This mini ITX board combines Alder Lake-N processor with 10 Gb and 2.5 GbE networking and up to 8 storage devices (2 x NVMe + 6 x SATA)

What’s your opinion on this board? Is it worthwhile to use as a home server?

  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Pretty killer specs on paper. In my experience, these AliExpress boards have a bunch of minor annoyances that add up. Examples of those annoyances from my experience include:

    • a complete lack of support after the sale (you’ll never get a BIOS update, or if you do, you have to get it from some dodgy Chinese Dropbox-equivalent),
    • a lack of 4-pin chassis fan headers,
    • outdated SATA controllers that don’t let your computer reach higher C-states, and
    • non-standard CPU coolers that you’ll never be able to replace if they fail.
    • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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      4 months ago

      So true. I’d complement the first point to include a general lack of documentation. Sometimes, we can’t even know some pinout schema without trial and error.