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   Well, you won't need a slot for Wifi or NVMe on a new board (provided you get one
with Wifi included). You also won't find a new board with old PCI slots unless you
go for a workstation/server board. 

If you are using the system for office/photo work etc then I would recommend an
intel platform. AMD has the crown right now for gaming but they run hotter and
use more power under lower loads. For work use the intel platform should be perfect
for you. 

Depending on your budget you can go for quite a few different options. Basically
any board that has Wifi will do the trick nicely for you. Here is a good example:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B860%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi

You probably won't need your USB 3.0 card as the board comes with a ton of USB
ports, including USB C. It comes with Wifi so you won't need that either. The
integrated graphics on a modern CPU will probably also perform well enough for
your design work too so you could even potentially skip the HD 5800 GPU. The
only issue you will have is your Firewire card, as I said before consumer boards
no longer have old PCI slots. You may need to look for a PCIe Firewire card if
that is essential to your workflow/hardware. 

You will be able to connect your NVMe drive directly to the motherboard as well
as use it as a boot drive.

As for CPU you can go for whatever fits your budget from the CPU support list:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B860%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi/index.asp#CPU

Just avoid any CPU model that ends in an "F" if you plan to use the integrated 
graphics (which I would recommend as it comes with hardware encoding that could
potentially speed up your video renders more than the HD 5800 series GPU). 

I wouldn't waste money on a Z890 board, for your needs the B860 chipset should
be more than adequate and save you a bit of money. Basically any B860 board 
that comes with wifi paired with an intel "Core Ultra" CPU should be perfect 
for you. 

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Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 39463	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jun 2026 at 3:49pm
	Well, you won't need a slot for Wifi or NVMe on a new board (provided you get one with Wifi included). You also won't find a new board with old PCI slots unless you go for a workstation/server board. If you are using the system for office/photo work etc then I would recommend an intel platform. AMD has the crown right now for gaming but they run hotter and use more power under lower loads. For work use the intel platform should be perfect for you. Depending on your budget you can go for quite a few different options. Basically any board that has Wifi will do the trick nicely for you. Here is a good example: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B860%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi You probably won't need your USB 3.0 card as the board comes with a ton of USB ports, including USB C. It comes with Wifi so you won't need that either. The integrated graphics on a modern CPU will probably also perform well enough for your design work too so you could even potentially skip the HD 5800 GPU. The only issue you will have is your Firewire card, as I said before consumer boards no longer have old PCI slots. You may need to look for a PCIe Firewire card if that is essential to your workflow/hardware. You will be able to connect your NVMe drive directly to the motherboard as well as use it as a boot drive. As for CPU you can go for whatever fits your budget from the CPU support list: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B860%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi/index.asp#CPU Just avoid any CPU model that ends in an "F" if you plan to use the integrated graphics (which I would recommend as it comes with hardware encoding that could potentially speed up your video renders more than the HD 5800 series GPU). I wouldn't waste money on a Z890 board, for your needs the B860 chipset should be more than adequate and save you a bit of money. Basically any B860 board that comes with wifi paired with an intel "Core Ultra" CPU should be perfect for you.


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	Hello and thank you. This motherboard looks very good, but I am disappointed that it only has two PCIe slots. I need one or two more. If I want to add a video capture card or something similar, I would not be able to on this one. Does the motherboard really support three M.2 NVMe SSD ?

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 39463	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 13 minutes ago at 5:17am
	Yes, the previous board I linked supports up to 3 NVMe drives without needing a PCIe adapter card. As I said before, more slots = higher end board, like this one: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z890%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi/index.asp#Gallery It will cost significantly more however. It will offer everything the previous board I linked offers as well as more PCIe slots although you get 1 x16 slot, 2 x4 slots and 1 x1 slot instead of 2 x16 slots. The x4 slots are open ended though so you will still be able to install x16 cards into them, they will be limited to x4 PCIe speeds however. Only GPUs and multi NVMe adapter cards really need more than x4 though.