Looking for mini-ITX SBC

[MC.Morrado]

I am looking for a passively cooled mini-ITX single-board computer with at least one M.2 slot for an NVMe SSD, two SATA connector ports, and give better performance than an old Intel i5-2320. 16GB of DDR4 or DDR5 is pretty much the bare minimum for my use cases and experimentation with self-hosting a server (if not seperate things in Kubernetes).

 

The question/topic was changed due to finding out that a Compaq Presario SR1803WM can also take a mini-ITX motherboard besides the normal micro-ATX upon disassembly, inspection, and putting the computer back together.

Edited December 10, 2024 by MC.Morrado
rephrasing question

[starsmine]

5 minutes ago, MC.Morrado said:

I am looking for a passively cooled micro-ATX motherboard (Example: ASRock N100M, if it was available) for a little server I got running. The general TDP I'm looking for is somewhere between 6 to 15 watts with decent performance, can take at least 16GB of DDR4 or DDR5 memory, and use a regular micro-ATX form factor to fit inside a PC made in 2006. Going for a silent server build with a big emphasis on performance per watt.

What motherbaords are even activly cooled that are no flagship overclocking motherboards? 

Im guessing with that link you are looking at embedded processors? Because for socketed boards, it being passive to cool the CPU is completly up to your cooler choice, not the board. 

[MC.Morrado]

9 minutes ago, starsmine said:

What motherbaords are even activly cooled that are no flagship overclocking motherboards? 

Im guessing with that link you are looking at embedded processors? Because for socketed boards, it being passive to cool the CPU is completly up to your cooler choice, not the board. 

Yes, the embedded CPU like the Intel N100 still performs a lot better than most of the hardware I own. I just don't feel like going out to buy a CPU and heatsink on top of already trying to find a motherboard; TLDR, I don't have the downtime or money to waste weeks playing "find the parts online".