Just want to clarify given the confusion above. Which unit do you suggest offering $130 on?
$250: Intel NUC 9 Pro Compute Element - NUC9VXQNB
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It would be a compute unit such as this
Intel BKNUC9I7QNB NUC9i7QNB TESTED BOARD ONLY | eBay
Board Number NUC9i7QNB. Board Form Factor PCIe. Security & Reliability. Integrated Bluetooth Yes. Internal Drive Form Factor M.2 SSD. Audio (back channel + front channel) 7.1 digital; L+R+mic (F); L+R+TOSLINK (R).
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Eeeeee. So in other words, potentially 150 dollar box which requires a 400 dollar chassis to function.
Depending on your needs and wants I purchased a full nuc compute unit/case for less than 2.. Was an I5 I believe.. But for sustained loads I'd consider the coolermaster. Amazon warehouse deals always have them for 130ish..
I could be wrong but I believe this is powered with a 4+4 pin cable.
The coolmaster nc100 has nothing special. The only think I noted was a 10 pin power cable but the compute unit has a 8 pin visible.
The benefit of buying the special chassis would be for use of the additional pcie lanes to run a full GPU or other pcie devices in my opinion.
Yes.
I'm not sure exactly how the pcie interface communicates with the other pcie slots but it seems reasonable to think there might be a pcie switch on that board that makes it work.
Maybe that's why there appears to be power for the board.
edit: looks like there a m.2 slot on there too.
I'm not sure exactly how the pcie interface communicates with the other pcie slots but it seems reasonable to think there might be a pcie switch on that board that makes it work.
Maybe that's why there appears to be power for the board.
edit: looks like there a m.2 slot on there too.
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If I understand correctly, the PCIe connector on the CPU board was used to connect a PCIe card in the original enclosure. In theory, it should be possible to use 2 Occulink->PCIe adapters connected back to back to hook up an extra PCIe device. If the BIOS supports bifurcation, maybe a 4 x Occulink- > 16x PCIe adapter could be used to split the bus into multiple cards (if control and clock signals are connected)?
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The intel case for it looks like this from the back. Here is the STH review https://www.servethehome.com/intel-nuc9vxqnx-nuc-review-xeon-quartz-canyon/
The PCB listed above is in there. The Extreme ones have 500w psu and fit a short GPU (I have a RTX 3060Ti in it now).
There is also the NC100 that comes with a 650w psu and fits bigger video cards. I think you loose 1 nvme slot though. https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/nuc/mastercase-nc100/
The PCB listed above is in there. The Extreme ones have 500w psu and fit a short GPU (I have a RTX 3060Ti in it now).
There is also the NC100 that comes with a 650w psu and fits bigger video cards. I think you loose 1 nvme slot though. https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/nuc/mastercase-nc100/
He mentions der8auer's video, and even credits him with helping with troubleshooting
