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The DeskMini has a full blown AM4 socket, meaning you can drop in any of their desktop processors (mostly limited to their apu's, though, if you want to use tho

The DeskMini has a full blown AM4 socket, meaning you can drop in any of their desktop processors (mostly limited to their apu's, though, if you want to use those video outputs). These nucs use low power version of ryzen chips more akin to intels xeon-d lineup. The chip and IO choices make it clear these aren't intended for the desktop market for the most part, but for a small dev/home cluster could be drop in replacement for NUCs, especially given the dual NICs. I'm considering replacing an intel bassed homelab with them currently.

ilaksh 7y ago
OK thanks. But the form factor is close to the NUCs and the price for these systems is only about $425 total so couldn't the DeskMini actually replace the NUCs?
- skazazes 7y ago
  Yeah for sure, the size difference is borderline negligible depending on the application, and the Asrock boxes pack a ton more features. If the intended use is as a low spec desktop/dev machine the DeskMini would fit the bill well. That being said in an application like mine, having three fit into 1U of rack space, not only are the DeskMini's too large, but they also dont have dual NICs.
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twotwotwo 7y ago
Alas, the A300 won't even boot headless with a non-APU: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/bk3nui/has_anybody_tried_using_an_asrock_deskmini_a300/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/bk3nui/has_anybody_tri... Re: the general idea of smallish, headless Ryzen boxes for a cluster, Intel kind of blurs the server vs. consumer distinction with the entry-level Xeon E chips, and I can sort of imagine a similar-shaped niche for low-end AMD servers. There's some ECC functionality in the Ryzen silicon (https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_confirms_that_ryzen_supports_ecc_memory/1 https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_confirms_...), and although the PCIe/RAM capacity isn't near EPYC's, seems like enough for the price to be interesting to somebody.

ilaksh 7y ago

OK thanks. But the form factor is close to the NUCs and the price for these systems is only about $425 total so couldn't the DeskMini actually replace the NUCs?

skazazes 7y ago
Yeah for sure, the size difference is borderline negligible depending on the application, and the Asrock boxes pack a ton more features. If the intended use is as a low spec desktop/dev machine the DeskMini would fit the bill well. That being said in an application like mine, having three fit into 1U of rack space, not only are the DeskMini's too large, but they also dont have dual NICs.

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twotwotwo 7y ago

Alas, the A300 won't even boot headless with a non-APU: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/bk3nui/has_anybody_tried_using_an_asrock_deskmini_a300/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/bk3nui/has_anybody_tri... Re: the general idea of smallish, headless Ryzen boxes for a cluster, Intel kind of blurs the server vs. consumer distinction with the entry-level Xeon E chips, and I can sort of imagine a similar-shaped niche for low-end AMD servers. There's some ECC functionality in the Ryzen silicon (https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_confirms_that_ryzen_supports_ecc_memory/1 https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_confirms_...), and although the PCIe/RAM capacity isn't near EPYC's, seems like enough for the price to be interesting to somebody.