AMD's Athlon 3000G Processor Begins Shipping At $49 USD

[Markore]

Many low cost ASRock motherboards support Unbuffered ECC as well.

Yes, I also learned that some of Asrock do.
Would be great to know which ones.

[drSeehas]

"ASRock DeskMini A300" supports only non-ECC RAM does NOT support ECC RAM (Unbuffered), unlike many low cost ASUS motherboards, that support Unbuffered ECC for Ryzen.
You really, really need ECC RAM for your NAS, in order not to garble your saved data..

So NO, Asrock, no, thanks.

Many low cost ASRock motherboards support Unbuffered ECC as well.

[stiiixy]

I use my mITX rig for a server, HTPC and now even Steam/gaming. All simultaniously (thanks to RAM and NVME). 20TB, 32GB RAM, 3200G Ryzen, all happily chugging away in this ridiculously hot Aussie weather. I had always planned it as a miltirig for my home entertainment (Sony XB41 acting as sound and wireless controllers inbound, as is the KB/M).

[arQon]

Thanks.

I'd still say that by the time you're looking at a Node 304, stepping up to mATX gets you absurdly-better airflow and expandability for only about 20% more volume. But, meh, by the time you're putting 4+ drives in something, it's going to be a server, so you don't really have to worry about heat much. You can use your 1 slot for whichever of USB-next / 10GbE / etc makes the most sense for that box before you have to scrap it, and that'll get it to last long enough.

I wouldn't do it myself, but that's mostly because I've always got old machines to rotate into serverdom. But yeah, I can see the appeal. Fun toys are fun.

[Veto]

Fractal Design Node 304 is a mini ITX, that can house 6x 3.5 inch drives - though not easily swappable.

[stiiixy]

What's the point of an ITX mobo when you're going to add more drives than will fit in an ITX case? (Not being snarky: I genuinely don't see the point - especially when mATX would double the lifespan for almost no increase in volume at that point).

I use mini-itx boxes that can fit four drives. I forgo the optical media usuall, because there's two slots right there, if not three, depending on layout (the design engineers imagination/spatial awareness)

[edwaleni]

"ASRock DeskMini A300" supports only non-ECC RAM does NOT support ECC RAM (Unbuffered), unlike many low cost ASUS motherboards, that support Unbuffered ECC for Ryzen.
You really, really need ECC RAM for your NAS, in order not to garble your saved data..

So NO, Asrock, no, thanks.

Hate to garble your saved thoughts on this, probably because the Asus DeskMini isn't a NAS candidate by design, hence the name.

[average_Joe]

There are already some performance tests of the new Athlon 3000G on the internet and it looks pretty good for the price tag. Nevertheless, I am so much looking forward to see the new Athlon 3000G tested here on Phoronix. I am eager to see, how the new Athlon 3000G will perform and behave on Linux.

PS: Do I see a new king of the budget builds?

[arQon]

At some point AMD will need to drop AM4 to move the platform forward. This especially if a high core count machine is in your future.

Agreed on part 1, but part 2? The 3950X is a *16C/32T* part. If that doesn't fit your definition of "high core count", what does?

[arQon]

Oh boy, gimme a MiniITX board with 4-6 Sata ports and we're sold!

What's the point of an ITX mobo when you're going to add more drives than will fit in an ITX case? (Not being snarky: I genuinely don't see the point - especially when mATX would double the lifespan for almost no increase in volume at that point).