<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 2:29 AM Stephen Worthington, <<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:48:57 -0500, you wrote:<br>
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>Anyone have thoughts on the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4<br>
>Motherboard? (<br>
><a href="https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570%20phantom%20Gaming%204/index.asp" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570%20phantom%20Gaming%204/index.asp</a>)<br>
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This looks like a lower end (ie cheaper) X570 motherboard. Higher end X570 boards can be very expensive, and are likely overkill for a box intended for MythTV only. But if you are intending to use it for<br>
other things too, you might want to look at more expensive options.<br>
X570 is great for getting 6+ (8 in this case) SATA ports that all work when using the NVMe slots. This can be important if you are like me and keep adding more hard drives for more storage.<br>
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I downloaded a copy of the ASRock motherboard's manual and compared it<br>
to my new X570 motherboard <br> <br> <snip><br>
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That is all I have noticed - I hope it is some help.<br><br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Stephen, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You just wrote an epic novel's worth of insight on a motherboard for someone halfway around the world from you. I don't have enough superlatives to add to the thank you's.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So many variables to think of. For example, I was originally going to run it headless, but if I do use a Windows VM to handle the odd Windows only press screening, do I want an MB with onboard graphics or a fanless graphics card?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm beginning to realize that this isn't a shopping list, it's a research project.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks again for your insight. </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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