PCI-slotted fanless PC possible?

[Hadox]

Hi,

 

I'm new to the forum but I've been tinkering away at the budget end of the file-playback and streaming spectrum for some years.

 

I have a Cantatis Overture PCI soundcard gathering dust at home. As well as being an excellent dual-mono Burr Brown DAC in it's own right, it also has an SPDIF output which I am keen to use to feed my SPS DAC3 non-oversampling DAC, to see if this represents an improvement over USB input.

 

My question is - might it be feasible to build a fanless PC with a PCI slot (not PCI-E)? Does anyone have any advice or am I on a hiding to nowhere with this idea?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[seeteeyou]

Fanless motherboard with PCI slot

 

https://www.mini-itx.com/~J3455N-D3H

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-J3455N-D3H-rev-10

 

Alternatively, you could get an enclosure like this

 

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-Expansion-Enclosure-System/dp/B002I9SK5S

https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Slot-Extension/PCI-Express-to-2-PCI-Full-Length-2-PCIe-Single-lane-Expansion-Box~PEX2PCIE4L

[Hadox]

That gigabyte mobo looks like just the job. I wasn't expecting to find a Mini ITX board with PCI, was expecting maybe Micro ATX.

 

In stock at a number of UK suppliers too.

 

Really helpful, thanks.