SFF.Network MINIS FORUM AR900i ITX Motherboard With Intel Mobile Core i9 – 13900HX Available For Order at $559

 
MINIS FORUM has listed their AR900i motherboard up for order for $559. The board is a standard ITX sized unit but designed around a mobile Intel i9 – 13900HX. It includes a built-in CPU heatsink that can exhaust hot air out the rear I/O panel of the motherboard, and a custom fan and heatsink for the four m.2 drive slots. Most importantly, it also supports a PCIe 5.0 x 16 slot for use of desktop GPUs. RAM is DDR5 SODIMMs at up to 5200 MT/s.
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I am planning to build NAS based on this board. Hopefully my HBA will work

I got Minisforum AR900i board with Crucial RAM 96GB Kit + M.2 NGFF PCIe B M Key 10 Gigabit RJ45 LAN + LSI 9201-16I SAS 2116 also tested with LSI 9300-8i and result was a monster (mini)PC capable of Proxmox/Unraid/TrueNAS. This is one of the best power efficient server I have in my homelab. Ordered an JMT PCI-E 4.0 x16 1 to 2 Expansion Card to split the PCI in 2 (bios permits) and expand the tests with this beast