[Silverstone DS380 thread?]

Has anyone used the Silverstone DS380 with the Asrock E3C224D4I-14S board? I'm asking because it's slightly larger than mini-ITX.

 

I looked at this thread and found the mobo pretty impressive: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=32704.0

 

Advantages over the C2750D4I (using the E3C224D4I-14S with the XEON E3-1230L v3):

* supports VT-D

* Better PassMark score (7,3 vs 3,9 and almost 3x single PassMark score)

 

Downside is the slightly higher TDP (25W vs. 20W CPU only, so I guess it will use around 40W in total).

 

Any other items to consider using this board in the DS380?

 

Apologies, just saw, that Gary covered this already here:

 

Edit2: Think I found my next attempt: ASRock E3C224D4I-14S

 

Edit3: And the ports are on the extended portion / longer side of the motherboard which wouldn't fit in the case. I give up.

 

The DS380 specifications indicates it will work with DTX boards.  The E3C224D4I-14S is well within the 9.6" max width spec for DTX (it's 8.4" wide).    In addition, it looks like the mini-SAS connectors are just ahead of the 2 SATA connectors ... NOT on the extended portion of the board.

 

Why don't you think this board would work ??

 

I was able to make a ASRock E3C224D4I-14S work in the DS380 case with some new motherboard standoffs mods.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3minso/build_complete_smallest_12x_drive_diy_nas/