I'm currently looking into building a small home server for the first time - info here.
X10SRM-F
- Is there a reason this board would only support PCIE 2 for the M.2 lanes? In the manual it says "One (1) M.2 M-key Mini PCI Express 2.0 x4 Connector" it seems like that's pretty old technology to put in with an M.2 slot?
- This board states that it supports "Status monitor for speed control", "Low noise fan speed control" and "Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) fan connectors" so I was going to get some Noctua PWM case fans. However, there's a reviewer on Newegg who said the following which has me concerned as this server will be in my entertainment unit so I need it to be as silent as possible. It should support 4 pin PWM fans right?
Since I was wondering about those two items and couldn't find another 2011 board with M.2 I looked at the 1151 boards and found these two:
X11SSH-LN4F and X11SSi-LN4F
- For the M.2 is there a reason that the micro ATX mobo only supports PCIE 3 x2 while the ATX supports the full x4? Do they take up too much physical room the board doesn't have?
- Would either of these boards have the same fan speed issues as the board above?
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So if you had a choice between a E5 with an M.2 slot with PCIE 2 x4 or a E3 with an M.2 slot with PCIE 3 x4 lanes what would you pick? (Unless you know of another 2011-3 mobo with an M.2 slot)
X10SRM-F
- Is there a reason this board would only support PCIE 2 for the M.2 lanes? In the manual it says "One (1) M.2 M-key Mini PCI Express 2.0 x4 Connector" it seems like that's pretty old technology to put in with an M.2 slot?
- This board states that it supports "Status monitor for speed control", "Low noise fan speed control" and "Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) fan connectors" so I was going to get some Noctua PWM case fans. However, there's a reviewer on Newegg who said the following which has me concerned as this server will be in my entertainment unit so I need it to be as silent as possible. It should support 4 pin PWM fans right?
"Cons: Supermicro missed to boat when it comes to fan control with this motherboard. Basically, there is no control. Supermicro support says OEM fans are not supported because fan low speed is too low and will cause low fan sensor read errors. The sensor read error will cause all fans to cycle from slow to fast to slow again; over and over. There is no way to control this unless you set the fans to full speed. I am stuck with all my fans (4) spinning a 1500 RPM.
It is my opinion fan speed should be governed by thermal output. My current configuration has 9, that's right, 9 thermal sensors monitoring temperature out of a total of 11 sensors. And all sensors are reporting temperatures below 30 C. So I have a very cool running machine.
I am still investigating other fan speed control options; however, it should not be this difficult and Supermicro should fix this in firmware update."
It is my opinion fan speed should be governed by thermal output. My current configuration has 9, that's right, 9 thermal sensors monitoring temperature out of a total of 11 sensors. And all sensors are reporting temperatures below 30 C. So I have a very cool running machine.
I am still investigating other fan speed control options; however, it should not be this difficult and Supermicro should fix this in firmware update."
Since I was wondering about those two items and couldn't find another 2011 board with M.2 I looked at the 1151 boards and found these two:
X11SSH-LN4F and X11SSi-LN4F
- For the M.2 is there a reason that the micro ATX mobo only supports PCIE 3 x2 while the ATX supports the full x4? Do they take up too much physical room the board doesn't have?
- Would either of these boards have the same fan speed issues as the board above?
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So if you had a choice between a E5 with an M.2 slot with PCIE 2 x4 or a E3 with an M.2 slot with PCIE 3 x4 lanes what would you pick? (Unless you know of another 2011-3 mobo with an M.2 slot)