best candidates.
@@Miyconst the budget doesn't matter :)
@@Miyconst what is the difference between the ones you mentioned if they're V3 or V4? Does it matter?
@@gaborvarhelyi3131 then don't bother with this motherboard and get an AM4 or an LGA 1700 option.
@@Miyconst right now i have E5-2650V4 but feels like too much bottleneck.
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Those were below 40€ a few months ago - not worth much more without better connectivity..
Hello do you sell adaptor and TPM for Machinist X99 MR9A?
I do not.
No sleep mode, but hibernation works, right?
That's correct.
I was looking for a nas server, but I was thinking in go smaller in specs, a N100 or and ARM board. There some with 4 nvme slots, it I think for serve files and not process much data a weaker CPU and faster IO will make a difference
Well, it really depends on what your use case is and what's important for you. For myself I wouldn't go with any of the Chinese offers.
n100 got only 9 pcie lanes GEN3. So you will also get weaker IO.
My point of having 4 nvme is performance and power efficiency. The MB can power the disks, no need to a PSU to feed the ssds
There also a cm3588 board
Hello i have problems with windows installation
Hello. That's bad.
@Miyconst any solution with it, I need to update my bios
That NVMe running at 3.0x1 is pretty rough.
Not much you can do about it, AM4 CPUs don't have enough PCI lanes.
@@Miyconst Well, they do, 16 for the first PCIe slot and usually 4 for the SSD, but this board is for ppl who don't need the performance of an M.2 anyway, so they gave us another x4 PCIe slot instead. It makes sense for a server.
@@fredwupkensoppel8949 that's exactly what I said in the video, didn't I?
@@Miyconst Well yeah, but your comment made it seem like it there was an issue with AMD CPUs and their lane count. Was probably lost in translation.
Can always put an x4 SSD in the x4 slot. Problem solved.
ECC with a normal ryzen chip.. i did knot know that was possible
It's possible with most of the Ryzen CPUs but not with all, the G series does not support ECC but G Pro does support. For example, R5 5600 and R5 5600X support ECC, R5 5600G does not, and R5 5600G Pro supports.
Near all AMD Cpus since Phenom 2 dont block ecc.Its by the Motherboard maker and Bios that Udimm ECC Dimms works.
One thing to add: The web KVM does not work and does not show any video signal. Even though IPMI does work, and both IPMI and BIOS are up to date.
But still amazing bang for the buck and 100% stable. Much better than the AsRock AM4 server board that came out years ago. And only 60€!
Could you please specify what you meant with KVM does not work?
@@Miyconst I mean the "remote" control feature. But OMG this is funny: I have never checked again if it works after having setup the system. I tried to fix it for 3-4 days. But now, 2 months later when i checked for this comment it now works..
Thanks! :)
This is the world of Prosumer server boards.
But again, when AsRock released the first AM4 board with IPMI to the market 3-4 years ago, it was MUCH more rough around the edges.
At this price, it is a steal!
@@TDCIYB77 yeah, for this price it's a steal deal, the USA price of $400 is stupidly high though. IPMI and KVM worked for me out of the box, I use HTML5 mode, not legacy Java stuff.
You have approx 40 pcie lanes with B550 right ? An ATX version would have been awesome for an all nvme storage server with dual x4/x4/x4/x4 and still room for a 10G network card. Backup goes vrrrrrrr !
No, CPU has up to 20 PCI-E 4.0 lanes, B550 chipset has 4 PCI-E 3.0 lanes and 8 PCI-E 2.0 lanes.
I'm going to argue with you a little bit here: I agree with all your PROs, but your first 3 CONs are--if you evaluate this as a purely server motherboard--not as relevant (to me at least):
Smarter fan control would be nice, but if this is going in my basement, I care less about whether or not the fans are in permanent blowiematron mode;
I hardly use the USB ports on my servers so two would be fine, and is in fact typical for this type of board (and if you do need more, just add a bus-powered hub!);
And lastly, I almost never use on-board networking, so 1gbe/2.5gbe/5gbe is kind of irrelevant to me since I'll just be adding a 10gbe or 25gbe card in one of those slots. Even boards that have onboard 10gbe, it's almost always UTP, so I still need to buy a transceiver for my switch. Would much rather be able to plug in a copper DAC directly and that's much less common for onboard Ethernet.
Well.. I think we look at a "home server" differently. For me, a home or a private server is something that should be able to operate in a tight apartment and never noticed by other family members once set up. 🤣
@@Miyconst That's fair. I'm lucky enough to live in a semi-attached building with a partial basement, and a really, really big drill that I used a couple of years ago to run Ethernet down there so my home server is out of sight & out of mind. I realize not everyone has that luxury.
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