I’m sorry to disappoint you, in that this is a consumer motherboard. So yes, AMD PSP exists, no iLO.
However, that’s where the bad part ends.
Behold, what is in my opinion, the most server-like MicroATX board released to the consumers: the MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard/alternate link.
If you followed the link and read the specifications you would know exactly what I’m talking about, but for people who didn’t, here is the summary:
- 4 x16 ports (3 of them work at x1 speeds, the one closest to the CPU is
PCI Express 5.0 x16
). - 8 SATA3 ports (people who wanted to build a NAS should be visibly salivating at this point).
Apart from that, there are 2 nice features that I would personally like to point out, as I look for these features in every board:
- 128GB of RAM supported (no ECC, and I suppose a lot of motherboards support it now, but nice to have).
- A
2230 E-key
slot.- I know a few of you might be wondering why I’m mentioning the slot used for a WiFi card in this post - I invite you to take a look at this.
- It’s a link to an Aliexpress item, so if you don’t want to click, here’s a short version: It’s an E-key to 2.5Gbe converter, using a
Realtek RTL8125B
chip. It’s amazing, I learnt about these adapters from a random Level1Techs video. I think a lot of people could use this.
- It’s a link to an Aliexpress item, so if you don’t want to click, here’s a short version: It’s an E-key to 2.5Gbe converter, using a
- I know a few of you might be wondering why I’m mentioning the slot used for a WiFi card in this post - I invite you to take a look at this.
And there you have it. If you’re building a system that requires heavy PCIe access and a lot of SATA3 storage, I think this is the best value you can find when purchasing new.
Cheers
While it would work no doubt, I do not recommend it. It complicates management in case things go real astray especially nowadays most consumer motherboards do no expose RS232 or any serial port. It is also more flexible and convenient for homelab machines to have some sort of GPU capability.