Does Not Exist, My Ideal mini-ITX Motherboard?
jedihobbit
Central Virginia, USA New
Haven't finished half my stuff, am supposedly cutting back, and now have a wild hair about mini-ITX.........
Anyway a big small case nut and started really liking the SG05 & SG06 cases and wondered about mini-ITX motherboards. So what I would like to find......
1. Takes AMD AM2+/AM3
2. 2 x full size DIMM slots
3. PCI-e X16
4. On board gpu is "what ever"
Cases....
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=SG05&area=usa
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=SG06&area=usa
Anyway a big small case nut and started really liking the SG05 & SG06 cases and wondered about mini-ITX motherboards. So what I would like to find......
1. Takes AMD AM2+/AM3
2. 2 x full size DIMM slots
3. PCI-e X16
4. On board gpu is "what ever"
Cases....
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=SG05&area=usa
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=SG06&area=usa
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Thanks for the info!! BTW have you ever played with the ITX format as I have been totally ignoring it as I thought it was an intel (atom) only format.
To begin, the ITX form factor was actually created by VIA! Secondly, the most feature-rich ITX motherboards are (hands down) based on Intel sockets, especially 1156. Several companies are making Intel-based ITX boards packed with features, but almost nobody is making modern AMD-based ITX boards.
This is probably why you thought the ITX format was an Intel-only format.
It's pretty clear you're set on AMD, but I just wanted to let you know that you'll have more options if you flipped to Intel. Even LGA775 mini-ITX boards will offer performance on par with AMD's AM3 products at similar prices.
Right now if I ever do an intel system, this would be where it'll happen. :rolleyes2
Been building and modding mATX for a while now (started with a Chaintech 7NIL1 Skt A) so had a wild hair about mini-ITX and Silverstone.