HKUXZR N100 Industrial Motherboard NAS 4 Cores 4 Threads Low Power Processor 4x2.5G i226 Network M.2 Slot 6xSATA DP HDMI 2.0 PCIE ×1 .1*M2_ SSD NVME/NGFF+ 1*M.2_ NVME

Minimal packaging. The manufacturer is BKHD. Once I was able to looking up the documentation that was missing from the package, installation went smoothly. I’m using a Jonsbo N2 box and this board didn’t work with most of its front connectors unfortunately.

Purchased this for a pfSense build. As advertised, the board is populated with 4 discreet Intel V226 NIC's. Added 8Gb of DDR5 RAM and a 128Gb NVME SSD. Used 150w PICO PSU. Board booted 1st time no problems. pfSense installed with no issues and recognized the intel NIC's immediately. Installation and setup (including bridging 3 of the NIC's for LAN and setup OpenVPN for remote) took approx 2 hours. NOTE: I must point out that this board comes with absolutely no documentation; online searches came up with zero as well. While most of the headers are labeled on the board, the chassis header for Power sw. and LED's have no polarity indicated so connection is trial and error. That being said,, if you are comfortable with building PC's and willing to take some time this is an excellent choice for a NAS or Router build

The motherboard works as stated, I haven't done any benchmarking on the SATA ports but they appear to all function together reasonably well. The main issue I have with this is that the chipset doesn't really have any way to control the fans, if there is one it definitely doesn't work on Linux. But, it's the only N100 motherboard I could find in this price range with that many SATA ports and with regular power supply ports so it fits the bill.

This board can be had on AliExpress for a bit cheaper, but if you need it in a hurry this is a good spot. I am using this to host a full *arr stack, webservers, download clients, etc. with 48TB of attached HDD storage managed with mergerfs. Just note that the M2 slot closest to the processor is NVME and the other is just SATA, so use the closest slot for whatever needs the speed advantage. For me, that's a working/scratch drive for nzbget processes. Manufacturer is BKHD if you need to research it. I re-pasted the heatsink out of habit when I received it. Does hardware transcoding with QuickSync in Jellyfin really well. Can't think of a better board. I have a USB PCIEx1 card on it to provide an internal USB3.0 header for my case + 2x C and 4x A ports on the back. Seemed to be picky with RAM, I have a 16GB GSKILL ripjaws stick installed. Some people suggest that you can have more RAM than that, but I use this for a ton of docker-based applications on Debian 12 and my RAM usage never exceeds 50%. Good board.

Update: The seller sent me an open box board as a replacement under warranty and it has the exact same problem. A faulty memory controller. Both boards also run quite hot because the CPU heatsink and fan are not equipped to properly cool the CPU. So under a modest load it will run at 78-83C. That's hot enough that the board will burn itself out without some kind of aftermarket heatsink/fan modification. But back to the original problem. I have perfectly good DDR5 SODIMMs that I have tested on other motherboards w/o issue. I've included a screenshot that shows the failure on this board on the third pass, as well as the high CPU temperatures. Upon reaching out to the seller, they insisted it isn't the motherboard because . . . the same problem is happening again. They even asked me if I had used the motherboard for anything yet. How can I use it for a firewall with a faulty memory controller and a CPU that runs at about 80C under modest load? This unit was not built with quality in mind, and I HIGHLY recommend you look elsewhere. Even if you are lucky enough to get a board that has a working memory controller, chances are it will eventually overheat and die a lot earlier than it should. I am very disappointed in this purchase and hope my review helps others stay away so they can save their time and money. Original Review: Had a bad motherboard out of the box. Memory controller is faulty. I tried replacing the RAM just in case it was that, but the same exact problem persists. The unit came with no documentation, and I don't suspect that there's much of a warranty. If there is I'd likely have to ship it overseas, which makes it not worthwhile. So much for hoping to find a decent priced NUC board, I was hopeful about this one, but it's been a nightmarish experience. I don't recommend buying this unless you enjoy hardware with poor QA and no support.