Comments for: Intel to promote the Mini-ITX form factor

#18. Posted at 09:19 PM on Apr 25th 2008

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green

i'm hoping to to see less and less full atx boards as time goes on
i used to need extra slots for addins (sound, network, raid, etc)
right now i only have a video card as an add in. that's it.
everything else is either onboard, or usb (eg tv tuner)

as such i'm hoping:
a) micro-atx becomes mainstream and stops (sometimes) costing more than equivalent full-atx
b) sli/crossfire/similar are relegated to specialty full-atx boards where you'd want more add-ins

#18, I'd like to see some high quality oc'ing mATX boards too, ba... : MadManOriginal (#19) «

#2. Posted at 11:28 AM on Apr 24th 2008

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UberGerbil

Speaking of which, what happened to AMD's DTX? It hasn't seemed to gain any traction despite being about as interoperable with other standards as you could wish. Announced, what, 15 months ago and I've only seen a few "prototypes" or concepts at trade shows since.

#2, yeah, i wanted to get a DTX board. low-power, ATX-compatible... : willyolio (#4) «

#4, ITX boards will fit into ATX cases, use the same power co... : Thorburn (#17) «

#2, This is probably why Intel is pushing Mini-ITX, to be differ... : Flying Fox (#15) «

#1. Posted at 10:43 AM on Apr 24th 2008

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Taddeusz

This is an interesting move. This probably means we'll start to see more Mac Mini style computers.

#1, Hey that's not a bad idea, since the Mini uses mobile platfo... : ssidbroadcast (#8) «

#8, Sarcasm doesn't suit you. Seriously though, how many non-... : Taddeusz (#11) «

#11, No I was being serious, really. You're right insofar a... : ssidbroadcast (#12) «

#12, Sorry, I see now what you were getting at. : Taddeusz (#16) «

#5. Posted at 11:48 AM on Apr 24th 2008

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Ruiner

I built a pc for mom on Intel's mITX little river board, and it is cheap (68USD), quiet, and fast enough (1.2GHz Celly). It's only weakness is it's SiS chipset and therefore bad linux support (running Hardy on it now).

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#3. Posted at 11:34 AM on Apr 24th 2008, Edited at 11:49 AM on Apr 24th 2008

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Prototyped

The Fly Creek board (?DG35FC, judging from how Intel's named the DP35DP -- Dragontail Peak -- and the DX38BT -- Bone Trail) is only the second G35 motherboard I know of to hit the market (the first being the Asus P5E-VM HDMI), a good six months after the chipset's launch.

It's too bad Intel hasn't pushed manufacturers to launch more G35 boards.

Edit: http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/products/deskt...

Looks like there's another Intel G35 board coming, the DG35EC "Eva Cove". And a G45 board coming, the DG45ID "Icedale" as well as a P45 board, the DP45SG "Skyburg".

(It appears my board's codename is Frostburg.)

Edit 2:

http://www.mercateo.com/p/173-1406088/INTEL_DP45SG_Socket775_ATX_NI... -- Apparently available in Germany in 11 days' time.
http://www.mercateo.com/p/173-1406094/INTEL_DG45ID_MATX_Socket775_N... -- Also available in 11 days' time.
http://www.mercateo.com/p/173-1405395/INTEL_DX48BT2_Socket775_ATX_b... -- Also in 11 days' time.

It looks like the 4-series Eaglelake chipset boards are not far off now!