This AMD motherboard has a unique, exciting feature that will make power users jump out of their seats: MSI’s mATX wonder has two 25GbE Ethernet SPF28 ports, perfect for a great workstation setup
MSI has unveiled a number of new products at Computex 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan, including the D3052 single-socket Micro-ATX motherboard.
The D3052 supports a single EPYC 4004 series processor, up to TDP 170W. The 4004 series CPU is part of AMD’s 4th generation EPYC family and is aimed at small businesses and entry-level servers. It offers up to 16 “Zen4” cores/32 threads, so it can handle demanding workstation and server workloads, while also consuming less power during idle times.
The highlight of the new new board, however, is the addition of dual 25GbE Ethernet SFP28 ports, something aimed at attracting power users looking for improved network speeds and efficiency.
SATA ports
The D3052 motherboard measures 243.84mm x 243.84mm (9.6 x 9.6 inches) and comes with four DDR5 UDIMM slots supporting up to 5200 MT/s, as well as the aforementioned 25GbE SFP28 ports via a built-in Intel E810-XXV NIC, both of which support the Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI).
The motherboard also offers two 2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 ports, four SATA 3.0 ports (one of which supports SATA DOM), and two SATA 2.0 ports. Expansion ports include a PCIe 5.0×16 slot and a PCIe 5.0×8 slot (x4 signal) from the CPU. Advanced server management is supported by the ASPEED AST2600 with IPMI and DMTF Redfish support, aimed at enterprise environments.
MSI also unveiled the D3051 Micro-ATX motherboard at the same time. This is very similar, but instead of dual 25GbE Ethernet SFP28 networking, it features dual 1GbE and dual 10GbE ports.
There’s no word yet on pricing or availability for the D3051 or D3052 motherboards, but details will be made available soon.