I currently have a m5a78l-usb3 mobo with a 8320e cpu. I want to delve into unraid with the main purpose of creating a vm so I can have a nas and windows in one tower also maybe messing around with ubunu on the occasion. My problem is that my motherboard does not support Iommu and won't let me pass through my gpu to the windows guest os. So I need a motherboard that is capable of doing that and is compatible with my current cpu. It would also be nice to have internal graphics for unraid gui however I have a spare gpu if that isn't possible (Of course the mobo will need an extra 2 pcie slots if thats the case.)  

I think you'd need a 990FX board, like the Asus SABERTOOTH for IOMMU.

The saber tooth boards are a bit expensive, Im going for something around $100 or under if possible. I've been trying to pick apart this for a while for anything good. I may end up with a M5A97 R2.0

If that board plays well with unraid.

Edited July 20, 20178 yr by tatertot817

I had ga-970a-ud3 for my 8350. I had no issues with it. Just issues with 8350 ha but if it's compatible and your interested I will be selling it


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Skyline7349 Did you ever use a Sata expansion card on that board? if so what Kind? I'm looking for an inexpensive new board for a rebuild of unraid to run 12 to 15 hard drives