Spec me - Micro ATX PC

[ChrisD.]

Hi all,

I'm looking for the following:

• Smallest possible case
• AMD or Intel - more than 4 cores, preferably 8
• 32GB RAM support minimum, 64GB+ would be ideal. Basically 4 DIMM slots
• Must support m2 and SATA
• Not essential, but dual NIC would be great. Think 10Gbit is a bit far away from regular home stuff yet
• Cheap as possible

Clock for clock performance is not massively important, but RAM and number of CPU cores is. It needs to be as cheap as possible and run cool.

If you haven't guessed already, I'm looking at using it as a hypervisor, preferably VMware. I realise a NUC would be ideal for this but I really want more than 2 cores with HT and the 32GB RAM limit isn't ideal.

Drives can be configured after.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Hi all,

I'm looking for the following:

• Smallest possible case
• AMD or Intel - more than 4 cores, preferably 8
• 32GB RAM support minimum, 64GB+ would be ideal. Basically 4 DIMM slots
• Must support m2 and SATA
• Not essential, but dual NIC would be great. Think 10Gbit is a bit far away from regular home stuff yet
• Cheap as possible

Clock for clock performance is not massively important, but RAM and number of CPU cores is. It needs to be as cheap as possible and run cool.

If you haven't guessed already, I'm looking at using it as a hypervisor, preferably VMware. I realise a NUC would be ideal for this but I really want more than 2 cores with HT and the 32GB RAM limit isn't ideal.

Drives can be configured after.

intel based, dual Ethernet, 32gb ram, small form factor and i7 8700 non K 6/12 core/threads

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z370N-WIFI Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £141.95
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700 3.2GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £275.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX424C15FBK2/32)= £349.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster Elite 110 Armour Edition Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black= £29.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Cryorig C7 Top Flow CPU heatsink= £29.99

Total: £877.00 (includes shipping: £11.10)


if your wanting higher DIMM support, then stepping up to mATX format but size increases

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700 3.2GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £275.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX424C15FBK2/32)= £349.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Cryorig C7 Top Flow CPU heatsink= £29.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370M-D3H Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £124.99
• 1 x Silverstone SST-ML04B Milo HTPC Case - Black= £64.99

Total: £895.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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sure others can spec ryzen but running 32gb and 64gb comes a challenge​

 

[ChrisD.]

Cheers, is there an AMD equivalent with the 6 core CPU that has dual NIC?

 

[tamzzy]

It needs to be as cheap as possible

budget?

 

[ChrisD.]

budget?

Cheaper than an equivalent NUC/Brix with similar spec, or cheaper than a SuperMicro E200-8D.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Cheaper than an equivalent NUC/Brix with similar spec, or cheaper than a SuperMicro E200-8D.

brix/nuc arent coffeelake at the moment, so no Hex core units- pushed a brand for ryzen version but a little slow off the mark

 

[tamzzy]

AMD equivalent with the 6 core CPU that has dual NIC?

you'd have to sacrifice dual nic to get matx, or sacrifice matx and get atx with dual nic, unfortunately

 

[ChrisD.]

Looks like you can get a gen 8 NUC now with quad core and HT. I'm wondering if I can get a better spec for less money or if I should just get a NUC.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Looks like you can get a gen 8 NUC now with quad core and HT. I'm wondering if I can get a better spec for less money or if I should just get a NUC.

8th gen is hex cores- intel do this a lot with NUC- changes numbers and some clock speeds and list it as latest - but depends on what chipset its based off for functions .
im sure 6 core NUC will come out soon

specially now AMD are doing embedded systems
http://linuxgizmos.com/files/amd_v1000_models.jpg

guessing will be a lot cheaper