Thursday, June 3rd 2010
ASUS Packs a Load Onto Mini-ITX for AMD Users
ASUS is ready with a feature-packed socket AM3 motherboard in the mini-ITX form-factor, based on the AMD 880G + SB710 chipset. The ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe, as it is called, supports AM3 processors, probably with a TDP limited at 95W or 125W, and supports up to 8 GB of dual-channel DDR3 memory using SODIMMs (laptop memory). It far from stops here. The 880G chipset packs a DirectX 10.1 compliant ATI Radeon HD 4290 graphics, complete with SidePort memory and HD video acceleration features. The SB710 gives out five SATA 3 Gb/s ports on this board, of which three are internal, and two eSATA. The lone expansion slot is a PCI-Express 2.0 x16.
Connectivity includes 6-channel HD audio with optical and coaxial SPDIF output, WiFi b/g/n, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, and display connectivity which includes DVI and HDMI (with 7.1 channel HDMI audio). The SB710 comes with the unintended functionality of unlocking disabled cores on some processors.
Source:
PCGH
Connectivity includes 6-channel HD audio with optical and coaxial SPDIF output, WiFi b/g/n, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, and display connectivity which includes DVI and HDMI (with 7.1 channel HDMI audio). The SB710 comes with the unintended functionality of unlocking disabled cores on some processors.
22 Comments on ASUS Packs a Load Onto Mini-ITX for AMD Users
it runs off laptop ram Dimms. good stuff - though ram latancy is pretty piss poor with laptop dimms
you can find DDR2 SO-DIMMs at 5-5-5-25 now
you just need to wait a year or two for DDR3 SO-DIMM to go that low :)
On a mini ITX!!!! :D
a (1Gbx2)2Gb OCZ value kit is £42 ish. & a 4gb kit costs around £100
DDR3 SODIMM is also easily available, and prices are nearly identical to regular DIMMs.
Also, why do ALL these itx board have crappy sound chips, given that most people would want to use the single pci-e for a gpu, theres no way of upgrading this. Asus should stick one of their rebranded c-media chips on it..
2. it really makes no difference if its laptop or desktop ram. there shouldnt be any negative performance impact or at least not extremely negative.because these ITX boards are mainly used for Media Pcs to stream music & movies. also Realteks HD codecs aint too bad. not as good as dedicated audio but its not so bad at all.
there is a way to upgrade the audio & thats to use a USB audio card if thats what bugs you the most
What is that gold connectors shown in the picture? Is it built in TV tuner?
I think I am going to build that set top box now cause my HTPC is just overkill for what I use it for.
I am starting to really like MSi.
You can't just look at the numbers alone.