Tuesday, July 15th 2008
AMD 780G-based Mini-ITX Motherboard in the Works
Just when you thought Mini-ITX would mean extremely compact system components for great HTPC builds, came in the limitations of integrated graphics and relatively weak processors. VIA for example, have had ITX boards for quite some time. Just that the features most essential for HTPC builds such as graphics capable of high-definition video output, processors capable of decoding them at acceptable rates lacked, and hence those older ITX solutions from VIA remained a niche solution for embedded computing or thin-clients.
Picture this: a Mini-ITX board, AM2+ socket, AMD 780G (one of the fastest integrated graphics embedded), four SATA II ports, video output as HDMI (with digital audio pass, HDCP compliant) DVI-D / D-Sub, 8-channel audio with SPDIF optical and co-axial pass, all rolled into one? Awesome, isn't it? Several sources point out that J&W Technology is planning the release of such a board next week, the MINIX-780G-SP128MB.
According to the manufacturer, it features:
Source:
J&W Technology
Picture this: a Mini-ITX board, AM2+ socket, AMD 780G (one of the fastest integrated graphics embedded), four SATA II ports, video output as HDMI (with digital audio pass, HDCP compliant) DVI-D / D-Sub, 8-channel audio with SPDIF optical and co-axial pass, all rolled into one? Awesome, isn't it? Several sources point out that J&W Technology is planning the release of such a board next week, the MINIX-780G-SP128MB.
- Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
- Supports DirectX 10 3D graphics, Vista Aero Ready
- Supports AMD Phenom Quad-Core Processors (95W max.)
- Built-in 128 MB Local Frame Buffer (Side-port memory)
- Supports ATI Avivo HD technology and built-in Universal Video Decoder (UVD) which leverages CPU consumption when play HD movie, hence power-saving
- Designed with 100% high quality solid capacitors and components to ensure high performance and great longevity
- One PCI-E 2.0 slot for any PCI-E device
- Two DDR2 SO-DIMM slots for extensible upgrade
- Supports J&W iPartner Control Centre
- 7.1+2 Channel High-Performance HDA Codec with Content Protection
28 Comments on AMD 780G-based Mini-ITX Motherboard in the Works
Question about the chipset, UVD1 only allows 5.1 through HDMI right? and UVD2 on the 4xxx series does 7.1? so i would need to use the optical to have 7.1?
Short-Dimm memory slots for a desktop computer :)
I like it!
Actually you can put in a nice small camera and make it as a roaming monitoring patrol dog for your home.
As if! This is for the general consumer! Pair a 780G with a 4850e and you already have a system which is faster than most of the normal consumer-level systems lol. (I wouldnt mind one of these....actually wait, no, I WANT ONE!)
(lets hope ASUS catches onto this for their EEE Desktop reiterations :) )
(lol, I made my own. After I was done I found out you could buy them:banghead:)
here is a link to some
www.logicsupply.com/categories/power_supplies/power_supplies
I'm looking at an old CD storage box that my monitor is sitting on, and thinking of how easily the ITX would fit in it...
About time this form factor got some real muscle.
I guess there was a board or two that could support a core 2 duo and an x16 PCI-E lane, but it had terrible integrated graphics and costed like $350 for just the board.
the onboard features are massive, and an ITX board with a full 16x PCI-E slot is incredible.
The use of SO-DIMM ram is a good idea too, as it saves a lot of space.