Motherboard MSI Trident 3 motherboard. It's PIO, has 6pin for GPU!

[ColorZepppelin]

Hey guys,

Take a look at this disassembly (no doubt most think this is old news) but that is a great little motherboard. Right angle PIO style pci-e, 6-pin power connector, 19V externally powered. Would love to know if it can support a 150W RX480. It has it all. Isn't there enough interest in the SFF community for exactly this kind of board? Would MSI or other brand make these or a version available?
Any chance anybody knows where to buy one of those boards?

 

[Sicaris]

Yeah I brought this up a while back and was shot down but I still think it's a better solution than pcie risers. There is a thread around here listing known boards with a right angled pcie slot. I think a few community members have bought them, only from China though.

 

[Soul_Est]

Hey guys,

Take a look at this disassembly (no doubt most think this is old news) but that is a great little motherboard. Right angle PIO style pci-e, 6-pin power connector, 19V externally powered. Would love to know if it can support a 150W RX480. It has it all. Isn't there enough interest in the SFF community for exactly this kind of board? Would MSI or other brand make these or a version available?
Any chance anybody knows where to buy one of those boards?
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Yeah I brought this up a while back and was shot down but I still think it's a better solution than pcie risers. There is a thread around here listing known boards with a right angled pcie slot. I think a few community members have bought them, only from China though.

This was bought up a while back. The reason for it being shot down was that the motherboards were meant for system integrators and not the general public.

 

[Sicaris]

Like Meanwell PSUs, mSTX, micro STX, Thin mITX and all the other things no one on these boards uses...

Edit: Here's the thread with similar motherboards collected: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/list-of-motherboards-with-angled-pcie-slot-pio.1657/

 

[Ceros_X]

Shit, if if it took normal desktop DDR4 it would be perfect!

I wonder if it would be possible to purchas the motherboard seperately... need to see if MSI will sell direct.

Also NVME drive placement is a little weird.

 

[aquelito]

These mobo would sure solve lots of issues

 

[CC Ricers]

You're gonna pay a premium for that board by getting it with the case, even for the bare bones version.

And MSI somehow added warranty voiding stickers for some of the case crews, which I find pretty dumb. The system is made with user serviceable parts inside.