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Chinese PC makers have been offering mini ITX boards for build-your-own NAS solutions for at least a few years, but I recently ran across one that has an interesting mix of features including 6 SATA connectors for storage and three LAN ports: two with support for 2.5 Gb Ethernet connections and one with support for 10 Gigabit speeds.
Powered by a 6-watt, quad-core Intel N150 Twin Lake processor, the board officially supports up to 16GB of DDR5-4800 memory (although I suspect you could probably use a 32GB SODIMM if you wanted to). While boards like this tend to be sold under several different brand names, SZBOX calls it the 1264L-NAS and the company selling the board through AliExpress for $139 (although US shipping does not appear to be available at time of publication, likely due to tariffs).
The board features a single SODIMM slot for memory, two M.2 M-Key connectors for solid state storage, and support for up to 6 SATA 3 hard drives or SSDs.
Ports include:
While the USB port selection is rather underwhelming, it's worth keeping in mind that this board is clearly designed for network-attached storage, so it seems like the designers decided to prioritized high-speed network ports over high-speed USB ports.
Other features include connectors for an ATX power supply, CPU and system fans, and a few other odds and ends.
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