
Moving from mATX to ATX
I've got a Fractal Node 804 build right now - but I'm finding mATX to be VERY limiting. Not many board options, not enough space.
My server right now:
- 12700k, 96GB RAM (2x 48G sticks)
- LSI 9300 HBA
- 10G SFP+ NIC (I have 10G network at home - so PCIe 1x won't do)
- 7x spinning rust drives
- 2x NVMe drives
- 2x SATA 2.5" drives
Looking at options to move to, I see the Jonsbo N5 case. It'd easily fit everything and then some.
For a board, I'm thinking of the TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI
- 16x @ 16x
- 16x @ 4x
- 4x @ 4x
- 1x (two of them)
If I do this move, I SHOULD have room for adding a GPU to my server, right? I'd be able to look at two slot GPU options as well.
My goal is to run some AI stuff on the server - nothing TOO insane, but maybe LLM chatbots and such.
u/DiligentlyNebulous — 14 days ago