MSI X79A-GD65 (8D)

An ATX board on the LGA2011 socket. Memory support covers 8 DDR4 slots up to 128GB total. Expansion covers 2 M.2 slots and 2 PCIe slots. Pick the board for its socket before anything else — chipset niceties come after.

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