Mini-ITX Motherboards, HTPC Media Center Cases, Car Fanless Small Computers
Elitegroup Computer Systems® (ECS) announces a new mini motherboard model based on the PineTrail platform with full support for S-ATA and PCI-E on southbridge with a mysterious name TIGT-I.
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It looks that DFI have extended their offer with Mini-ITX LANParty motherboard with Intel P55 Express Chipset. LANParty motherboards are very popular so probably this one will find a lot of fans in the Mini-ITX world. More detailed specification may be found on DFI website right here. I believe it may be really hot selling product. Would you buy this motherboard? Does it fit your needs?
During the IDF conference Intel have presented a motherboard in mini-ITX form factor with support for the latest Intel Core i5 and i7 (and future Core i3) with Socket LGA 1156. Motherboard is based on Intel’s H57 chipset, and contains practically all that is necessary to create a small HTPC computer. On this mini motherboard that is sized 17 x 17 cm we can find two slots for DDR3 memory, PCI-Express x16 slot and four SATA 3.0 Gbps ports. On the rear panel there are six USB 2.0 connectors and one HDMI, DVI, RJ-45 and eSATA. This motherboard as most in Mini-ITX format will have integrated graphics chipset onboard.
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NVIDIA have confirmed release of their new ION 2 chipset later this year. Chipset probably will be able to support more processors than first ION version. As NVIDIA says it all depends from customers demands. All that is known is that it will support differing PIV compatible CPUs as well as VIA’s Nano (Yea! That’s my favourite!) and of course as first version of ION – Intel Atom processor.
Current ION chipset (used in some great Mini-ITX motherboards as ZOTAC IONITX series or Asus ION AT3N7A-I) is able to smooth decode HD video in 1080p. New version will be probably able to handle even higher resolutions.
A few days ago we have posted information about new Zotac ION ITX-F Mini-ITX motherboard. Zotac have published a nice video where they are unboxing it. On video you may see exact content of the box and their new motherboard. Here it is:
Today ZOTAC have unleashed a new nettop powered by mini motherboard with NVIDIA ION platform and Single (MAG HD-NS01) or Dual Core (MAG HD-ND01) Atom processor. They call this mini computer “Everywhere PC”. It is as small as 186mm x 189mm x 38mm and have great modern look. This sexy baby is probably powered by Zotac IONITX Mini-ITX motherboards (it is not clearly stated anywhere but size of this case suggest that only this motherboard could fit). You may put it flat on surface (like a desktop), put on attached stand (micro tower?) or attach it with VESA mount to you TV or monitor.
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VIA VB8003 – Mini-ITX Nano Board. I have been writing about this awesome mini motherboard already (right here), but there is much more information available today.
Here is a quick look:
ZOTAC have presented a new version of their mini motherboard from ION ITX series. New high-end motherboard ITX ION-F was extended with PCI Express x16 slot. The platform is equipped with high-performance NVIDIA ION and energy-efficient dual-core Intel Atom 330, this two will have great performance not only in high-definition video playback, but also in everyday applications. NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology in ITX ZOTAC ION-F allow for smooth playback of Blu-ray high bitrate video, with minimal CPU usage. NVIDIA CUDA enables fast processing, editing and correction of video with use of GPU ION and low energy consumption.
Via VB8003
Extended capabilities of integrated graphics come with the latest S3 Chrome chipset. S3 Graphics 435 ULP possibilites are quite impressive – DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 2.1, ChromotionHD engine is capable for smooth decoding of HD 1080p video. The new motherboard model VB8003 is part of VIA’s latest platform called Trinity. It includes 1.6GHz Nano processor, VX800 chipset, 256MB of GDDR3 memory dedicated for GPU and two slots for DDR2-667 (DIMM) with support up to 4GB of RAM, a single IDE and two SATA ports.
