GIGABYTE ME03-PE0 server motherboard AMD EPYC 8004 SP6 DDR5 ATX

Single-socket SP6 board for AMD EPYC 8004 series

The ME03-PE0 is an ATX server motherboard built around one Socket SP6 processor from the AMD EPYC 8004 series. It supports a single CPU with a configurable TDP up to 225W and runs six-channel DDR5 4800 registered memory across six 288-pin slots. Onboard video uses an Aspeed AST2600 controller and dual 1Gbps LAN comes from a Broadcom BCM5720 chipset. The board fits standard ATX chassis and draws power through a 24-pin and two 8-pin connectors.

Suited for single-socket density

This board targets builders who need one EPYC 8004 processor with full six-channel memory bandwidth and three PCIe 5.0 x16 slots for accelerators or high-speed NICs. It also provides two MCIO 8i connectors that carry PCIe Gen5 x8 or SATA for direct storage backplane links. Buyers requiring dual-socket scaling, more than six DIMM slots, or integrated 10GbE and above should look at alternative platforms.

PCIe slot layout decides GPU and add-in card density

The expansion layout delivers three full-length PCIe 5.0 x16 slots plus four PCIe 4.0 slots that operate at x16 or x8 depending on population. Slot 3 shares bandwidth with Slot 4, so populating both reduces each to x8. This constraint determines how many double-width GPUs or x16 NICs can run at full speed simultaneously.