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ITX mobo and M.2

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I am looking to upgrade since I still have a platter system. Is there anything other than the asrock board? I noticed it only supports 2 channels. I would like to pair it with a samsung or corsair stick in the 500mb-1tb range if possible.
 
Are you referring to LGA 2011-3? Because there's plenty of mini-ITX boards for LGA 1150 that have M.2 support.
 
Any recommendations? I am not planning to overclock. Yes, I will be running 1150.
 
Asus Z97I-PLUS
Asus Maximus VII Impact
Asus H97I-PLUS
MSI Z97I Gaming ACK
ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac

These are a few boards that have an M.2 slot.
What SSD you want to put in there depends on the supported M.2 format and vice-versa.

- PCIe or SATA-600
- PCIe 2.0 or 3.0, 2 lanes or 4 lanes
- M.2 type 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 (length)
- NVMe or AHCI

And many more aspects. If you want a socket 1150 board with the fastest supported M.2 variant, then go with the Maximus VII Impact. As far as I know it's the only mITX board with a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot with support for AHCI and NVMe, along with the desired Type 2280 support (or even longer).
 
The most ideal is the Asus H97i or Z97i. The MSI and asrock one both do not support 80mm m.2 drives.

I have a Crucial M550 512gb m.2 SSD in a Asus H97i.
 
The most ideal is the M7I due to it's PCIe 3.0 x4 lanes (not 2.0 like most) and NVMe support, but it's ridiculously expensive just for that.
 
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