ECC Motherboard Options For Ryzen APU

I’m starting a little ECC server build around the new Ryzen 3 2200G APU. Need help choosing a motherboard.


ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY:

Proper ECC support (running in non-ECC mode doesn’t count)

5+ SATA ports OR 4+ SATA ports + 1x M.2 slot

Good long-term stability / reliability


PREFERRED:

Small form factor like microATX

4 RAM slots

cheap


MSI and ASUS BIOSes do not support ECC so they’re out. I’m not overclocking at all, but ECC support seems to be more common on X370 boards and maybe on higher end B350 boards.


OPTIONS:

ASRock AB350M Pro4 MicroATX $75

ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac ATX $100

BIOSTAR X370GT3 MicroATX $108

ASRock X370 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX $140


The ASRock boards look perfect especially that $75 mATX BUT on newegg and amazon they have some longer-term reviews claiming system instability after months of use. It’s unclear whether the reported issues result from morons with failed OCs or if there is actually a flaw with the motherboard.


The Biostar looks fantastic, but I can’t find any long-term reviews on it.


Thank you for any input.


(And yes, I know that I will need to borrow an older CPU from AMD to flash the BIOS)

the asrock...waiting on another z270 board too....idk haven't really been doing much...should get a block for bulldozer and retro level lol

Not sure where you getting your bios info from, doesn't line up with what I've seen so far.

The asus X370 prime pro I have does seem to support it on raven. The gigabyte B350 itx I also have works on regular ryzen but might not be on raven? its all weird. Still yet to confirm either rr system with proven error logs. I would learn towards asrock as the surest bet simply because I have confirmed WHEA corrected errors on their X370 and X399 boards with ryzen and TR. (no video on the X370 so no rr test) However asrock is currently having the most reported problems with their bios updates for rr.

Basically its all fucked because its unofficial and still very new. (only TR has ever been official support)

Confirming ecc is a bit annoying though, you have to force errors (but not TOO much) and get them logged as corrected to really know the whole ecc system is working. It is technically possible to have unlogged but still corrected errors too, so you may even get false negatives. Heat is one way, overclocking really high is another...if you can get it to boot.