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Review on ASUS WS C246M PRO: Advanced LGA1151 ECC DDR4 M.2 C246 Server Workstation Micro ATX Motherboard for 8th Gen Intel Core CPUs by Adam Browning

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ASUS C246M Pro for NAS Server Build

Workstation functions are built into this motherboard. It supports ECC memory and I'm using a Crucial ECC DIMM with an i3-9100 with ECC support. Be sure to update the BIOS for 9th Gen processors and luckily it allows you to update the BIOS without a processor with the onboard Flashback button. The board has a convenient power switch. It has a lot of features that I'll probably never use, but if I later decide to make it a Windows desktop PC or something, it has that option. As a previous reviewer mentioned, it has a long boot time due to several workstation features, but some of these can be disabled in the BIOS, making startup a bit faster. So far the build is going well and I appreciate the versatility of this board.

Pros
  • Supports up to three independent displays simultaneously for better multitasking and productivity
Cons
  • Little things