Hi everyone,
I need some advice on choosing a SuperMicro X10* motherboard.
The plan is to start a freeNAS for filesharing and transcoding with 4 drives at first (preferably a small case too) and expanding later on.
I have a spare XEON E-1231v3 cpu so I'm planning on using that for this build.
At the moment I'm stuck choosing between the following boards:
- X10SLM+-F
- X10SLH-F
- X10SL7-F
I was planning on buying the x10sl7-f because of the on-board SAS controller at first but I read some stuff about the SAS heat-sink becoming very hot, this may be an issue because I do not think a small case would provide optimal cooling.
After that would come either the X10SLM+-F or the X10SLH-F (both are the same price here).
However those both have additional usb 3.0 ports and I read that there are some problems with usb3.0 and freeNAS.
So if anyone has any experience with either the x10sl7-f running hot or having problems with the x10slm/slh usb3.0 slots I would like to hear what you have to say or perhaps give some advice about other motherboards.
I need some advice on choosing a SuperMicro X10* motherboard.
The plan is to start a freeNAS for filesharing and transcoding with 4 drives at first (preferably a small case too) and expanding later on.
I have a spare XEON E-1231v3 cpu so I'm planning on using that for this build.
At the moment I'm stuck choosing between the following boards:
- X10SLM+-F
- X10SLH-F
- X10SL7-F
I was planning on buying the x10sl7-f because of the on-board SAS controller at first but I read some stuff about the SAS heat-sink becoming very hot, this may be an issue because I do not think a small case would provide optimal cooling.
After that would come either the X10SLM+-F or the X10SLH-F (both are the same price here).
However those both have additional usb 3.0 ports and I read that there are some problems with usb3.0 and freeNAS.
So if anyone has any experience with either the x10sl7-f running hot or having problems with the x10slm/slh usb3.0 slots I would like to hear what you have to say or perhaps give some advice about other motherboards.