YukikazeQ Okay the boards with a ton of x1 pcie slots were one thing but this is just stupid.

Have you ever used one of those boards, if yes, I can't understand why you think it is stupid?It helps a lot to save time and possibly money to build the missing parts around those, x1 cramped together, boards.There are enough pictures from mining farms using similar designs like that board.Those are mostly without cpu socket, what makes it possible usable for me.And besides crypto, the other mentioned enough use cases.e.g. an alternative for the 2K$ upwards Nvidia KI Ubuntu Tower.If you are interested:Those Boards with a bunch of x1 sticked together are mostly derivations of the cheapest Designs.I only have in use a H81 PRO BTC and R2.0 but I'v checked most of the Boards in reality.- PCBs bend in all directions as the layers for stability are missing or the wrong materials,- they have to mention the feature that the power rails on the PCB have enough copper to power the connectors, if you need them be shure that they mention it.- you need the extender Boards, where if you need quality you have to add each 7$ and above.- you have to get the routing correct fot the x1 the get even GEN2 speed , if you e.g. cross Power lines or have to much bending on the cheap USB3(3.1) cables you can be happy to get GEN1 working.etc.