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Intel shows off Mini-ITX boards

by Scott Bicheno on 15 April 2008, 15:29

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At the Intel Solutions Summit 2008, Intel has been showing its Mini-ITX, small form factor mainboard standard in the flesh.

The boards on show are both Socket LGA775 and come in two varieties.

The DG45FC, codenamed Fly Creek, is intended for consumer systems and is expected to make an appearance at the end of Q2 this year.

The DQ45EK, codenamed Eklo, is intended for business systems and is expected in Q3 ‘08.

Intel expects them to cost in the $100-$150 range to distribution.

Here’s a DG45FC in a system playing Casino Royale.

And, completely gratuitously, here’s one on my laptop.



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Posted by Rosaline - Wed 16 Apr 2008 16:35
I wonder what chipset they use?

It's a pity that they only seem to come with an IGP rather than a PCI-E x16 graphics card slot. It looks like room could be made if a regular chipset were to be used, and then it could well make a killer consumer rig.
Posted by Funkstar - Wed 16 Apr 2008 16:59
See here for a little more:
HEXUS.net - Headline :: Intel breathes life into mini-ITX form-factor with do-it-all mainboard : Page - 1/1

I doubt any other chipset is going to be any smaller. In fact Isn't this designed specifically for the mini-ITX market? in which case it is probably smaller than more main stream chipsets.
Posted by [GSV]Trig - Wed 16 Apr 2008 17:04
IGP's not much of a major issue IMHO, perfect Shuttle replacement as long as it'll do HD playback.
Posted by Funkstar - Wed 16 Apr 2008 18:53
Intel's newest IGP - the GMA X4500HD - also packs in the latest iteration of ClearView, adding hardware-accelerated support for displaying HD-encoded content.

I think just about answers it :)