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[USER=13704]@RockenRod[/USER] thanks for sharing your notes it's very helpful. I'm trying to SFF a 5950X and I really love having extra connectivity options that this board uniquely provides but I'm also so torn on whether I'd rather just have a "regular" board!As I understand it, on this platform all of the extra connectivity that you can achieve beyond onboard M.2 and pcie x16 (bifurcated or otherwise) is going to bottleneck through the DMI PCIe 4.0 x4 link. So, if I was going to go with a "regular" board, I could use a M.2 to (physical) x16 slot adapter on the secondary M.2 and utilize that bandwidth fully for whatever expansion card I'd use there. Since realistically i dont see myself needing anything else, then this may be the way to go for mITX if I can actually give up the 3rd and 4th memory slots.Another option is mATX where i'd get 3rd and 4th memory slots, but still without any ASUS options. But I'm not looking forward to the process of minimizing case volume for mATX, it's much harder and I need to get on Taobao for that. I'm getting close to burning out on the research...
[USER=13704]@RockenRod[/USER] thanks for sharing your notes it's very helpful. I'm trying to SFF a 5950X and I really love having extra connectivity options that this board uniquely provides but I'm also so torn on whether I'd rather just have a "regular" board!
As I understand it, on this platform all of the extra connectivity that you can achieve beyond onboard M.2 and pcie x16 (bifurcated or otherwise) is going to bottleneck through the DMI PCIe 4.0 x4 link. So, if I was going to go with a "regular" board, I could use a M.2 to (physical) x16 slot adapter on the secondary M.2 and utilize that bandwidth fully for whatever expansion card I'd use there. Since realistically i dont see myself needing anything else, then this may be the way to go for mITX if I can actually give up the 3rd and 4th memory slots.
Another option is mATX where i'd get 3rd and 4th memory slots, but still without any ASUS options. But I'm not looking forward to the process of minimizing case volume for mATX, it's much harder and I need to get on Taobao for that. I'm getting close to burning out on the research...
