phone guy Posted May 22, 2022 Share #1 Posted May 22, 2022 Anyone with experience have any suggestions for a Mini ITX board and chip combo that is going to live its life as an 8 bay hotswappable xpenology box? I would like the option to add a graphics card in case it becomes a DVA3221, but thats not a deal breaker. Most of what I am finding is < = 3rd gen Intel, so that eliminates 918/920/3221 and QSv HW transcoding. Not sure I want to do that. Also most of these boards have 2-4 sata, some have m.2 slots... so I have seen these m.2 pcie to sata boards Even some little 2 port ones.... But I have no experience with these, and I have not found any M-ITX boards with 8 ports (though I know 1 exists but its an older atom board afair) Has anyone here done an 8 bay build on mini itx? This is all because the case I bought, which has 8 hot swap bays with a backplane (silverstone ds380) requires a mini itx board...May not be feasible and I may have to sell the case and pick again. Any help would be appreciated. THANKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted May 22, 2022 Share #2 Posted May 22, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B96248O https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=ROMED4ID-2T#Specifications https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007629 600009028 A lot more options with Micro ATX but you can find something from the above 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_matrix Posted May 22, 2022 Share #3 Posted May 22, 2022 I have the first adapter in my desk for a future ITX build upgrade but haven't the time yet to test it. Saw some reviews on Reddit that says that it works properly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_matrix Posted May 23, 2022 Share #4 Posted May 23, 2022 Have installed the module and everything is working out of the box (2TB HDD are connected to the module): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted May 23, 2022 Share #5 Posted May 23, 2022 Moderator action: moved thread out of the Developer forum tree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keypad74 Posted May 26, 2022 Share #6 Posted May 26, 2022 You can use the Gigabyte C246n-wu2. It uses 8th to 9th gen Intel CPUs and has 8 SATA ports through using a minisas hd to SATA connector. I am using it in a 918+ system with core i5 8600k. Everything works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phone guy Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted May 26, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 10:21 AM, flyride said: Moderator action: moved thread out of the Developer forum tree. Sorry about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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