![]() A proper power user has much to gain from the options within the BIOS. Fan management, DIMM voltage regulation, idle power draw, hardware monitoring, remote security features, and literally dozens of other menus with which I am still completely unfamiliar. I can honestly say, as a tinkerer, that I have maybe touched 5% of the options here. This was my first experience with a BIOS intended for server management outside of Dell rack servers, and I was blown away with the controls and options afforded me. The machine booted to POST on the first try, and I was greeted by an extensive BIOS, to say the least. Par for the course and I do not dock them a star for this. The operating manual is workable, though it lacks critical details in many areas (especially BIOS menu descriptions) and was clearly translated out of Chinese by a non-native speaker. I took the dive on an "open box" offering here some months ago, and it arrived well packaged and with all relevant documentation. Obviously, finding server management features in this form factor pretty much leaves you looking at this motherboard or nothing at all. That said, this review will be presented entirely via the lens of an Unraid server deployment and may not be relevant for everyone. I will preface by saying that I run Unraid on this motherboard with a few Windows VMs (XP and Win10) and several docker containers 24/7, and it has been a very stable motherboard for me now for about 6 months. I wrote this before I fully understood the nature of x8' vs X16 GPU performance, so take that passage with a grain of ignorant salt please: Also, I hope you never need Asus support: they are notoriously horrible for technical issues. ![]() ![]() Would love to hear other ACE users chime in here too.
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