Just to throw it in there Topton isn't really a no name brand, maybe not well known to the average eastern consumer but they've been around for a while (along with cwwk). Compared to some of the stuff you can find on ebay and aliexpress while I wouldn't exactly recommend them to someone who wasn't DIY oriented I've had pretty good luck with the hardware I've gotten from them.

Most of these boards come with Intel i225v or i226v NIC, so a dab at the Intel Update Assistant while being in Windows wohld possibly have helped. And if everything else goes wrong, you could possibly find drivers with the hardware ID from the device manager and Google...

The Brand is Topton. I also run 2 NAS Boards from them But with an 6005 processor.

4 2.5Gb ports nice!!

@Nalianna

3 ай бұрын

could run it as your NAS, and also as your router :)

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

@@Nalianna Yes, and by default, as you see in the video, they even ship it with pfSense, you can use it as Router and/or NAS

I believe that you need to get a TPM Header (module) for TPM to work (it is the ASUS compatible one)....

Update on how its working? Failures? Problems Pros? Cons?

@TechnicallyUnsure

Ай бұрын

Please check the follow up video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKapuc-PlMXFnaw.html

One of those Ethernet ports should have been 10gb. I would buy that

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

I wish

@leonidiakovlev

24 күн бұрын

They are 10g together with llink aggregation =)

Default String is my favourite company.

@guidobyfredo

25 күн бұрын

vanilla BIOS, what's not to like lol

Man I’ve looked everywhere to see if anyone had done a video and just today I came across it. Did you do a follow up video of running TrueNAS for a longer time? I’m really interested in this board to build a TrueNAS box

@TechnicallyUnsure

21 күн бұрын

Yes, here's the follow up video kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKapuc-PlMXFnaw.html

Does it support bifurcation of the Pcie slot?

does it support passing though the pci to vm, does the bios have any IOMMU settings ??

having 4 ethernet ports is pretty good !

what about disk performance? power consumption? those are the things I'd like to see in a nas mobo review.

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

Please see the 2nd video on this motherboard on my channel, power consumption is 75 watts with all disks in use and disk speed was limited to Ethernet, which is 2.5Gbps

@fedefede843

3 ай бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure oh, that is the video I was looking for. Good stuff, thanks!

I would like to know what chipset provides the 8 sata ports accessible thru the sff-8643 connectors. I'm guessing ASMedia or maybe JMicron. Too bad you didn't run lspci when you had Ubuntu installed.

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

Sorry, missed that in this video, please keep an eye out for the new video, it will include a lot more info on this motherboard

internal usb is perfect for unraid os did you test the chineese nvme?

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

Yes, NVME SSD came with the motherboard and it worked fine, installed the OS on it and did some speed test, all seems to be in order.

are the 2.5gb ethernet intel or realtek?

Quick question: have you desoldered the capacitor under the 2x4 pin of the processor power supply? Because I've got a capacitor blocking the plug.

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

No, I did not desolder anything, maybe you got a different board or a different revision ?

@freegameshow4743

2 ай бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure It's exactly the same, but with just one extra capacitor.

Too bad it lacks quicksync.. what's the power draw at idle and under load? That's important info and I can't find it in your other videos.. 🤔

@TechnicallyUnsure

7 күн бұрын

Please check the follow up video for more info kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKapuc-PlMXFnaw.html

@Airbag888

7 күн бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure Got it, so 70W idle.. that's 50 too high for me haha thanks

Is it possible to configure Raid 5 on it or should we add an external controller?

@TechnicallyUnsure

18 күн бұрын

I think you should be able to do that, I don't see why not. In the follow up video I installed TrueNAS and everything works well there too

pretty sure even a n5105 nas motherboard would crush a premade nas letalone a 7840hs

does it support ECC ram, and what is real idle power usage?

@TechnicallyUnsure

4 күн бұрын

Please check the follow up video kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKapuc-PlMXFnaw.html

whats the power draw on this when running the NAS?

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

70W

спасибо, хорошая работа.

Do you need that kind of power for NAS ?

@TechnicallyUnsure

23 күн бұрын

Not really, they are advertising it as a NAS motherboard, but I think Proxmox is a better choice as the main OS. You can run TrueNAS as a guest VM on Proxmox and do passthrough for the disks.

Do you know if the PCIe slot supports bifurcation?

@pabloszi

2 ай бұрын

I have this board from cwwk. Till now didn't find any option in bios to turn on bifurcation.

@Airbag888

7 күн бұрын

Bifurcation tends to be very expensive, 99% sure this does not have it

Does the BIOS / PCIe slot support bifurcation?

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

Stay tuned, in the upcoming video, I will show bifurcation and more on this motherboard

Was the usb4 port working in Ubuntu?

@shtewps

3 ай бұрын

@TechnicallyUnsure is that a "yes"?

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

Sorry for the late reply, finally got a chance to try it. Yes, it works, driver part was a bit pain, but USB4 port works

It works with 96 GB Ram also (2x48) - the CPU supports ECC but i bet the MB don't

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

You are right and the 64GB limit is mentioned in AliExpress listing, but as you said, the CPU supports more

@BrunodeSouzaLino

2 ай бұрын

You can use ECC anyways, as the memory controller has been part of the CPU since 2008. All Ryzen SKUs support ECC RAM, but it has to be unbuffered. Only EPYC SKUs support Buffered ECC. You could address 128 GB, but 48GB is the highest capacity you're gonna find for a single ddr5 sodimm.

@benjiro8793

Ай бұрын

@@BrunodeSouzaLino You can use ECC Unbuffered memory BUT ... the ECC functionality is NOT active. Very important detail! Aka, its runs like normal DDR5 memory, but you do not get the system wide ECC support, that you expect. This is a issue with all those non "pro" laptop / mini-pc / 8700G / .. where ever else they shove that in monolite in. It needs a PRO CPU. The Desktop CPUs (minus the none "PRO" G) all support ECC.

@AinzOoalG0wn

Ай бұрын

@@benjiro8793 so can you get ecc buffered on desktop cpu for ryzen? or is EPYC a must? 🤔 and based on whats said, doesn't seem like the motherboard matters these days? as long as the cpu supports ecc?

@JKos-cz9lj

4 күн бұрын

@@AinzOoalG0wnall 7000 desktop ryzens supports ECC but the motherboard also should support.

In the AliExpress page I found this board supporting ECC RAM, is it right?

@HaimPeretz

3 ай бұрын

"Support SO-DIMM DDR5 memnory technology 2*SO-DIMM DDR5 memory slots DDR5 supports 5600 by default and is compatible with 4800/5200MHz (supports ECC notebook memory) Maximum capacity of single memory: 32GB Maximum capacity of dual channel: 64GB"

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

Yes, what I heard was and I quote: "All DDR5 come with inline ECC" (sic)

Do you know the power consumption? Idle, Full load, etc?

@TechnicallyUnsure

7 күн бұрын

Please check the follow up video for more info kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKapuc-PlMXFnaw.html

@aleJohnny

7 күн бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure The follow up is about the X99, no?

The motherboard reboots after the truenas boot. I don't get it. I need help please.

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

That never happened to me, something is not right. Did you install your own RAM? Maybe RAM is not compatible?

@freegameshow4743

3 ай бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure I took the same barrette as you. CT32G56C46S5

@freegameshow4743

3 ай бұрын

I think it was the installation that had the problem because I installed ubuntu server with casaos and it works fine. Thanks to you @@TechnicallyUnsure

in the BIOS, I can't access my hard disks. Are there any settings I need to change?

@freegameshow4743

3 ай бұрын

I took the same barrette as you. CT32G56C46S5

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

How about the M.2 drive? Did you install it? What power supply are you using? Did you install CPU cooler properly?

@freegameshow4743

3 ай бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure The prosseceur is well cooled, I put a ssd sata, and a corsair 750 watts

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

So it just randomly reboots? Maybe bad install? Is power supply new? Did you connect the extra CPU power connection to the motherboard or just the 24-pin one?

@freegameshow4743

3 ай бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsure I'll try to do a clean install to see. Thank you for your help.

Jonsbo make PC and NAS cases.

Does it support Proxmox?

@TechnicallyUnsure

3 ай бұрын

Yes, it does. I will actually upload a new video where I'm doing more with this motherboard.

@r0galik

2 ай бұрын

Proxmox is just a Web interface for qemu... Everything supports it

Bro said there's no driver when you can just download the genric one straight from Intel/AMD 🤣💀💀

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

What? We are talking about driver for Ethernet

@frenchieman971

2 ай бұрын

@@TechnicallyUnsureyup exactly and you just miss a very easy step to check you driver by yourself. Also Topton is very easy to answer on Aliexpress chat, WeChat and Skype to give your the support links of each of their thousand products. They are OEM manufacturers for many many many brands in China but also around the world, that’s why they don’t put their name on their products because they sell OEM and accept custom ODM names if you buy from 100/1000/10.000 units etc. They are big big big big in China and responsible for many Mini PC designs and Laptops boards and AIO Pc’s too…their pdf catalog is HUUUUGE.

Good luck with those unknown brands MB. I bought similar kind of MB from Amazon for a nas build. However two out of 6 sata ports don’t work. Only thing good is that they accept return. I have to pay $80 shipping to send it back to china. I will never buy any unknown brand MB from China any more.

@Vinterloft

2 ай бұрын

Topton is not a no-name brand. They've been around the block

With your Windows install, the missing drivers are likely from Intel (the NIC's) and AMD (the cpu/chipset). The easiest path to getting the missing drivers is with a free utility called Snappy Driver Origin. Then again, this mobo is aimed at a Linux (or freebsd) based NAS or firewall, so who cares about Windows.

Ай бұрын

if it works fully with windows would be a good board for adobe workstation...

Where is network and storage benchmarks? I mean the title said nas motherboard, and you even got windows and counter strike in it. I just don't get it

@TechnicallyUnsure

2 ай бұрын

Sorry, it's on the 2nd video, please see: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eX5lsbSQZa6-acY.html

@mi.canal.de.youtube

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! ​@@TechnicallyUnsure the 2nd wasn't show/suggested