MSI Introduces New MS-CF10 Mini-ITX Motherboard

[Nomad76]

We are excited to announce the launch of the MS-CF10 Mini-ITX motherboard, designed to deliver exceptional performance and versatility for a wide range of applications. Powered by the latest 14th/13th/12th Gen Intel Raptor Lake-S Refresh/Raptor Lake-S/Alder Lake-S series processors, including Core i9/i7/i5/i3, Pentium, and Celeron processors, the MS-CF10 is engineered to meet the demands of high-performance computing solutions.

Key Features:

• Advanced Processor Support: The MS-CF10 supports Intel 14th/13th/12th Gen Raptor Lake-S Refresh/Raptor Lake-S/Alder Lake-S series processors with R680E/Q670E/H610E chipsets, ensuring top-tier performance and efficiency.
• High-Speed Memory: Equipped with 2x DDR5 5200 MT/s ECC/non-ECC SODIMM slots, the motherboard supports up to 64 GB of memory, providing robust data handling capabilities.
• Multiple Display Outputs: Featuring quadruple independent displays with 2x DP, HDMI 2.0, and LVDS/eDP, the MS-CF10 is ideal for applications requiring multiple high-resolution screens.

• Enhanced Connectivity: The motherboard includes 3x 2.5GbE LAN ports with RJ-45, ensuring high-speed network connections for data-intensive tasks.
• Expansion and Storage Options: With 1x PCIe x16 (Gen 5) slot, 1x M.2 E key (with CNVi), 1x M.2 B key (with SIM Holder), M.2 M key, and 2x SATA 3.0 ports, the MS-CF10 offers extensive expansion and storage capabilities, including support for SATA RAID 0/1/5.
• Comprehensive I/O Ports: The MS-CF10 features 6x USB 10 Gbps, 2x USB 5 Gbps, 3x USB 2.0, 4x COM (4 RS-485), GPIO, Audio, and System FAN ports, ensuring seamless connectivity with various devices.
• Security and Management: Onboard TPM 2.0 and support for SMBus and iAMT 16.x provide enhanced security and remote management features.
• Wide Voltage Support: The motherboard supports a wide voltage DC-IN range of 8-48 V, making it adaptable to diverse power environments.

Based on these specifications, the MS-CF10 Mini-ITX motherboard offers powerful performance and versatility, making it ideal for the following application industries:

Industrial Automation

• High-Performance Processor: Equipped with 14th/13th/12th Gen Intel Raptor Lake-S Refresh/Raptor Lake-S/Alder Lake-S series processors, ensuring fast and efficient data processing.
• Multi-Display Support: Supports four independent displays, suitable for automation control systems requiring multiple monitoring screens.
• Rich I/O Ports: Includes 6x USB 10 Gbps and 3x 2.5GbE LAN ports, facilitating connection to various devices and sensors.

Digital Signage and Advertising

• High-Resolution Display Output: Supports 2x DP and HDMI 2.0 ports, ideal for high-resolution digital signage applications.
• Powerful Graphics Processing: Features a PCIe x16 (Gen 5) slot for high-performance graphics cards.
• Flexible Storage Options: Includes M.2 and SATA 3.0 interfaces, supporting RAID 0/1/5, ensuring fast data read and write speeds.

Medical Equipment

• High Reliability and Stability: DDR5 ECC/non-ECC memory slots, up to 64 GB, ensuring data integrity and system stability.
• Various Connectivity Options: Includes multiple USB and COM ports, facilitating connection to various medical devices.
• TPM 2.0 and iAMT 16.x: Enhanced security and remote management features, meeting the medical industry's needs for data security and remote diagnostics.

Edge Computing

• Powerful Processing Capability: High-performance Intel processors and rich I/O ports, suitable for handling large data analysis and real-time computing tasks.
• Wide Voltage Support: DC-IN 8-48 V, adaptable to various power environments.
• Multiple Expansion Options: Supports PCIe and M.2 expansion, facilitating the integration of different functional modules.

Security Surveillance

• Multi-Display Output: Supports up to four independent displays, suitable for security systems requiring multi-screen monitoring.
• High-Bandwidth Network Connection: 3x 2.5GbE LAN ports, suitable for high-bandwidth video data transmission.
• Rich Connectivity Options: Multiple USB and COM ports, facilitating connection to cameras and other surveillance equipment.

These industries can fully leverage the high performance, versatility, and expandability of the MS-CF10 Mini-ITX motherboard to meet their specific application needs.

MSI remains at the forefront of the industry by delivering cutting-edge solutions that cater to the ever-changing demands of its customers.

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[Chaitanya]

Its a shame Intel doesnt have SKU for LGA 1700 with E cores only(similar to N100) as that will make this a great NAS or router.

 

[Yukikaze]

Its a shame Intel doesnt have SKU for LGA 1700 with E cores only(similar to N100) as that will make this a great NAS or router.

There are boards that do this, just with soldered on N100 or i3-N305 processors instead of a socket.

Amazon.com: N100 Industrial Motherboard NAS 4 Cores 4 Threads Low Power Processor 4x2.5G i226 Network M.2 Slot 6xSATA DP HDMI 2.0 PCIE ×1 .1*M2_ SSD NVME/NGFF+ 1*M.2_ NVME : Electronics
Amazon.com: I3-N305 Industrial Motherboard NAS 4 Cores 4 Threads Low Power Processor 4x2.5G i226 Network M.2 Slot 6xSATA DP HDMI 2.0 PCIE ×1 : Electronics

 

[Chaitanya]

There are boards that do this, just with soldered on N100 or i3-N305 processors instead of a socket.

Amazon.com: N100 Industrial Motherboard NAS 4 Cores 4 Threads Low Power Processor 4x2.5G i226 Network M.2 Slot 6xSATA DP HDMI 2.0 PCIE ×1 .1*M2_ SSD NVME/NGFF+ 1*M.2_ NVME : Electronics
Amazon.com: I3-N305 Industrial Motherboard NAS 4 Cores 4 Threads Low Power Processor 4x2.5G i226 Network M.2 Slot 6xSATA DP HDMI 2.0 PCIE ×1 : Electronics

I know there are quite a lot of unknown Chinese manufacturers making those but best luck trying to get support(for both software and hardware) post sales compared to more "mainstream/established" manufacturer.

 

[Deleted member 229121]

Green PCB and beige plastic.

 

[Yukikaze]

I know there are quite a lot of unknown Chinese manufacturers making those but best luck trying to get support(for both software and hardware) post sales compared to more "mainstream/established" manufacturer.

Yeah, this is a fair point. I was sure Topton (one of the makers of these types of boards: Topton 6-Bay i3-N305 NAS Motherboard (toptonpc.com)) is kinda on the reasonable side of things because they aren't a tiny company, but after checking it seems like getting support from them is kinda rough.

 

[Dristun]

Green PCB and beige plastic.

Looks cool though. I'd love a "retro-ish" upper tier board lol.

 

[neoMM24]

I see no ATX nor a DC jack, how do you power this things?

 

[Pepamami]

wow MSI and ECC memory in same place

 

[bonehead123]

I see no ATX nor a DC jack, how do you power this things?

It draws power directly from your positronic implants.....which are sold separately, and will be installed by the AI Surgi-bot thingy, which is also sold separately, hahahaha

 

[JohH]

Three different SKUs with different chipsets all with the same name. Weird...
Why not name them after the chipset?

 

[chinobis]

I see no ATX nor a DC jack, how do you power this things?

Just below the onboard USB-C plug, lower right corner.

 

[randomTPUreader]

Green PCB and beige plastic.

For the market segment these boards are intended to be used in that is the standard. Not going to find fancy colors or RGB on them!

For a future looking router or NAS I'd take one of these over a N100/N305 board any day. Those chips are limited to a max of 9 PCIe 3 lanes for everything. Some of those boards have to use bridge chips that share bandwidth between the NICs or other devices.

LGA 1700 gets you the option of a 16x PCIe 5 slot along with the NVME and other devices on PCIe 4. That's a massive amount of additional I/O bandwidth.

Also the N100/N305 boards are limited to a max of 32 GB RAM (officially 16 GB.) Even though the official RAM spec for these ITX boards is for 64GB RAM I wouldn't be surprised if that were extended to 96 GB via a BIOS update as 48GB DDR5 SODIMMS are available.

Install any of the T series 35W CPUs in it and it will probably sip power most of the time.

 

[SL2]

I know there are quite a lot of unknown Chinese manufacturers making those but best luck trying to get support(for both software and hardware) post sales compared to more "mainstream/established" manufacturer.

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