Michael Stone composed on 2020-12-29 17:30 (UTC-0500):
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 04:52:48PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
>>Matching that level of versatility with *modern* ports on a modern
>>motherboard, especially without access to a hardware-review site of the
>>caliber I was drawing on at the time, is going to be difficult.
> Not really: fast USB & nvme are pretty much standard these days. Your
> choices are more limited if you insist on a zillion onboard sata ports,
> but you could just get a 4 or 6 port expansion card for well under $50.
Boards with 2 M.2 NVME and 6 SATA aren't at all uncommon, but finding one with
those and dual eSATA and Firewire and USB-C and Triple Channel and PS/2 and
S/PDIF
and dual PCIeX16 slots and PCIeX4 (or 8) slot and dual PCIeX1 slots and PCI slot
and 8 channel audio ain't too easy.
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