2024 X99. It supports 10 sata drives and a m.2 nvme slot, alongside 15 gigabits of network bandwidth. The x99 chipset is a major improvement over x79 adding native usb 3.0 support, more sata 6gb/s ports, ddr4 support, and plenty of other little updates.

The x99 motherboard with an older xeon cpu balances performance, connectivity, and storage expansion. Hello r/homelab community, i’m currently contemplating the idea of setting up a home lab within a strict.