What motherboard for a 9800x3D
What motherboard for a 9800x3D
For your 9800x3D setup, you’ll need a motherboard that supports the required slots and features. You mentioned needing 3-5 M.2 slots, ideally four of them. Since you’re using a PCIe capture card, ensure the board has enough PCIe lanes and proper expansion slots. Check compatibility with your GPU and capture card to avoid conflicts.
What graphics card are you running these days? Unless you possess an RTX 5090, even lowering to x8 on the GPU port won't significantly affect performance. There are (somewhat) ZERO AM5 boards that allow you to connect that many M.2 drives without restricting your GPU to x8
If you require more than two 8TB drives, it’s not necessary to use them all at full M.2 speed initially.