May 4May 4 I’m trying to find a motherboard that has a minimum of 2 M.2 slots and 2 PCIE slots. My goal is to keep the server as low idle wattage as possible. I would also prefer if there were more than 6 SATA ports, but if that is not possible, do you guys think a PCIE ASM1166 SATA adapter or HBA will turn up the wattage by a lot?
May 5May 5 Author @ChatNoir sure, but there is so much to choose from and I don’t want to accidentally choose a very power hungry board. Plus I have done some digging after making the post and figured out that using any of the PCIE slots will just eat up a lot of power, so therefore it might be better to get an ITX board with minimum 3 M.2 slots, whereas one will be used for an ASM1166 SATA M.2 adapter Edited May 5May 5 by Thedinotamer
May 5May 5 PCIe slots really don't use power themself, only the card plugged into them does. The M.2 slot is the same, only use power when a card is plugged in.Generally, most all motherboards containing the same MB chipset basically use the same amount of power (unless they have add-ons, like 100W of LED bling). Compared with the power used by the CPU, drives, fans, etc the MB is a very small percentage of power used. It is better to select a board based on the form factor you need, number of on-board SATA connections and PCIe slots required, and a brand you trust. Edited May 5May 5 by ConnerVT
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