I have 32GB of SODIMM 32GB. I prefer a mini-itx.
Is There a DDR4 Mini-ITX That Is a Regular Desktop Board with USB-C?
Geekomatic on 17/02/2026 - 01:55
Last edited 10/03/2026 - 20:11
Last edited 10/03/2026 - 20:11
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Is there a regular desktop mini-itx board that uses SO-DIMMs?
For some reason they don't make them. You'd think they would to free up space on the board. But, no, they design desktop boards to use desktop RAM.
But there are a lot of thin mini-itx board that use SO-DIMMs. But they don't have PCIe slots.
… with USB-B?
No. No-one puts USB-B on the host end. I can't even find a male USB-A to female USB-B adapter. Anyone who wants to do that conversion wants to do it the other way around at the printer end.
Asrock do have some industrial boards with PCI Express and so-dimm support. No idea if you can find them in Aus.
https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/mini-itx
They also have some with embedded Intel CPU's (I used to run one for an unraid server)
https://www.asrock.com/mb/index.us.asp#Intel%20CPU
But yeah slim pickings.
Minisforum have made ITX boards with PCIE5 that take SO-DIMM. Not 'regular' as such given the cpu is soldered but they are a pretty good bit of kit
Huh? You are asking about USB-B (that is usually a device connection) and then tell us you have 32gb of SODIMM.
Are you sure you mean B or do you mean USB-C?
Is there a DDR4 mini-itx that is a regular desktop board with USB-B?
No!
The world has come to this, building a system around RAM. Probably best bet is an AMD am4 socket system
I was checking all the major boards since mine died recently and I couldn't find anything like that. you might need either an adapter or have a USB-B to USB-A or C.
Maybe Aliexpress might have what you want
Good call for someone with SO-DIMMs to spare.
I'd forgotten about them after I tried them for exactly that reason a few years ago with DDR3 and they didn't work. But I'm sure some must or they wouldn't be still selling them.
I went through my RAM stash the other day when I remembered I had 32GB of unopened DDR4. Worth more than I paid for it years back.
32GB of SODIMM 32GB
Stop gloating how rich you are.
Was an upgrade on a laptop that died within 3 months. Def not gloating, more like, RIP.
:^(
ROG Strix X570-I Gaming has a USB C on the back panel if thats what you are after
USB B? That's not normally on the host. Are you sure you don't mean USB A?