Micro-ATX Mobo with enough PCIe lanes?
18 minutes ago, GP781 said:A GPU (one that would be perfectly happy on an x8 slot if it had an open end), a 10 gig NIC, and a RAID card, but the raid isn't a must so if there's like 6 SATA ports on the board itself that would work too, in which case I'd only need 1 x16 and 1 x8 or 2 x8's with 1 open ended if that's even a thing you can get.
Getting one that's x8/x8 is just not feasible if you want to get a platform released within the last few years. The thing is though, you don't need x8 and x4 for those cards. You can get 10 gig NICs that work at PCIe x4 just fine, and you can get HBAs that work just fine that only need PCIe x1 if the board doesn't have 6 SATA ports.
A board like the B650M Mortar has an x16, an x4, and 6 SATA ports, so while you would have to get a new NIC (I'm assuming you're reusing an old one), it's still likely your best option.
EDIT: didn't see the fact you just aquired a bunch of motherboards, so that recommendation doesn't work. There are much more boards with 6 SATA ports on AM4 though, so this does raise the amount of options you have. Something like a PRO B650M-VC would work just fine, though if you're going to look at used boards you pretty much just have to see what's available to you.
8 minutes ago, GP781 said:On pcpartpicker and looks like 2 x16 slots is the most common thing
That 2nd x16 slot is almost always wired up for x4, x2, or even x1 in some instances. They're basically never wired up for full x16, and PCPP only filters by the slots physical dimensions, not it's capabilities.
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