A deep micro-ATX ASRock motherboard bundle and a 64-core Ampere Altra CPU have popped up on Newegg for just $1,500. The ASRock ALTRAD8UD-1L2T motherboard supports the included Altra Q64-22 CPU and the much higher-end Altra Max lineup that ranges from 96 to 128 cores.
Despite coming in the 10-inch wide and long micro-ATX form factor, the ALTRAD8UD-1L2T motherboard is exceptionally rich in features. It has eight memory slots that support 256GB sticks of DDR4-3200 RAM, four PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, two NVMe slots with PCIe 4.0, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, to name the highlights. The lack of DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support does mean this motherboard isn't exactly cutting-edge, but it's not obsolete either.
