Motherboard with many Sata/PCIE slots for HTPC

mrrosenthal

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Dec 23, 2013
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HI,
I have a GT440 and 10 hard drives, and I want to make a HTPC. My idea is to get a 5U rack mounted case and put a ton of hard drives in it.

I do 1080p fom MPC-HC and I want to know what
mobo, cpu and ram to get. I already have a GT440.

My concers are having enough SATA connectors and PCIE connections so I can add a raid or Sata card. A 5U case will hold 20 hard drives eventually.