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Nice job Andrew. Good to see that this mini-DTX board which is larger than the mini-ITX fits in the Fractal Design Array 2 case and that the mobo has 6 sata ports that can be completely used in the case since it supports 6 drives.
You’re missing the best part – 6 SATA ports!
WHS machine, anyone?
that’s a really good point – I could easily use it for WHS 🙂 Got another Fractal case to review next, a big one – might use the same mobo on it and go for a WHS install.
The quiet, fanless design is very appealing, but would this board cope as a WHS 2011 media server, streaming HD and simultaneously dealing with a file copy request?
It should do, although I havent tried that scenario. I think that if you want a WHS 2011 media server you should consider a mobo with an Intel i3/5 or 7 processor.
Nice job Andrew. Good to see that this mini-DTX board which is larger than the mini-ITX fits in the Fractal Design Array 2 case and that the mobo has 6 sata ports that can be completely used in the case since it supports 6 drives.
You’re missing the best part – 6 SATA ports!
WHS machine, anyone?
that’s a really good point – I could easily use it for WHS 🙂 Got another Fractal case to review next, a big one – might use the same mobo on it and go for a WHS install.
The quiet, fanless design is very appealing, but would this board cope as a WHS 2011 media server, streaming HD and simultaneously dealing with a file copy request?
It should do, although I havent tried that scenario. I think that if you want a WHS 2011 media server you should consider a mobo with an Intel i3/5 or 7 processor.