ASRock Industrial’s 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 Collection Brings Zen 3+ and USB4 40Gbps to UCFF Techniques
ASRock Industrial’s lineup of ultra-compact form-factor machines within the NUC BOX (Intel-based) and 4X4 BOX (AMD-based) collection has gained reputation over the past couple of years. Being the primary to market with the newest platforms has been one of many key causes behind this. In 2022, the corporate had launched the Intel Alder Lake and AMD Cezanne UCFF techniques collectively, with the NUC BOX-1200 collection and the 4X4 BOX-5000 collection changing into obtainable for buy inside a couple of weeks of one another. Earlier this 12 months, the Intel Raptor Lake-based NUC BOX-1300 collection was launched (our review) and is already obtainable for buy. The corporate not too long ago took the wraps off the 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 collection primarily based on AMD’s low-power Rembrandt-R APUs. These APUs sport Zen 3+ cores together with a RDNA2 iGPU fabricated on a TSMC 6nm course of.
One of many key updates within the new 4X4 BOX techniques is the transfer to DDR5 SODIMMs. The opposite updates within the platform reminiscent of help for a PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD and USB4 40 Gbps deliver it nearly on par with the premium UCFF techniques primarily based on Intel processors. Full-fledged USB4 help inclusive of PCIe tunneling has been considerably of a hit and miss on AMD platforms, as many OEMs have kept away from integrating the required board parts to allow it. AMD itself had some work to do on the firmware aspect earlier than the function baked into the {hardware} of Rembrandt and later APUs might be enabled. The excellent news right here is that the ASRock Industrial 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 collection has two USB4 ports able to supporting DisplayPort 1.4 alerts in addition to PCIe tunneling – which means Thunderbolt 3 peripherals ought to work when linked to these Sort-C ports.
The 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 collection is available in two flavors. The specs of each fashions are summarized within the desk beneath.
| ASRock Industrial 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 (Rembrandt-R) Lineup | ||||
| Mannequin | 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5 | 4X4 BOX-7535U/D5 | ||
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 7735U 8C / 16T 2.7 GHz (As much as 4.75 GHz) 28W |
AMD Ryzen 5 7535U 6C / 12T 2.9 GHz (As much as 4.55 GHz) 28W |
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| CPU | AMD Radeon 680M (12 CU / 768 Shaders) @ 2.2 GHz |
AMD Radeon 660M (6 CU / 384 Shaders) @ 1.9 GHz |
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| DRAM | Two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots As much as 64 GB of DDR5-4800 in dual-channel mode |
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| Motherboard | 4.02″ x 4.09″ UCFF | |||
| Storage | SSD | 1x M.2-22(42/60/80) (PCIe 4.0 x4 (CPU-direct)) | ||
| DFF | 1 × SATA III Port (for two.5″ drive) | |||
| Wi-fi | Mediatek MT7922 (RZ616)? Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 802.11ax Wi-Fi (2.4Gbps) + Bluetooth 5.2 module |
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| Ethernet | 1x 2.5 GbE RJ-45 (Realtek RTL8125) 1x GbE RJ-45 (Realtek RTL8111EPV with DASH Assist) |
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| USB | Entrance | 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Sort-A 2x USB4 (with DisplayPort 1.4a Alt Mode) |
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| Rear | 2 × USB 2.0 Sort-A | |||
| Show Outputs | 1 × HDMI 2.1 (Rear, as much as 8Kp60) 1 × DisplayPort 1.4a (Rear, as much as 4Kp60) 2 × DisplayPort 1.4a (utilizing Entrance Panel Sort-C ports, as much as 4Kp60) |
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| Audio | 1 × 3.5mm audio jack (Realtek ALC233) | |||
| PSU | Exterior (19V/90W) | |||
| Dimensions | Size: 117.5 mm Width: 110 mm Top: 47.85 mm |
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Be aware that the M.2 2280 help is enabled by a separate bracket, much like the earlier NUC BOX and 4X4 BOX techniques with 2.5″ drive help and twin LAN capabilities.
General, these techniques deliver the AMD UCFF scene on par with the high-end Intel NUCs and its clones – aside from the newer NUC BOX-1300/D5 collection which has Thunderbolt 4 ports that even have USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 help for 20Gbps PSSDs. The USB4 ports within the 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 help solely as much as USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds in legacy USB (non-PCIe tunneling) mode. The RDNA2 iGPU within the new machines also needs to assist these techniques carry out in addition to the the Alder Lake and Raptor Lake mini-PCs in graphics-heavy workloads.
We now have reached out to ASRock Industrial for readability on market availability dates and pricing, and can replace the article with the small print after receiving them.
