Mini itx gaming rig?

[brisingamen]

what is the fastest single gpu card that will fit into a mini itx x16 pci e board?

 

[Shadow703793]

x16 PCIe??? Are you sure?? Are you absolutely positive it's not PCI? (Btw, mind linking if it really is x16 PCIe?) or are you using a converter?

Fastest x16 PCIe is 4870X2. BUT your CPU will bottle neck you. (Assuming it really is a miniITX board with a C7/Atom)

 

[customisbetter]

doesn't mini ITX have a height requirement too? I think you would need a low profile card too.

Not sure though...

 

[Algard]

I'm using a uATX boar and it vruises with geforce 260+

 

[nubie]

x16 PCIe??? Are you sure?? Are you absolutely positive it's not PCI? (Btw, mind linking if it really is x16 PCIe?) or are you using a converter?

Fastest x16 PCIe is 4870X2. BUT your CPU will bottle neck you. (Assuming it really is a miniITX board with a C7/Atom)

ITX boards with Socket 754, AM2 and LGA 775 have been out for some time.

http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LV-678.HTM (this board claims quad-core support)

I hear rumors of an nforce 9300 sporting pci-e x16

 

[michaelmk86]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6vEn_m_1_I

 

[nubie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6vEn_m_1_I

Mini ITX is much smaller than that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Obx7ZYTTU

(yes that is a Via processor and an 8600GT, but there are many PCI-e boards out now with LGA 775 and quad-core support.)


In fact, there is a case that has less volume than yours and still supports a full ATX motherboard and a full size video card: http://www.sportcompactpc.com/web/

I too have one of the Ultra Microfly cases, but I haven't yet modded it for my Scythe Infinity Mugen heatsink ( http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Scythe/Infinity/3.html ) , without which I am not sure I want to run it as a gaming machine (it is currently running a firewall, and all of my "game-y" motherboards are ATX).

It is such a bitch to set up though when you are clocking/tweaking/benchmarking, nothing like a good Shuttle, mostly because of the PSU location and lack of cable management. (although I was never happy with Shuttle's XPC reliability, cost, or overclocking)

I also find the liters of wasted space in front of the motherboard very annoying, it should be several inches shorter.

Mini ITX is very different from Micro ATX.