Asus Z77-I Deluxe: Ivy Bridge ITX

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Check out the Digi+ VRM and 8 pin power locations! Also, the socket is finally in the middle of the board instead of right next to the PCIe slot. Looks like the Digi+ VRM location could hinder a few larger heatsinks.

More pictures at ChipHell

[masterg]

if that things price matches its size, then im in

[Dalten]

Wow that looks awesome. I'm becoming a big fan of smaller motherboards with fewer features, half the crap they put on "deluxe" boards I never end up using anyway so if I could plug a 580 class video card and an Ivy Bridge 4.5ghz+ in this, I think it'll be my next build.

[Hondacity]

watercooled itx is sexy

asus is pushing their designs! i love it

[n00b 0f l337]

Mind blown.

[masterg]

could put 3 of these builds in the same space as an atx anyway. I am liking it so far

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I believe these will OC, but how far? And will gigabyte have something comparable like the 1156 board everyone loves.

[RPGWiZaRD]

What's with people's obsession over small motherboards? Just curious. :p

[Hondacity]

I believe these will OC, but how far? And will gigabyte have something comparable like the 1156 board everyone loves.

ib is just multiplier overclocking and good vrm. the 1155 gigabutt boards were hounded by bad vrm implementation.

asus has been super successful with 1155 overclocking. i bet you this board will do 5.6 easily with an iv you can quote me on that

[Olivon]

What's with people's obsession over small motherboards? Just curious. :p

Having a big computing power in a small case is neat. Certainly my next stop (mini-ITX board) in order to recycle my 2600K.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

What's with people's obsession over small motherboards? Just curious. :p

What Oblivion Said. This board looks to be as robust as any ATX board, minus the expansion options. Most people don't need anything besides a wifi card (which this has via mini PCIe) and single video card. Why take up more room? A single 2TB or 3TB HDD & 1 SSD are enough for basically everyone on here for a gaming or typical PC.

ib is just multiplier overclocking and good vrm. the 1155 gigabutt boards were hounded by bad vrm implementation.

asus has been super successful with 1155 overclocking. i bet you this board will do 5.6 easily with an iv you can quote me on that

My gigabut did have VRM problems. OCing later on because a pain in the butt and I think they needed one or two more bios revisions to fix a few issues w/ OCing.

Having a big computing power in a small case is neat. Certainly my next stop (mini-ITX board) in order to recycle my 2600K.

Damn straight!

[bamtan2]

What's with people's obsession over small motherboards? Just curious. :p

new stuff is cool.

though this shouldnt be new. it shouldn't have taken almost 10 years since people started building small computers for board makers to release itx boards that overclock.

we've made a big jump in a short period of time because they've just begun to pay attention. with this motherboard, the new noctua heatsink, ivy bridge, and an sg08, I'm pretty sure you could rig up a silent 5ghz + 7970/680 breadbox. and easily now, not with so much frigging around as before.

[dctokyo]

Sweet looking board

[CrazyNutz]

Tah Dah!!! Finally a Mini ITX that has some real OC potential. I'm excited

[PatRaceTin]

wowwwwwwwwww the need some space for that VRM

[crash5s]

What's with people's obsession over small motherboards? Just curious. :p

Smaller is better, mobile is better.

Big motherboards, big GPUS, hell even desktops is like the 90's man. It's all about less power, smaller, and mobile now.

[Mats]

Asus specs:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...specifications

4 + 2 USB 3.0, more than enough for me. I bet some people here would trade the USB headers for two more internal SATA, I have no use for eSATA..

The VRM board is mounted in the case mounting holes:

[Elmy]

This board looks pretty sick! I want one....

[FlanK3r]

OC and ITX, will be fun I could test it after NDA under LN2

[kuroikenshi]

OC and ITX, will be fun I could test it after NDA under LN2

Please do!

wow I was thinking of going for a Fm2 board, but I think I just found my new toy to throw in my HTPC case.

[kjeldoran]

Intel Gigabyte LAN...YAY
Clear CMOS buttons on back? YAY

Perfect ITX board.

[eXa]

Htpc.... the only thing that this board lacks for me to use it in my computer is a pci-e 1x slot for my soundcard....

[kuroikenshi]

I think Its time to go hunting for an ITX case that can fit my enermax PSU, a full size videocard, and the right watercooling system

***edit: maybe something like this would do, don't like the style but its roomy unlike my isk300.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=19616

[Bobsama]

Htpc.... the only thing that this board lacks for me to use it in my computer is a pci-e 1x slot for my soundcard....

What about a Xonar Essence STX or a Toslink or USB DAC?

[eXa]

I already have the Essence STX But i need 1 x16 for the gfx and 1 1x for the Xonar...