GIGABYTE ME03-CE0 server motherboard EPYC 8004 SP6 12 DDR5 4800 2x 10G LAN

Single-socket EPYC 8004 platform

The ME03-CE0 is an ATX server motherboard built for AMD EPYC 8004 series processors in the SP6 socket. It supports a single CPU with a configurable TDP up to 225 W and provides twelve 288-pin DDR5 slots running at 4800 MT/s across six channels. The board includes three PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, two additional PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, and one M.2 connector with PCIe 3.0 x4 connectivity.

Storage-heavy and edge workloads

This board suits deployments that need high local storage bandwidth, with three MCIO 4i connectors that can serve three PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe drives or twelve SATA devices. Dual 10 Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports and a dedicated management port fit edge and telco environments. Builds requiring dual-socket scaling, larger E-ATX or proprietary form factors, or integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth should look elsewhere.

Memory and expansion headroom

Six-channel DDR5 with twelve slots gives ample capacity for memory-bound applications, while the three PCIe 5.0 x16 slots handle modern accelerators and high-speed NICs without bottleneck. The two PCIe 4.0 x16 slots add flexibility for additional controllers. The single M.2 slot is limited to PCIe 3.0 x4, so very high-speed boot or cache drives will saturate that link.