Among the finest applied sciences to ever grace the PC is the arrival of USB connectivity. Virtually all the pieces connects by way of USB as of late, so why do some motherboards skimp on appropriate ports? That is query, and one that’s not relevant to Portwell’s PEB-9783G2AR.
Behind the relatively unassuming mannequin title is a notable motherboard that packs 20 (sure, TWENTY) USB 3.2 ports on rear I/O panel. With that many ports, you could possibly plug in a keyboard and mouse, your VR headset, a blended actuality headset, a number of exterior drives, a USB espresso hotter, and nonetheless have a bunch of USB ports to spare.
These are native USB ports, too, albeit of the Gen 1 selection (10Gbps, which is half the pace of Gen 2) . The product web page (unique supply: FanlessTech on Twitter) states the motherboard is a proprietary design. A number of the finer grain particulars are usually not talked about, nevertheless it seems Portwell cut up the USB connectivity throughout Intel’s W480E/Q470E chipset and a few of the SATA lanes to stretch connectivity to twenty ports, as there are simply two SATA 6Gbps ports.
Constructed for Intel’s newest technology Comet Lake-S processors, you could possibly construct a contemporary gaming PC on this motherboard in the event you actually needed to, although it is actually supposed for workstation/server builds.
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This board helps as much as 128GB of DDR4-2666 RAM (by means of 4 DDR4 DIMM slots) with ECC help, and may accommodate a single M.2 type issue SSD.
Along with a gang of USB ports, it serves up two DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, an HDMI output, twin ethernet ports (plus a header so as to add two extra to the combination). It additionally includes a system monitor for retaining tabs on voltage, fan pace, and temps.
You are not going to search out this motherboard on Amazon or Newegg—anybody concerned about shopping for it might want to request a worth from Portwell.
