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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by The Lost Monk, 15 Jul 2005.

  1. The Lost Monk

    The Lost Monk What's a Dremel?

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    hey what the smallest motherboard that is in make?
     
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  2. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    something using the mini-itx formfactor. nano-itx is still pretty non-existant. They're 17x17cm and 12x12cm respectively.
     
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  3. Pegasus

    Pegasus What's a Dremel?

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    Like firehed says, ITX and Mini-ITX, if you want standard PentiumIII and up quality CPUs.

    If smaller CPUs are okay, then 486's are avaliable as small as a credit card (2"x3"). Likewise, the ARM processors (up to 266MHz) come in may flawors and sizes. I have seen these as small as 40-pin microcontrollers - no built-in VGA controllers here though.
    Hitachi also makes a CPU (up to 1GHz), that is mainly used in palm-top gadgets. I have not seen these as single board computers, but I am sure they are available.
     
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  4. The Lost Monk

    The Lost Monk What's a Dremel?

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    thanks for all the info, but im looking for the smallest moherboard that can be used for a fairly powerful gaming computer. but i will look into the ITX and Mini-ITX's. so if anyone has any other ideas plz tell me
     
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  5. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    For a gaming PC, have a look at mATX boards - they're the only ones that have the big-hitters of CPU's (AMD/Intel) available: ITX mobo's have slower processors.
     
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    mikeuk2004 What you Looking at Fool!

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  7. RotoSequence

    RotoSequence Lazy Lurker

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    There is a Mini-itx board that has the capacity for a 3.6 Ghz Prescott and a PCI Express X16 graphics card; you should be able to build a rather miniscule PC around that ;)
     
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  8. The Lost Monk

    The Lost Monk What's a Dremel?

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    i have looked on mini-itx.com and i cant find that board, can you give me a link or somthing? for the rest of you this is for my new gaming computer that i will be building (Hopfuly high proformence). the meserments for the case are 6in wide and 14-15in tall (the meserments can be changed). if ther is any other info that would be helpful, thanks.
     
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  9. Pegasus

    Pegasus What's a Dremel?

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    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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