ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T
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| Reported | |
| CPU | Single-socket AMD EPYC (SP3), for example EPYC 7543 |
|---|---|
| Runs on | Bare metal |
| Settings that mattered | smart fan curve settings are weak (GlobalApathy) |
| Tested by | @fnerdman |
| Source | Discord message |
| Confirmations | None yet. |
A single-socket SP3 board with seven x16 slots, often named as the turnkey EPYC board for multi-card builds.
What people report
- fnerdman runs 4 CMPs on one. His server CPU and RAM idle at about the same wattage as the four cards together, which has him looking at a consumer CPU with an expansion board instead. Source: @fnerdman, 2026-10-26
- GlobalApathy built an EPYC 7543 + ROMED8-2T/BCM + 8x 32 GB DDR4-2933 host; he picked it as a single-box workstation board that takes a standard PSU, but finds its fan curve settings weak. Source: @globalapathy, 2026-10-18
Source: @globalapathy, 2026-10-22
Source: @globalapathy, 2026-10-22 - alanoo: on ASRock Rack Rome boards the cards collide with 4 of the 7 fan headers. Source: @alanoo, 2026-10-21
- gnasherrr asked how to attach 8 cards to a ROMED8-2T (six direct and two off a PLX switch, or two PEX88096 boards with four cards each, or cascaded switches); the answers are on Risers and bifurcation. Source: @gnasherrr, 2026-10-18
- djpandaman lists "ROMED8-2T + SP3" among the boards for a 6-card P2P build. Source: @djpandaman, 2026-10-22
Slots
Arcanum calls it probably the only turnkey board that does 7 cards. Source: @_arcanum_, 2026-10-09 Whether all seven slots are direct is disputed: Contested
- quark2world: some of the bottom slots (PCIe1/PCIe2) are also on a switch, so the board was made more for 4 GPUs than 7. Source: @quark2world, 2026-10-09
Source: @quark2world, 2026-10-09
Source: @quark2world, 2026-10-09 - Arcanum: he thought those were only retimers because of the trace distance. Source: @_arcanum_, 2026-10-09
Price
About 1100 EUR for the /BCM version in the EU in October 2026 (RH-3D); gnasherrr found Supermicro H12SSL-i boards new for about 280 USD, a quarter of the price. Source: @rh3dai, 2026-10-21
Source: @gnasherrr, 2026-10-22
Related
Platforms, Server BIOS setup, Risers and bifurcation, Supermicro H12DSG-O-CPU (other H12 boards), Cooling and power (idle power).