u/DiligentlyNebulous

Moving from mATX to ATX
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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