ProClockers have published a review of Coolermaster Elite 100 Mini-ITX computer case. It is great looking mini computer case ideal to use for HTPC system. It is small and elegant black case with nice big led blue power button. Moreover it is equipped with VESA mounting holes so it can be put in the back of your monitor or TV.
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First Open-PC computer created by community will be available for sale at the end of February 2010. If you have not heard about this project before here is their motto “Open-PC is a PC for everyday use built by the Linux community for the Linux community”. This news would not be published on this website if it would not be related to Mini-ITX form factor.
Asrock have presented their new mini motherboard powered by Intel® Atom 330 Dual Core processor. Motherboard is based on NVIDIA’s ION that can support Full HD media playback. A330ION is featuring dual channel DDR3 1066 memory support, 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot and Gigabit Ethernet.
What is so special in this mini motherboard? It is first motherboard with NVIDIA® MCP7A-ION chipset and DDR3 memory support! Other ION based constructions can support only DDR2. We will still have to wait for some benchmarks to get to know what this motherboard is really worth. But it is looking really promising!
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ASUS have presented on CES 2010 their new Pine Trail based Mini-ITX motherboard. It is dedicated for nettops and have been called AT5NM10-I. It is powered by one of Intel’s new Atom D510 processors and supporting NM10 chipset.
This motherboard supports up to 4GB RAM (one channel and two slots). It is equipped with one PCI slot 6 channel audio, 10/100 Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports (and four via headers), D-Sub for display, serial and parallel ports, a PS/2 port and two SATA 3Gbps ports.
Now Zotac have joined new trend for Intel Core i3/i5 processors. They have presented new H55-based Mini-ITX motherboard. H55-ITX WiFi supports 32nm Core i3 and i5 CPU and up to 8GB DDR3 RAM.
It features a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, and six SATA II ports (one eSATA on the I/O panel). Moreover it is equipped with 802.11n wireless, gigabit Ethernet, ten USB 2.0 ports, a PS/2 port, 7.1-channel HD audio, optical S/PDIF output as well as DVI and HDMI outputs.
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On last CES 2010 there were a lot of great gadgets. But in the same time another expo take place. It is AVN 2010 (Adult Entertainment Expo). It would not be interesting according to topic of this website if it would not be related to Mini-ITX. Fortunately it is related so now there will be a little more about Bad Girls…
DFI have presented its Mini-ITX form factor motherboard a couple of months ago. I have already been writing about DFI P55 MI-T36 before. It is looking very promising as this model may be more useful in your desktop computer than most of mini motherboards currently available on the market.
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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Asus AT3N7A-I can really be totally fanless! I have reported about possibility to get rid of original fans when you have good computer case with fans. But it looks that you may go even deeper! You can build a totally silent dual core Intel Atom platform with ION chipset onboard!
One of our readers have sent us a pictures of his setup. He have removed all fans from motherboard and have no any case fans! And temperatures are looking really good! He made it with heatpipes and two big heatsinks that are a part of his computer case (Coolermaster TC-100).
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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?
