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News Gigabyte to launch Core i5 mini-ITX board

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Sifter3000, 14 Apr 2010.

  1. Sifter3000

    Sifter3000 I used to be somebody

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  2. stonedsurd

    stonedsurd Is a cackling Yuletide Belgian

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    More choice can never be a bad thing.

    Get one in for a review!
     
  3. do_it_anyway

    do_it_anyway Minimodder

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    If I was to buy one these form factors it would be to make a tiny media PC that the wife would not mind having under the telly.
    With this in mind it seems an omission to leave out the 802.11n Wifi. At first I thought they may have left out n but included b/g but I have looked at the photo's and don't see any wifi at all, just a LAN port. All of which means I think Gigabyte have missed a large section of the market.
    After all, there is no option to add a wireless card......
     
  4. ffjason

    ffjason What's a Dremel?

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    I am definitely interested. I currently have a core 2 setup on m-itx so this would be a nice upgrade path to have avalable.
     
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    USB Wifi or PCI-E x1 since the x16 slot is backward compatible ;)
     
  6. V3ctor

    V3ctor Tech addict...

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    Those SATA ports up there are reaaaally strange... but it's a great little mobo :)
     
  7. bodkin

    bodkin Overheating

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    Thats rely nice! Are there any passive cpu coolers that can handle a undervolted i5?
     
  8. do_it_anyway

    do_it_anyway Minimodder

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    I would use the PCI-E for dedicated graphics for better HD decoding, but how did I forget USB wireless? How utterly stupid of me. Thanks for that. Its back on the shopping list :)
     
  9. Singularity

    Singularity ******* Operator from Hell

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    Why better HD decoding? The IGP in the i3/i5 CPUs does HD decoding normally.
     
  10. Guest-16

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    This ^^

    A big honking graphics card + small mini-ITX board kinda defeats the point
     
  11. jjsyht

    jjsyht Hello, my name is yuri

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    This can be one hell of a gaming machine!!! :D

    For under-Telly machine, Atom + ION does it best
     
  12. do_it_anyway

    do_it_anyway Minimodder

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    Ooops. Having a really bad day :(
    Could've sworn when the IGP was first reviewed it struggled with Blu-ray playback, but looking back at this: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/01/25/intel-gma-hd-graphics-performance/7
    I can see that bluray playback was fine. Really don't know wether I am coming or going today. Back to school for me.
    Incidently, I wasn't thinking about a dobber of a card, just a passive little one, but it doesn't matter any more.
     
  13. Denis_iii

    Denis_iii What's a Dremel?

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    nice, shame about no SATA 3
    i'd add this to a Sugo SG07 with a ATI HD5870
     
  14. Farting Bob

    Farting Bob What's a Dremel?

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    Yes, many. Pretty much any heatpipe based tower heatsink large enough for a 120mm fan. Finding one that will fit in a small case that you would put this into though might be harder.
     
  15. Solaralchemist

    Solaralchemist What's a Dremel?

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    I like the mini-itx form factor, I use it for most of my HTPC builds, and honestly I actually very happy to see a good quality board manufacturer enter the space. I want another decent option other than Zotac! That being said I'll have to wait till I start using H55 boards from either till they put a Nvidia chip on the board, I want future mini-htpc builds to be 3d ready! :)
     
  16. madefila

    madefila What's a Dremel?

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    Can you recommend a quiet power supply for this type of board, even an external brick. I have a spare Antec 1480 case with a full height Sony BD ROM but the power supply it come with is as noisy as jet engine. It only use is a PVR and music player I have a USB Hauppauge Freeview stick All works fine with Win 7, except tha noisy power supply.
     
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