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MPC7500:
To be honest, I would change the order to a Talos-II lite. I don't think they will have the Blackbird back in stock quickly.
Price-wise, it hardly makes a difference. But you need a bigger case, of course, unfortunately.
How about the Dune Pro?
If you can't reach anyone via support, I would try Twitter. If you don't have a Twitter account, you can give me your ticket number and I'll write to Raptor.
Corvidae:
--- Quote ---To be honest, I would change the order to a Talos-II lite. I don't think they will have the Blackbird back in stock quickly.
Price-wise, it hardly makes a difference. But you need a bigger case, of course, unfortunately.
--- End quote ---
I just double-checked the T2 lite specs and in addition to the case size, which is a bit annoying but probably workable with a case like you suggested, there were a couple of other Blackbird-specific features I wanted (mostly to reuse hardware I already have):
* On-board audio output
* SATA PortsSo assuming I also wanted to add a GPU, getting equivalent features would probably require 3 slots, but the T2 lite only has 2, so that is a bit of a problem.
--- Quote ---If you can't reach anyone via support, I would try Twitter. If you don't have a Twitter account, you can give me your ticket number and I'll write to Raptor.
--- End quote ---
I don't have a Twitter account, but if you could have them look at ticket #337978 it would be much appreciated.
MPC7500:
You're welcome.
https://twitter.com/mpc7500v2/status/1410334278186160136
Yes, Blackbird has audio, SATA and HDMI. But the number of PCIe slots are equal.
MPC7500:
Here you will find a comparison of the different mainboards:
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/RCS_Platform_Comparison
Corvidae:
--- Quote from: MPC7500 on June 30, 2021, 03:29:43 pm ---You're welcome.
https://twitter.com/mpc7500v2/status/1410334278186160136
Yes, Blackbird has audio, SATA and HDMI. But the number of PCIe slots are equal.
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Thank you :). And when I was referencing the slots, I meant that since the Blackbird has built-in audio and SATA, I wouldn't need cards for that, so I would have 1 spare PCIe slot instead of being 1 short. I probably should have been more clear about that. Not to mention the optional SAS/SATA addon has closed firmware according to the wiki, which while the disks themselves would all have closed firmware anyway, I'm trying to avoid as much as possible.
--- Quote from: MPC7500 on June 30, 2021, 04:19:17 pm ---Here you will find a comparison of the different mainboards:
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/RCS_Platform_Comparison
--- End quote ---
That's a handy little comparison chart. That kind of stuff is very helpful, not sure if that exact page is one I saw but the wiki was super helpful for me back when I placed my order. It's a shame though, if the T2 Lite had either of the Blackbird's integrated components, I could make some room and get that instead (if it wasn't backordered, that is).
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