Bit different to the usual "spec me" type thread

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Looking to build a rather small PC. Likely in a self-made case (only need mainboard mount + 4x3.5" drive bays).

What's the smallest mainboard with:

6 Sata (or 4 sata + 2 esata would be ok)
2x PCI-e (with the 1-4x slot above the grahics card)

The board needs to be able to take at least a 775 chip or better and have a 16x slot without restrictions on graphics card. Space for a decent air cooler needed too (tho tends to be less of a problem these days). I'm guessing it's one of the ITX boards but i've not seen any with the second slot yet.
 
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The smallest board I've seen with 6 SATA is the Zotac H55 mini-itx boards. I don't think you'll get smaller than mITX with 6 SATA connectors as it's hard enough to find mITX with 6 SATA. Unfortunately it only has one PCI slot, but the WIFI is built onto the board so you wouldn't need a second slot for a network PCI card.
 
If two slots (and no more) are absolutely required then you're looking at getting a Flex ATX motherboard which only really come in Shuttle Barebones systems.
 
Looking to build a rather small PC. Likely in a self-made case (only need mainboard mount + 4x3.5" drive bays).

What's the smallest mainboard with:

6 Sata (or 4 sata + 2 esata would be ok)
2x PCI-e (with the 1-4x slot above the grahics card)

The board needs to be able to take at least a 775 chip or better and have a 16x slot without restrictions on graphics card. Space for a decent air cooler needed too (tho tends to be less of a problem these days). I'm guessing it's one of the ITX boards but i've not seen any with the second slot yet.

You appear to want a pci-e x16 slot which will handle any gcard. I think the other posters missed that. I don't know of any mini-itx board with a x16 gcard slot. I think the mATX is the smallest that meets your spec.
 
Just checked around. I was wrong in part. Tyan do a Flex ATX mobo with x16 pci-e but that only has four SATA..........:(

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