Mini ITX motherboard recommendations

[philjayj]

Hi All,

I'm about to start buying parts for a DIY Microserver. I already have the case (a Fractal Design Node 304) but need a motherboard. Can you recommend some mini ITX Coffee Lake boards, possible with an M.2 slot?

I don't really have a budget for this, so the cheaper the better.

Many thanks

Phil

 

[LePhuronn]

You want to look at B360 ITX boards if you're not overclocking. This looks OK

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...1151-ddr4-mini-itx-motherboard-mb-15z-ak.html

You'll find though that the B360 ITX boards are a bit cheaper, but the Coffee Lake CPUs are stupid money. Conversely, the AMD route gives you substantially cheaper CPUs with the B450 ITX boards being a wee bit more expensive.

So unless there is a specific reason you're saying Coffee Lake, I'd look at the Ryzen 2 route and B450 ITX boards.