Question Tricky Motherboard Situation

[andrewmorgan98]

Hi, I have an interesting problem that maybe the right person here can solve.

My company purchased a massive fiber laser cutting machine. It was built in 2019. My intention is to upgrade the onboard computer.

The current computer has an i3 2120. Someone put an older than the machine itself computer in it. Its currently running windows 7. The computer has a PCI Motion Card which is much newer than the computer, which tells me [along with the laser manufacturer], that the motion card is fairly plug-n-play. I have been told not to use a PCI to PCIe express adapter. I have to use THIS motion card with THIS laser. I have also been told, the laser [and motion card] will run just fine on windows 10 with updated laser cutting software.

So the only challenge is finding the right motherboard that will accept the PCI motion card. I understand PCI is outdated.

I currently have collecting dust; a ryzen 7 2700x and a gtx 1080, a 240mm AIO, and 32 gb of ddr4. This would be a massive upgrade from the i3 2120 and no gfx card. Ideally, I would like to find a motherboard that has a PCI slot and is compatible with my ryzen processor. If I have to buy an older i7 or ryzen 7, I would be ok with that; but I'm trying to save money and use what I have.

Asus Micro-ATX A520 - Maybe this will work with Ryzen 7 2700x? I dont know much about chipset.

 

[kanewolf]

Hi, I have an interesting problem that maybe the right person here can solve.

My company purchased a massive fiber laser cutting machine. It was built in 2019. My intention is to upgrade the onboard computer.

The current computer has an i3 2120. Someone put an older than the machine itself computer in it. Its currently running windows 7. The computer has a PCI Motion Card which is much newer than the computer, which tells me [along with the laser manufacturer], that the motion card is fairly plug-n-play. I have been told not to use a PCI to PCIe express adapter. I have to use THIS motion card with THIS laser. I have also been told, the laser [and motion card] will run just fine on windows 10 with updated laser cutting software.

So the only challenge is finding the right motherboard that will accept the PCI motion card. I understand PCI is outdated.

I currently have collecting dust; a ryzen 7 2700x and a gtx 1080, a 240mm AIO, and 32 gb of ddr4. This would be a massive upgrade from the i3 2120 and no gfx card. Ideally, I would like to find a motherboard that will has a PCI slot that compatible with my ryzen processor. If I have to buy an older i7 or ryzen 7, I would be ok with that; but I'm trying to save money and use what I have.

Asus Micro-ATX A520 - Maybe this will work with Ryzen 7 2700x? I dont know much about chipset.

The CPU support list is here -- https://www.asus.com/us/motherboard...sm/helpdesk_cpu?model2Name=Pro-A520M-C-II-CSM
Your 2700x CPU is NOT on the list. I would get a 5600G and NOT have any graphics card.

 

[Aeacus]

Asus Micro-ATX A520 - Maybe this will work with Ryzen 7 2700x? I dont know much about chipset.

It literally says on the tin:

AMD AM4 socket: Ready for Ryzen™ 5000 Series/ 4000 G-Series/ 3000 Series Desktop Processors

Where do you see it saying "Ryzen 2000 Series" as supported CPU? 🤔

Compatible MoBos to your CPU, that have at least one PCI slot, are these,
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#d=1,6&c=125,124,133,123,132&sort=name&page=1

 

[SkyNetRising]

My intention is to upgrade the onboard computer.

Why?
What do you hope to gain by doing this?

If you think, cpu is too weak, then upgrade to sandy bridge or ivy bridge i5/i7.
Simple plug and play. May require BIOS update.

 

[kanewolf]

Why?
What do you hope to gain by doing this?

And remember to buy a TWO motherboards. Once you commit to changing the factory supplied hardware, you are on your own for support. You want to have a spare motherboard. I assume downtime for that machine is expensive to the business.