







Board is worth every penny for the intel 9480s. Features are clean especially with the possibility of a completely remote setup with html5




Use the VGA port on first boot. Has a good IO layout. Ram slots are far enough away from the CPU socket to avoid getting in the way of coolers. No noisy fans for the chipset. It booted on first try with the EPYC 9334 but I didn't know because I didn't use the VGA port for the display.








-nvme was introduced just after windows xp, 2011, so the boards from the time had to have support added on if possible, not all server boards had nvme compatibilty even or took extra steps to personally write bios code in, so having a slot with native support is just amazing. -these boards are probably made in the same factories as boards like asus, and the components all look new and updated, I see that by the ram slots, vrm, capacitors. -I have 2 gpu ready to test the sli claim, you would be paying about 600 for a dual socket with sli(asus boards, SM x9dae). -put a samsung 960 and this computer is really fast. power on to desktop is 22s, windows loading to desktop is 12. saw advertised speeds without much more than drivers -dual 2667 v2 paired with this board handles anything I throw at it without a sweat.