Most powerful mini ITX AMD based board?

[toshibitsu]

I have an In Win D-Frame case that currently has an 1156 board w/ an i3 cpu installed. I'm looking to ditch the 1156 and swap out for something more 'up to date'. I already spent quite a bit of money on my primary system(full atx i7 2011), so instead switching over to an AMD build for this D-Frame.

What's the best/most powerful AMD based mini ITX board/cpu?

 

[natedawg72]

AMD mini itx offerings are pretty pathetic right now honestly. FM2+ is the best they have, making the Athlon quad cores and APUs your best CPU.

 

[toshibitsu]

AMD mini itx offerings are pretty pathetic right now honestly. FM2+ is the best they have, making the Athlon quad cores and APUs your best CPU.

I noticed the FM2+ boards on Newegg & thought "that's it?..." Was starting to research further & thought I'd ask here. I do have a loose i5-3330S CPU that's just sitting here. I guess I'll just buy a mini ITX 1155 board for that instead.

 

[natedawg72]

Yeah... I personally have and use this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128663

But after using it, I can't really recommend it over an Intel solution. Memory compatibility in particular has been an issue, but that is likely down to my specific configuration. (My memory that works fine with Intel is unstable when the igp gets pushed hard on the AMD board). There are a lot more options with Intel, and their CPU's are better as well.

AMD's sockets themselves seem to be an issue on Mini itx. They have a noticeably larger footprint than Intel sockets, leaving less room for other components.

I sincerely hope AMD's mini itx offerings take a huge leap forward in their next generation of CPU's, because I like having options and am rather disappointed that there are no budget mini itx offerings for Skylake right now (as I've been wanting to replace my FM2+ board...)