greg602

Ah yes please do that. Would love to hear about your experience. Also while I’m back on this thread I’ll report again that I have had no issues with this board and it’s been absolutely great, running 24/7, aside from my backplate woes.

I only have two of the DIMM slots occupied.l, so I had no issues. That said, with my noctua heatsink, if I wanted four I could. It would likely require choosing RAM with no heat sinks though; first slot is covered slightly.

Thanks for your response and advice. That said, considering AsRock is a company known for their motherboards and generally well liked amongst the DIY hardware community, I have to assume the "flame out" you experienced is not something that should be reflected as the norm across all manufactured AsRock boards. If I do notice anything abnormal in the way this board operates I will certainly consider returning it. Currently, aside from the unfortunate backplate adhesive, this motherboard has been a breeze to setup/configure and has been working flawlessly in my server for a week now; running 24/7. Again, I appreciate your input on the thread.

Just a quick Public Service Announcement regarding the AsRock Rack x470d4u motherboard. If someone, like myself, is planning to use this motherboard w/ an after-market CPU Heatsink please be aware that the factory backplate is attached to the motherboard with an adhesive. If your after-market heatsink (in my case, the Noctua NH-L9a-AM4) requires the use of it's own backplate expect to spend considerable amount of time to remove the factory installed backplate. I would also say doing so comes with high risk of damaging the board.