i'm looking for a motherboard recommendation. now with new AMD Zen CPUs providing plenty of PCIe lanes, i'm wondering if there are better options that meet my requirements, which are:
1) at least 7 (more would be better) PCIe slots that are x8 wide or larger
2) low power consumption (prefer single socket)
3) fit within $500 budget? (for both motherboard + CPU)
I don't mind used equipment, and prefer it. I don't need a lot of RAM, even 2GB would be plenty. I don't need a lot of CPU, heck i'd be okay with single core if such thing still existed. I mainly need lots of PCIe slots and low power consumption.
Is there any combination of used AMD Ryzen or Epyc stuff that can do this?
This will be replacing my current combination of Supermicro X8DTH-iF with single L5630, which has worked great for this, and cost me next to nothing, but there are occasions where I wish I had PCIe 3.0. I had to rule out anything Supermicro X9 or newer due to not enough PCIe slots, or requiring dual sockets (double power consumption), and/or beyond budget. Just wondering if there are better options with newer AMD stuff?
1) at least 7 (more would be better) PCIe slots that are x8 wide or larger
2) low power consumption (prefer single socket)
3) fit within $500 budget? (for both motherboard + CPU)
I don't mind used equipment, and prefer it. I don't need a lot of RAM, even 2GB would be plenty. I don't need a lot of CPU, heck i'd be okay with single core if such thing still existed. I mainly need lots of PCIe slots and low power consumption.
Is there any combination of used AMD Ryzen or Epyc stuff that can do this?
This will be replacing my current combination of Supermicro X8DTH-iF with single L5630, which has worked great for this, and cost me next to nothing, but there are occasions where I wish I had PCIe 3.0. I had to rule out anything Supermicro X9 or newer due to not enough PCIe slots, or requiring dual sockets (double power consumption), and/or beyond budget. Just wondering if there are better options with newer AMD stuff?