Wednesday, July 16th 2008
Zotac Readies nForce 610i ITX
And just when you thought the AMD 780G based ITX solution by J&W Technology slated for next week was one of a kind, (covered here), there already is competition for it, this time from the opposite front. Zotac has innovated an Intel + NVIDIA ITX board based on the nForce 610i chipset called Zotac nForce 610i ITX. This LGA 775 board comes features a single chip core-logic, supports the latest Intel processors including FSB 1333 MHz, the 45nm Wolfdale chip is supported, older quad-core chips are as well. Unlike the 780G ITX solution this features two full-size (240-pin) DDR2 slots, two SATA II ports and an IDE port. A single PCI-E x1 slot is present. The board in the picture only has one D-Sub display output driven by the GeForce 7050 IGP, and a 6-channel audio. This board isn't as feature-rich as the AMD 780G solution, but it's a nifty solution for internet shacks and cybercafe use. With even a cheap Pentium Dual Core E2000 series processor, it provides sufficient power for everyday tasks.
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19 Comments on Zotac Readies nForce 610i ITX
its like 50 usd. more featured versions will be available as well with gige and dvi for more $$
Please? Purdy please? With cream and a cherry on top?
Those AMD ITX boards look fascinating.
kthxbai!
However the 780G; I'd ONLY put at the most a 4850e in it considering how compact the power phases are. This Zotac could take a Q6600 without any issues.
I'd be questioning what you'd do with a good CPU good RAM and a crippling IGP though :rolleyes:
If zotac used notebook DIMMs instead of the full sized DIMM slots, then I would think that the PCI-E 16x would be a possible option.
Oh well.
HD Playback.... well in terms of IGP 780G just.... mows the 610i. Gaming, 780G can at least play HL2 a bit faster than my old 9550.
the onboard video here only has VGA output which means no HDCP, so the legit disks would look like crap anyway.
this is NOT a media board.
and 780G is just as fast as a X1600
Not every small computer has to be a media box :p....
I just wish these new ITX's had an AC out instead of having to use a normal PSU. (or DC-DC converter)
www.auspcmarket.com.au/
^ if you go there and look under cases->mini ITX, several cases come with 50-90W PSU bricks.
I would much rather just get a laptop power block and plug it into the back of the PC (like my current server :D). The AC adapter (actualy a 60W LCD one) powers the system beautifully, and it costed $20 on ebay.
Plus being a home built case, I could make the case really small (as the PSU is external to the case, like laptops).