Seeking Ryzen mITX for server build

Hardware Motherboards
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Hey guys,

So as the title states I am looking for a mini itx board that will support ECC and allow me to pass-through the one PCIe slot and NVMe. I’ll be using a NVMe to PCIe x4 adapter. So the the board will need to have a NVMe slot. I’ve had my eyes set on the ASRock Fatal1ty AB350. I believe ASRock boards support ECC but I am not sure about the IOMMU grouping of the PCIe slot and NVMe.

Any insight would be appreciated.

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So using the PCIe for more NVMe storage? Or is there an adapter to use a GPU with an NVMe M.2 port?

If the former, you’ll have to use a 2200G/2400G and none of the boards I’ve seen so far will support ECC for the non-pro models (which I can’t find anywhere yet).

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Here’s what I’ll be using for the NVMe to PCIe x4s-l500

I wanted to use the 2700 non X

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Well that certainly clarifies things! FWIW I believe the Biostar allows for PCIe bifurcation as an option (2x8 lanes) but I have no idea how that translates for IOMMU groupings.

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You’d think things like this would be listed in product specifications. It would help the buyer and may increase their sales.

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But it’s not “gamery” enough.

/s

I also want to do the same thing though, but for a media server/router, except of course a 2200G would be perfect with the exception of no ECC support :-/

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My plan is…

ESXi with the following VMs: pfsense, Debian (Docker, Snapraid, Mergerfs), Windows 10. I’ll need to pass-through the HBA to the Debian VM and a network adapter to the pfsense VM.

I would really like if motherboard manufacturers would stop with the whole “Gaming” branding. It’s a joke!

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I’ve been avoiding this but I may have to take the hit. I’ve owned the X10SDV-TLN4F before. I was hoping to use a Ryzen with higher clock speeds and lower price tag. But the X10SDV-TLN4F has all the features I’m seeking aside from the CPU and price.

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That’s a nice number of ports there. And 4 RAM slots… :drooling_face:

At $435+… ouch.

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Yea I know but it comes at a price $850. Also includes 10gbe plus IPMI which is a nice to have.

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I don’t know about the reliability of this vendor, but it’s here for $435: http://www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?2698859_g10e

Edit: woop, quadcore.

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Thanks, that’s the 4 core version and it does not include the two 1gbe ports. I had this board in the past as well. I had attempted to use it as a desktop computer. It just couldn’t cut it. At least not for my desktop usage.

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@Steinwerks, You may want to consider the quad core version for you build.

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I thought about it, and although it’s cool, might be a bit overkill in terms of price to performance for my purposes.