Aw... It is just so cute... Who is a cute little Motherboard then? You are!
I like the look of it, but I think it might have been fun to throw a graphics card in and see the gaming performance. This plus an E8500 and a 4850 could do nice things...
i just love this featureset for such a small form factor. I'm putting together a compact gaming machine, and if i hadn't just purchased a DFI P45 JR and a 130W cpu, i'd snap this up in a second!
I'm seeing the design already... the column PC: PSU and HDDs on the bottom, vertically aligned mobo above that. Fold a good GPU towards the back of the board with a flexible PCIe riser, cool the CPU and 9300 with a short water loop, all cables connected to the top, and a single 140mm radiator above that... damn i gotta start drawing....
wot, no HQV-HD tests? or is the disc still missing :p
this does look like a very shiny board, but for an HTPC board i dunno why anyone would compromise on image quality and get this instead of the g45 board. unless of course they need that 16x slot, in which case arguabliy speaking they have the space for an mATX board.
oooh I've been waiting for this. Cheers guys and will try and order one tonight! I got the designs ready for the project and is close to what xtrafresh says above without the water. Can't wait!!
I'm seeing the design already... the column PC: PSU and HDDs on the bottom, vertically aligned mobo above that. Fold a good GPU towards the back of the board with a flexible PCIe riser, cool the CPU and 9300 with a short water loop, all cables connected to the top, and a single 140mm radiator above that... damn i gotta start drawing....
Originally Posted by DXR_13KE any chance of a gaming performance review?
PC Pro wanted it off us to review, there's only one sample in the whole of Dennis.
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Originally Posted by Fod wot, no HQV-HD tests? or is the disc still missing :p
this does look like a very shiny board, but for an HTPC board i dunno why anyone would compromise on image quality and get this instead of the g45 board. unless of course they need that 16x slot, in which case arguabliy speaking they have the space for an mATX board.
Our HD HQV disk is HD DVD. Our HD DVD drive is IDE, but neither this or the Intel board has IDE :(
The image quality is still very good, and just drop in a 4670 - doesn't require a PCI-E connector, plus has better HQV performance and UVD2. Plus, you still get to keep a smaller form factor. Although the smaller form factor does cost £40 more than mATX.
Originally Posted by Denis_iii can you stick a Q6600 and GTX 295 on and see how it performs :)
95W max on the supported CPU's, so no.
but a Q9xxx and GTX295 would be fine. that would look pretty crazy, with a big heatsink as well, the motherboard would just look like a bit of sellotape holding the GPU and CPU in place.
Page 3, "this should be enough for substantial overclocks on most Core 2 Duo CPUs even with 266MHz and 333MHz DDR2 RAM (just make should you have the have the cooling to go with it too)."
I like this, but I'm disappointed by the poor HQV performance. I like the feature set, but I don't really want to add a large, hot and hungry discrete graphics card to improve video playback.
Given the Intel board's higher numbers in just about every test, I think I'd rather take that. It still has a PCI-E slot for adding a TV tuner card or a sound card.
Originally Posted by Vhet If i may do some whining:
Page 3, "this should be enough for substantial overclocks on most Core 2 Duo CPUs even with 266MHz and 333MHz DDR2 RAM (just make should you have the have the cooling to go with it too)."
Originally Posted by DXR_13KE any chance of a gaming performance review?
PC Pro wanted it off us to review, there's only one sample in the whole of Dennis.
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Originally Posted by Fod wot, no HQV-HD tests? or is the disc still missing :p
this does look like a very shiny board, but for an HTPC board i dunno why anyone would compromise on image quality and get this instead of the g45 board. unless of course they need that 16x slot, in which case arguabliy speaking they have the space for an mATX board.
Our HD HQV disk is HD DVD. Our HD DVD drive is IDE, but neither this or the Intel board has IDE :(
The image quality is still very good, and just drop in a 4670 - doesn't require a PCI-E connector, plus has better HQV performance and UVD2. Plus, you still get to keep a smaller form factor. Although the smaller form factor does cost £40 more than mATX.
you say "It comes as no surprise that the GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi draws less power when playing back Blu-ray movies. Clearly with the significantly higher CPU load during this task, Intel's G45 motherboard turned out to be a fairly inefficient in comparison for this test."
but in the chart it looks like the Intel board outperforms the Geforce all the way in heat comparisons. Are the names switched, or am I just missing something?
Please explain. . .
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ReplyI like the look of it, but I think it might have been fun to throw a graphics card in and see the gaming performance. This plus an E8500 and a 4850 could do nice things...
I'd have to agree!!!
I'm seeing the design already... the column PC: PSU and HDDs on the bottom, vertically aligned mobo above that. Fold a good GPU towards the back of the board with a flexible PCIe riser, cool the CPU and 9300 with a short water loop, all cables connected to the top, and a single 140mm radiator above that... damn i gotta start drawing....
this does look like a very shiny board, but for an HTPC board i dunno why anyone would compromise on image quality and get this instead of the g45 board. unless of course they need that 16x slot, in which case arguabliy speaking they have the space for an mATX board.
Love to see this actually being build :D
PC Pro wanted it off us to review, there's only one sample in the whole of Dennis.
Our HD HQV disk is HD DVD. Our HD DVD drive is IDE, but neither this or the Intel board has IDE :(
The image quality is still very good, and just drop in a 4670 - doesn't require a PCI-E connector, plus has better HQV performance and UVD2. Plus, you still get to keep a smaller form factor. Although the smaller form factor does cost £40 more than mATX.
95W max on the supported CPU's, so no.
but a Q9xxx and GTX295 would be fine. that would look pretty crazy, with a big heatsink as well, the motherboard would just look like a bit of sellotape holding the GPU and CPU in place.
DO WANT!!!
Page 3, "this should be enough for substantial overclocks on most Core 2 Duo CPUs even with 266MHz and 333MHz DDR2 RAM (just make should you have the have the cooling to go with it too)."
scuzmewut? assuming should would be sure.
~vhet<3
Given the Intel board's higher numbers in just about every test, I think I'd rather take that. It still has a PCI-E slot for adding a TV tuner card or a sound card.
HQV is only important for sources like DVD and TV - it'll not affect avis or mkvs.
You should invest in a soundcard or use S/PDIF for this board though.
Sorted! Thanks!
have you ever tried one of these? Got one in my rig, seems to work fine... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SATA-and-IDE-Ultra-ATA-100-133-Converter-Adapter-Drive_W0QQitemZ220378983245QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item220378983245&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1121%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
you say "It comes as no surprise that the GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi draws less power when playing back Blu-ray movies. Clearly with the significantly higher CPU load during this task, Intel's G45 motherboard turned out to be a fairly inefficient in comparison for this test."
but in the chart it looks like the Intel board outperforms the Geforce all the way in heat comparisons. Are the names switched, or am I just missing something?
Please explain. . .
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