ITX intel SFF recommendations..

[nintenjo]

I’d like to build a new sff server for my True NAS setup, but need a new mobo to build it around. I have a case and PSU I want to reuse, but looking for recommendations…

Ideally it needs to be:
ITX size
DDR3 (so I can reuse my Ram).
1xNVME slot (full size)
1Gb Lan
integrated graphics

I planned to get a low power matching. 8th /9th gen Intel CPU to match but appreciate it would all be second hand based on this.

I saw this no brand one on Fleabay which seems to tick boxes but I’m questioning reliability of such a model.

ITX H110 Motherboard LGA 1151 Support 2*DDR4 USB3.0 SATA3 NVME WIFI Bluetooth | eBay

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Thoughts?

 

[Jamin280672]

I’d like to build a new sff server for my True NAS setup, but need a new mobo to build it around. I have a case and PSU I want to reuse, but looking for recommendations…

Ideally it needs to be:
ITX size
DDR3 (so I can reuse my Ram).
1xNVME slot (full size)
1Gb Lan
integrated graphics

I planned to get a low power matching. 8th /9th gen Intel CPU to match but appreciate it would all be second hand based on this.

I saw this no brand one on Fleabay which seems to tick boxes but I’m questioning reliability of such a model.

ITX H110 Motherboard LGA 1151 Support 2*DDR4 USB3.0 SATA3 NVME WIFI Bluetooth | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ITX H110 Motherboard LGA 1151 Support 2*DDR4 USB3.0 SATA3 NVME WIFI Bluetooth at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

www.ebay.co.uk

Thoughts?

PUKE !!!! what is that ?????

What about something like this, at least its a reputable company: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-E6010N-rev-10#kf

They make a few different ones: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/All-Series?fid=2559,2577

 

[nintenjo]

PUKE !!!! what is that ?????

What about something like this, at least its a reputable company: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-E6010N-rev-10#kf

They make a few different ones: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/All-Series?fid=2559,2577

Better brand, but no NVME also I’d rather go with a stand alone CPU instead of an APU.. just so there is some upgrade path later as I’m not 100% sure how much processing power I’ll need longer term. But will certainly need to be transcoding a few streams at once as it doubles as a plex server

 

[Jamin280672]

Better brand, but no NVME also I’d rather go with a stand alone CPU instead of an APU.. just so there is some upgrade path later as I’m not 100% sure how much processing power I’ll need longer term. But will certainly need to be transcoding a few streams at once as it doubles as a plex server

Ahh sorry, forgot the nvme part.

 

[Tetras]

Ideally it needs to be:
ITX size
DDR3 (so I can reuse my Ram).
1xNVME slot (full size)
1Gb Lan
integrated graphics

I don't know about the mini/laptop size stuff, but in a standard desktop format, these requirements are likely to mean 6th-7th because they're the latest CPUs that can support DDR3 and earlier CPUs are less likely to have M.2 slots.

I saw this no brand one on Fleabay which seems to tick boxes but I’m questioning reliability of such a model.

FYI: H110 is officially 1151v1 and this is 6th-7th gen unless they're selling a modded board. 8th-9th is 1151v2.

 

[nintenjo]

I don't know about the mini/laptop size stuff, but in a standard desktop format, these requirements are likely to mean 6th-7th because they're the latest CPUs that can support DDR3 and earlier CPUs are less likely to have M.2 slots.


FYI: H110 is officially 1151v1 and this is 6th-7th gen unless they're selling a modded board. 8th-9th is 1151v2.

The details say it’s an H311 chipset, the H110 is just the model number .. but I was also super confused by this

 

[Tetras]

The details say it’s an H311 chipset, the H110 is just the model number .. but I was also super confused by this

I'm 99% sure this is a factory modded board, where they use whatever they can get their hands on and then firmware/BIOS mod it. There are no official chipsets that support 6th - 9th gen and I doubt Intel would permit it.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

It isn't worth getting an older board and using an old Intel CPU (if you don't already have the CPU), just to re-use your ram.
I'd look at an older B350 ITX board and an AMD APU (low end undervolted, or a GE model), or just find some cheaper used DDR4.

Memory is cheap, so I'd just ignore the DDR3 you already own.