NaZzAtAzEr Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 Still deciding between two mATX boards, both with 6 SATA ports, 2 m.2 slots, but different PCI slots. Starting off with a simple build for now, but may want to add 10gig networking and more sata slots. The two boards are Gigabyte Aorus B560M Elite and Asus prime B560M-K. Gigabyte: 1 PCIe x16 slot gen 4 (maybe gen3?) 1 PCIe x16 slot @x4 gen 3 (PCIEX4) 1 PCIe x1 slot Asus: 1 PCIe x16 slot gen 3 2 PCIe x1 slot gen3 Quote
Mobius Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 i like the gigabyte board better because of the usb 3.2 gen 2 port, the extra full size pcie slot and the 2 extra ram slots since more ram is always appreciated in a server. That said it uses a realtek nic which more than likely will not work without some tinkering for the foreseeable future. I have a mobo with what i suspect is the same realtek nic (wasn't able to find the model number of the aorus board nic), I cannot use it at all and resorted to using a usb adapter i had on hand instead. If you can splurge on your 10gb ethernet sooner than later def go for the gigabyte 1 Quote
NaZzAtAzEr Posted December 16, 2024 Author Posted December 16, 2024 Thank you, just ordered the board. Quote
Mobius Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 you are very welcome, glad to help anyway i can Quote
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