So my pci-e 16x to 1x adapter didn't work on my old asus p5ke board with the video card... and since it won't post without a video card in one of the x16 slots, I can't use my pci-e 8x sas card and pci-e 8x 10gbe cards at the same time. Most of the server boards I have seen from supermicro do not have a lot of pci-e slots... I was thinking maybe the X8SIA-F, but I would be using 3 of the pci-e slots from the get-go with only one left for expansion... Are there any other server boards with an abundance of pci-e slots?
The other option I was thinking of is getting something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157269
with an i5 2500k and 16gb of cheap non-ecc ram.
The other option I was thinking of is getting something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157269
with an i5 2500k and 16gb of cheap non-ecc ram.