DFI preparing MI P55-T36, first P55 mini-ITX motherboard

Robert Hallock 9 Nov, 2009 at 2:05pm ET Article published in Tech

Image credit: Clunk.org.uk

A report from Clunk.org.uk indicates that motherboard vendor DFI is preparing to introduce the market’s first P55-based mini-ITX motherboard.

According to the report, the 170mm x 170mm mainboard will carry the MI P55-T36 name and offer the following connectivity options.

6-Phase PWM w/ Japanese solid capacitors (High quality)
Up to six USB 2.0
One 16x PCIe 2.0 slot
3x SATA II ports with RAID
2x DDR3 slots (Dual Channel)
Realtek ALC 885 7.1 codec
Intel GBe LAN
1x powered e-SATA
Coaxial/Optical SPDIF

Six-phase PWM with solid Japanese caps is going to ensure that this board is both reliable, and a monster overclocker for its size. If you chase that with DFI’s pedigree of providing stable, predictable, and highly-overclockable boards, then the MI P55-T36 could easily be the board to get for pint-sized performance.

Unfortunately there is no word on the product’s release date or MSRP, but judging by the state of the packaging and the board, we’d say late December for about $160.

Comments

9 Nov 2009 ~ 2:39pm BuddyJ This is relevant to my interests. mITX and P55 would make a kick-ass LANbox.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 12:07pm drasnor I'd add another $100 to that price. ITX stuff is all low-volume.

-drasnor
10 Nov 2009 ~ 12:59pm MAGIC I want one... Water cooled mini-itx i7 and 5870 project sounds like a blast.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 1:29pm Thrax

drasnor wrote:

I'd add another $100 to that price. ITX stuff is all low-volume.

-drasnor

Nah. All of DFI's mATX and mITX products have been < $200.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 1:56pm Garg

MAGIC wrote:

I want one... Water cooled mini-itx i7 and 5870 project sounds like a blast.

That's what I was thinking, too. I'd really like to do it with one of these Lian Li cases, but I'm not sure about the clearance between the GPU, waterblock (to say nothing of 2 slot OEM coolers), and the hard drive rack.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 3:07pm MAGIC Uggg, I haven't been able to do a new project in sooo long... Can't wait to.
10 Nov 2009 ~ 6:26pm MAGIC http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163149

I was thinking about this case.