Monday, May 29th 2017
ASRock Unveils the X299E-ITX/ac: Mini ITX + X299 + Quad-channel Memory
ASRock did it! Finally, there's an Intel HEDT platform motherboard with full quad-channel DDR4 memory. The new X299E-ITX/ac is for those who need up to 18 CPU cores and up to 64 GB of quad-channel DDR4 memory in their SFF machines for reasons. The board manages its limited PCB real-estate by going vertical. It features two riser cards, one with a few onboard controllers, and a pair of 32 Gb/s M.2 slots), and the other riser with SATA 6 Gb/s ports, a third M.2 slot, and the headers such as USB 3.1. The board draws power from 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors, conditioning it for the LGA2066 CPU using a 7-phase VRM. The lone expansion slot is a PCI-Express 3.0 x16, memory is handled by four DDR4 SO-DIMM slots. Connectivity includes two Intel I219-V driven gigabit Ethernet interfaces, 802.11ac WLAN, and Bluetooth 4.1.
18 Comments on ASRock Unveils the X299E-ITX/ac: Mini ITX + X299 + Quad-channel Memory
(Although I'm still missing some decent AM4-mITX boards...)
ASRock are geniuses
cdn.videocardz.com/1/2017/05/ASROCK-X299-E-ITXAC-1.jpg
Not much cooling on the chipset with that small heatsink so it cannot generate much heat.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138452
It also claims to have 3 Ultra M.2 connectors, holy smoke! I can't wait to get one.
But I wonder how many ppl actually buy such small mobo for such a beast CPU...