Looking for the right motherboard for my storage build

[arturski]

Hello all,

I am currently trying to put together a box which will be quite storage intensive. I have a requirement for maximum CPU cores and fastest disks possible. I am looking at the ryzen 9 with maximum cores and threads and 2+ nvme disks with a total capacity of about 8TB. Could someone recommend a motherboard that can support multiple NVME disks which i can raid (I can soft raid as a backup if there are none available)

 

[arturski]

Thanks for the reply,

Here is my ideal target and budget:

ryzen with at least 12 cores
64gb memory
2 x 4 tb nvmes or 4 x 2tb not sure whats more feasible
everything else can be basic

If this can fit between 1500 - 2000 then should be sweet

 

[arturski]

Thanks a lot for the input everyone heres the answers:

A 4tb m2 is £500 and a 5900x is £500 so thats £1500 of your budget gone .
I think you being a tad unrealistic with your budget so you maye have to reevalute.
What gpu are do you want ?

i think i can fit in 2k, no need for a GPU, I see a lot of these ryzen supported motherboards come with a HDMI output, thats all I need really

For what do you require the NVME speed? 2 x 4TB Sata SSD drives in raid would save £400

I need NVME disks for fast reads and writes, i am going to host an application on this box which needs to read and process data at high speeds

Yup, and how is it going to share what it stores ? Network? If so that’s your bottle neck, not the drives.

1Gbit is enough for this, it wont necessarily ship what it reads and writes so the throughput of the disk does not have a direct correlation with the throughput of the NIC

Ok, so Threadripper is out.

Budget is tight! reckon will be near enough 2 grand, then need case and PSU and possibly a boot /OS drive?

MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI - £220 (2 x M2 slots, will RAID 0 or 1)
Ryzen 3900X £400
4tb nvme £500
4tb nvme £500
nvidia GT 710 GPU £40 (needs one for Ryzen)
64GB Ram £300

£1960 so far (rough prices)

Yes i think i was a little bit hopefull with 1.5k but 2k is still acceptable, in terms of the case i dont need anything fancy really. I am curious what you mean by this nvidia GT 710 GPU £40 (needs one for Ryzen) can you explain? Most boards have a HDMI out which i just need for a basic monitor connection, will it work? This box will only really show the terminal only

One thing i really didnt consider and thats cooling, i would like it to be quiet so will probably add a few hundred for the liquid kit

 

[arturski]

Ahh thanks @mickyflinn that makes sense would have definitely shot myself in the foot

 

[arturski]

What about the these? https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550-AORUS-ELITE-V2-rev-10 i see these chipset Bxxx motherboards cheaper but with the same features, are they any good?

Not sure if i should go for the B5xx or the x570 chipsets are there any benefits to either?

I played around a little bit and i think i can fit into 2k with this board and CPU

Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - Motherboard

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - Processor

Cost cutting on the case, power supply only need 300w, and graphic card