Maxsun is shaking up the small-form-factor PC space with a Mini-ITX motherboard design that’s rarely seen in the consumer market: four RAM slots on an ITX board. Traditionally, high memory capacity has been reserved for full-size ATX and many Micro-ATX motherboards, while compact ITX builds almost always top out at two DIMM slots. With its newly revealed MS-PC Farm B860I, Maxsun appears ready to change that expectation.
The company recently unveiled several new motherboards in China aimed at internet cafés, esports-focused PC fleets, and other high-uptime environments. Alongside the MS-B860M I-Cafe 5G, Maxsun introduced three additional “Farm series” models designed for Intel platforms. Two of them target Intel 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen processors, while the newest board is built around Intel’s B860 chipset for Arrow Lake.
The new Farm series lineup includes the MS-PC Farm B760I, MS-PC Farm H770I D5 V2, and the standout MS-PC Farm B860I. What makes the B860I especially interesting is its four DDR5 DIMM slots—something that’s extremely uncommon for mainstream consumer Mini-ITX boards. While some server-grade ITX solutions have offered four memory slots in the past, a consumer-focused ITX board with this configuration is a rarity, and it may be one of the first of its kind to target a broader audience beyond enterprise gear.
Maxsun says the MS-PC Farm B860I supports up to 256GB of DDR5 memory, opening the door for workloads that benefit from large memory pools—such as heavy multitasking, content creation, local game streaming setups, virtualization, and high-demand productivity tasks—without forcing users into a larger motherboard size. To help keep performance stable under sustained loads, the board also features a redesigned airflow and cooling layout intended to maintain better temperatures during long sessions.
Another feature that stands out is IPMI remote management support, a capability far more common in servers and data centers than in consumer desktop motherboards. For operators managing multiple systems—like esports venues, training rooms, or PC cafés—remote monitoring and control can be a major advantage, reducing hands-on maintenance time and improving uptime.
On the expansion side, the MS-PC Farm B860I includes an MCIO connector designed to enable high-speed PCIe 5.0 expansion, supporting fast add-on hardware such as next-generation storage. Maxsun is also including a BIOS forced flashing function, which can help recover the system by rewriting firmware if the BIOS becomes corrupted—an especially practical feature for systems expected to run reliably with minimal downtime.
Taken together, the MS-PC Farm B860I doesn’t look like a typical Mini-ITX motherboard aimed purely at compact gaming PCs. Instead, it blends small-form-factor convenience with features normally associated with managed, always-on environments. With four DIMM slots, high DDR5 capacity, remote management, and recovery-focused firmware tools, Maxsun’s latest ITX board could signal a growing push toward purpose-built hardware for the “cloud esports” and PC fleet era—where compact systems still need big memory, strong stability, and easy oversight.
