ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T vs Gigabyte MZ32-AR1 Server Motherboard

Buy the GIGABYTE MZ32-AR1 if you need maximum memory capacity or many NVMe drives: 16 DIMM slots, 8-channel DDR4, two M.2 Gen4 slots and SlimSAS NVMe connectors. Buy the ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T if you want a standard ATX board with six full-speed PCIe 4.0 x16 slots for GPUs. The ASRock is the easier fit in a normal case and is the better pick for GPU workstations. The GIGABYTE is the better pick for storage servers and virtualization hosts. Owners of the ASRock praise the six x16 lanes but call its BIOS menu overcomplicated.

• Choose the ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T if you are building a GPU workstation or AI box in a standard ATX case and need several full-speed x16 slots.
• Choose the GIGABYTE MZ32-AR1 if you are building a storage or virtualization server and need 16 DIMM slots, 8-channel memory and many NVMe drives.