Asrock Ryzen V2000 embedded board - 199 USD (US-CA, local pickup LA area)

[WANg]

Eh, this might be of interest for those who wants a Renoir class Ryzen embedded APU in an mITX case for two benjies. A Realtek GigE, a Realtek 2.5GbE, 2 SATA ports, a PCIe 3x8 slot, a key-E, a key-M and a key-B slot is on the board - I think Asrock had it demoed in a passively cooled enclosure for automotive use. Not sure what the home applications will be, I am convinced that someone paid Asrock to only put 2 SATA ports on their Ryzen embedded APUs, or this would be a nice board to go into an N5 NAS enclosure.

Forgot the name of the Ryzen Embedded V2000 series (Crested Hawk, I think?) but the V2718 should run similarly to a Ryzen 7 Pro 4850U.

 

[louie1961]

Well you could always throw one of these in it if you need more drives

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[luckylinux]

Duplicated Post/Thread of https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ard-199-usd-us-ca-local-pickup-la-area.47452/

 

[louie1961]

I made an offer of $150 and it was almost instantly accepted.

 

[Samir]

Well you could always throw one of these in it if you need more drives

PCIe SATA Card 6Ports, RIITOP PCI-e Express to SATA3 6Gbps Expansion Controller Adapter Card, ASM1166 Chip Non-Raid,with 6 SATA Cables and Low Profile Bracket, Support 6 SATA 3.0 Devices - Newegg.com

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Or you could put in an sas controller as well.

 

[Samir]

I made an offer of $150 and it was almost instantly accepted.

20 Available as of this post. I think The STH Effect will be strong with this one...

 

[louie1961]

Well it has a 2280 nvme slot on the back of the board. So I think I am going to throw a 4 port intel 710 type of card into this and see how it does as a pfSense device.

I am struggling a bit to find a small case (<7 liters maybe?) that can accommodate a PCI network card.

 

[smstewart_9554]

I have my mITX desktop in a Velka 3 (3.99L) with a dual slot short GPU via riser cable (modified RTX A4000). I also managed to stuff in a p5801X E1.S using a U.2 adapter card and a M.2 to U.2 cable. You could probably mount a network card instead of the GPU.

Velka 3 rev 3.0

Description The Velka 3 is the smallest case with ITX length graphics card and internal power supply support at a volume of just 3.99 L. The latest revision 3.0 features a more eye-pleasing top appearance with a bottom PSU orientation, motherboard compatibility fixes, a more durable textured...

velkase.com

 

[Prophes0r]

I am struggling a bit to find a small case (<7 liters maybe?) that can accommodate a PCI network card.

Some of us stuff a PCIe NIC into the tiny 1liter chassis...


EDIT:
Link to the ASRock page, which included the datasheet.
ASRock IMB-V2000M

EDIT2:
Link to the CPU specs...on TechPowerup, because AMD seems to completely lack any non-marketing based resources...
Ryzen Embedded V2718

 

[louie1961]

Seems like a lot of power for a 10 watt processor

 

[louie1961]

I am going for this case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KZVNZ49?smid=A1K05DPNJQHH4K

And this NIC IBM Power Feature 2CE3 00ND468 4 Port 10Gb SFP+ PCIe Full Height Network Adapter | eBay

It seemed like it was worth taking a shot on the $20 Emulex card. If it doesn't work, I will revert to a 10Gtek quad SFP+ intel 710 based card. My hope is to be able to turn this into a decent 10gbe pfSense device.

 

[WANg]

Well you could always throw one of these in it if you need more drives

PCIe SATA Card 6Ports, RIITOP PCI-e Express to SATA3 6Gbps Expansion Controller Adapter Card, ASM1166 Chip Non-Raid,with 6 SATA Cables and Low Profile Bracket, Support 6 SATA 3.0 Devices - Newegg.com

Buy PCIe SATA Card 6Ports, RIITOP PCI-e Express to SATA3 6Gbps Expansion Controller Adapter Card, ASM1166 Chip Non-Raid,with 6 SATA Cables and Low Profile Bracket, Support 6 SATA 3.0 Devices with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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Yeah, but it's a choice between having more than 2 NICs, and having more than 2 SSDs (one m.2 and one SATA) - if you are looking for a way to do a 4 bay NAS with a 10/40GbE networtk connection, well, that's not going to fly too well.

I would, however, suggest abusing the M.2 A+E port or the M.2 B port, and hang a quadport SATA card on it (using an extender) or SATA port multiplier instead, and keep the PCIe 3x8 slot for a 10/40/100GbE fiber card instead.

It is odd that I am eyeing this board with a Jonsbo N5 and a bunch of rust spinners, even though I have a t755 thin client (with a Ryzen Embedded V2546, which is 25% weaker) already - I almost always "eat my own dog food" when it came to hardware stuff like this...

 

[louie1961]

I never said it was a perfect board. Not everyone needs 10/40gbe networking. But there are interesting use cases for this board, especially since it supports ECC memory.

 

[Phate]

I snagged two boards because they looked like a decent way to make small small lower power usage servers.

I am going for this case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KZVNZ49?smid=A1K05DPNJQHH4K

And this NIC IBM Power Feature 2CE3 00ND468 4 Port 10Gb SFP+ PCIe Full Height Network Adapter | eBay

It seemed like it was worth taking a shot on the $20 Emulex card. If it doesn't work, I will revert to a 10Gtek quad SFP+ intel 710 based card. My hope is to be able to turn this into a decent 10gbe pfSense device.

What are you going to be using to power these? Are you using power bricks or you gonna try using the ATX12V1?

I picked up two boards for $140 each, thought they'd be great for lower power servers and maxing them out would be cheaper then picking up a Miniforum MS-01. Yes, the MS-01 is more powerful, but I really don't need that much and cost is a much bigger factor.

 

[louie1961]

Power brick

 

[nutsnax]

I am going for this case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KZVNZ49?smid=A1K05DPNJQHH4K

And this NIC IBM Power Feature 2CE3 00ND468 4 Port 10Gb SFP+ PCIe Full Height Network Adapter | eBay

It seemed like it was worth taking a shot on the $20 Emulex card. If it doesn't work, I will revert to a 10Gtek quad SFP+ intel 710 based card. My hope is to be able to turn this into a decent 10gbe pfSense device.

I'm doing almost the exact same thing except I'm using a HP T740 and maybe trying ipfire instead

 

[mmo]

any cheap power brick works with this board?

 

[louie1961]

I haven't received mine yet to verify, but it has a DC in power jack and the spec says 12-28 volts DC. The chip has a 10 watt TDP or 25 watt TDP (configurable). I went with a 24 volt/140 watt brick to give it a go.

 

[WANg]

I'm doing almost the exact same thing except I'm using a HP T740 and maybe trying ipfire instead

With the t740 the major concern would be to find a PCIe card that would run cool without active airflow - normal 10GbE or 40GbE cards will usually overheat and crash using that chassis if it doesn’t have a blower pointed upon it.

 

[Originalus]

With the t740 the major concern would be to find a PCIe card that would run cool without active airflow - normal 10GbE or 40GbE cards will usually overheat and crash using that chassis if it doesn’t have a blower pointed upon it.

Mine T740 runs just fine with quad sfp+ xl710 with all ports used and two of those ports use rj45 10g sticks.