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Silver 1U rack server barebone with twelve 2.5 inch drive bays

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE R163-Z32-AAC2 barebone server 12-bay 4 NVMe

SKU CH-2QGC-A3Y32 MPN R163-Z32-AAC2

A 1U barebone server with twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap bays, four supporting Gen4 NVMe, for a single AMD EPYC 9004 processor and twelve DDR5 DIMM slots

  • Single AMD EPYC 9004 processor drives high-density compute
  • 12 DDR5 RDIMM slots scale memory to demanding workloads
  • Four 2.5-inch Gen4 NVMe bays deliver fast flash storage
  • Eight 2.5-inch SATA/SAS bays add high-capacity drive flexibility
  • Two FHHL PCIe Gen5 x16 slots enable GPU or networking expansion

1U AMD EPYC 9004 barebone

This 1U barebone server accepts a single AMD EPYC 9004 series processor and twelve DDR5 RDIMM modules. It targets builders who need dense compute in a single rack unit. The platform includes dual ROM architecture for firmware resilience. Buyers who want multi-socket scaling cannot use this chassis.

Twelve hot-swap bays with four NVMe

The front panel provides twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap bays, four wired for PCIe Gen4 NVMe and eight for SATA or SAS. An internal M.2 slot with PCIe Gen3 x4 adds boot or cache flexibility. Two full-height half-length PCIe Gen5 x16 slots support accelerators or networking cards. Builds requiring more than four direct NVMe ports must look elsewhere.

Single-socket EPYC 9004 platform

The board is designed for one AMD EPYC 9004 series CPU with twelve memory channels across twelve DIMM slots. Network connectivity is limited to one 1 Gb/s LAN port via Intel I210-AT. Systems needing dual processors or higher onboard bandwidth are not supported by this barebone.

How it compares

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Price $4,722.99
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Specifications

Size & build
Shipping weight30.00 kg
Package size710 × 430 × 43 mm

Questions about this item

Which drive bays will need replacement trays if a 2.5-inch NVMe or SATA/SAS drive fails?

The four Gen4 NVMe bays and eight SATA/SAS bays both use hot-swap trays; keep spare 2.5-inch trays for either type.

Will the 1 Gb/s LAN port become the bottleneck when the twelve DDR5 channels feed an EPYC 9004 processor?

The single Intel I210-AT port caps at 1 Gb/s, so sustained throughput above that rate will queue at the network interface.

How much heat must the 1U chassis dissipate when both FHHL PCIe Gen5 slots and all twelve drive bays run continuously?

The barebones relies on its internal fan wall to move air across the processor, memory, PCIe cards and drive cages; ensure rack airflow meets the platform's thermal design.

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