Micro-Itx

[saltynay]

Are there any micro-itx motherboards which truly support core 2 duo i.e. E4300 or the E6600???

Matt

[nichomach]

Can you clarify which format you're talking about, please? Your title says -ITX, your post -ATX. If you're looking for uATX, then yes, quite a few - have a look at some of the 965-based boards HERE.

Mini-itx, you're looking at a mobile CPU based board like the AOpen listed HERE,

[saltynay]

Sorry multi-tasking when i was typing that

[saltynay]

The commell LV-676 seems to support all 775 socket cpus is this a good mobo though has anyone had any experience???

Matt

[dave87]

Most of the ITX mobos support the mobile versions of C2D - ie 7x00 range.

[saltynay]

I know but i want desktop core 2 duo's hence why I quoted some cpu serials. Thanks anyway but the only mobile core i would consider is an T7400 or T7600 which I would say are equivalent to a E4300 and an E6300

[saltynay]

can no-one help me???

Matt

[Funkstar]

I don't think anyone has had ay experience with the Commells. Not surprising really, they aren't exactly mainstream

[Gordy]

There's no point in going for mini-itx with the desktop intel core 2 duo's, what you need is the mobile ones, have a look at the commell lv-677 motherboard. Its pretty much the best out there. I run one with a 2.0ghz core duo mobile chip and it flies.

It has core 2 duo support and capacity for a top of the range graphics card and ddr2 ram.

[saltynay]

Yeah the Commell with a T7400 is my current selection and the hitachi 1tb hdd in a psile case with wireless and bluetooth and maybe a case mod for and infra-red windows mce remote

[Gordy]

Take a look at the cubit 3 case, personally i think it looks better than the psile and it has a infra port already

[ikonia]

Gordy, have you ever build one of these yourself?

[saltynay]

yes gordy has and incase anyone is wondering the comell lv-676 board supports all intel 775 cores so you can have a quad core

[Gordy]

Gordy, have you ever build one of these yourself?

Yeah, been running a cubit 3 mini-itx system with the commell lv-677 board in for almost a year. Its my main rig. Its got a core duo t2500 in with 2gb of ram and sapphire x800 gto2 and a 320gb seagate drive. All running from a 120w psu believe or not

[MadduckUK]

i believe, why the hell someone hasnt made a mitx board with a

pcie-16 slot (45 degrees slant across the mainboard with a case to fit it in) is beyond me.
proccy socket for s 775
2x mem slots
had descent onboard sound
and 6 or so usb ports
2x sata

would suite a lot of people very well.

[saltynay]

yes the pci-express slot is the one flaw of the the lv-676 and is why I am feel forced to buy a micro atx system instead