Mini-STX motherboards problems

[Brigita]

Hello, does some one had problems with mini stx motherboards?
is it good for 24/7 mini home server?
samsung evo 960 for system
and lots of raid hdd

 

[VirtualLarry]

"Lots of RAID HDD"? On a mini-STX? I don't think so...

Edit: And yes, I own an ASRock H110 mini-STX mobo, never had a problem with it.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

I'm going to have to agree with Larry here. Something doesn't add up. STX doesn't have all that much expansion capability on-board, and no slots for expansion cards.

If you want lots of SATA ports you are properly stuck with either ATX or mATX, I haven't seen all that many ITX boards with more then 4 SATA ports.

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-A88M...Motherboard-/381556854438?hash=item58d68f8ea6

Look into that mobo. Two PCI-E x16 (one electrically x4) slots, which can hold two 4-port SATA6G or two hardware RAID cards (* Note, I haven't actually tested compatibility with RAID cards, but they should work, in theory.), and EIGHT onboard SATA ports.

Or, you could use a PCI-E M.2 SSD for the boot OS, and then use the eight SATA ports for data drives.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Look into that mobo. Two PCI-E x16 (one electrically x4) slots, which can hold two 4-port SATA6G or two hardware RAID cards (* Note, I haven't actually tested compatibility with RAID cards, but they should work, in theory.), and EIGHT onboard SATA ports.

I have that exact board in an FM2+ box (with an Athlon 845), and I can recommend it. Just be aware the second PCIe x16 slot shares PCIe lanes with the M.2 slot, and so gets disabled when you use that.