Gigabyte Releases Thin Mini-ITX Motherboards

[N.Broekhuijsen]

It's not Gigabyte's new thin mini-ITX boards that are interesting, what's interesting is the fact that Gigabyte is using these as an entry to the new and evolving market of thin form factor PCs.

Gigabyte Releases Thin Mini-ITX Motherboards : Read more

 

[rwpritchett]

Interesting. Pair it up with the Silverstone PT12B and you've got a nice little HTPC that would look right at home in a home theater.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163219

It looks like it has a plug-in for an external power brick. Does it come with the brick and how many watts does it put out?

 

[Marco925]

If only they will make some FM2 boards.....

 

[dalethepcman]

Boo to 4x pcie.. mSata is nice though and I kind of miss that from the z67 boards. I guess if you want to make a slim mini itx pc PCIE isn't important since you can't put a card in the slot anyways, I would prefer to have a nice next gen AMD board with the same hardware though.

 

[Wisecracker]

[citation][nom]Marco925[/nom]If only they will make some FM2 boards.....[/citation]

Ding! Ding! Ding!

 

[randomstar]

I have been using the Intel DQ77KB boards for AIO machines, and they are great, but pricey. this looks like a possible better value..
and they dont come with the brick, you add one. a stock HP or Dell one often works. or a generic universal. you size it by the component set you pick - generally 130 - 210w

 

[dalethepcman]

I guess from the comments above and below mine that people do want this on an AMD system, I just can't figure out why someone would down vote my comment asking for a next gen AMD board with the same specs. You know, like the new Richland series APU that is going to be released in 2-3 weeks....

 

[Wisecracker]

I guess from the comments above and below mine that people do want this on an AMD system, I just can't figure out why someone would down vote my comment asking for a next gen AMD board with the same specs. You know, like the new Richland series APU that is going to be released in 2-3 weeks....

I fixed that for you :lol:

Maybe it's an industry conspiracy?

I've got one of those 1st-gen ASRock -ITXs with an A10-5700 and it's sweet (and hasn't caught on fire, yet!)

I haven't taken the GPU above 896MHz for fear it might spontaneously combust, but I want to really get cranking above 1GHz.

I hope Gigabyte is listening.

 

[asdfghjkl]

Huzzah, something new for my future self-built AIO

 

[ceh4702]

No benchmarks???

 

[Dougie Fresh]

I can't wait until these are actually available, not just listed as sold-out on the 'Egg. I have the perfect cases from them -- IWill S197-H80 and S19-H55. I have been making SFF HTPC systems with Giada motherboards in those and they are great. The thing that I stlll need to figure out is a good cooler that blows sideways like the Giada motherboards do. Dynatron K199 is nice but it's a bit noisy and with components moving to the back of the motherboard, not easy to install the backplate.

Given thin mini-ITX is an Intel form-factor, it's unlikely we'll see AMD designs in this format. I think too all that's needed to keep FM2 cool would defeat the purpose.

It would be nice to see a Gigabyte FM2 mini-ITX board soon. Please. For Richland maybe? Until then given ASRock the most available choice there's no FM2 happening here. I still put together FM1 systems instead.

 

[Aaron McCann]

Any ideas on finding a power brick for this board to utilize the external power input? Im looking at using one of these for a project and since they dont give you a power supply with it, and dont tell where to get one.. I am kinda lost?
The only info I know is that it needs a 19v DC power adapter.. and the watts should match your components. Any help would be appreciated.