News - MSI announces availability of its FM2+ Military Class motherboards

[HEXUS]

AMD Kaveri APU ready and supporting 4K UHD output.

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[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Maybe MSI needs to concentrate on better VRM sections with less of the marketing.

[cheesyboy]

Oh good, another manufacturer has recognised how great Kaveri will be in SFF and has produced an ITX board or two.

No, hang on. No ITX at all

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Oh good, another manufacturer has recognised how great Kaveri will be in SFF and has produced an ITX board or two.

No, hang on. No ITX at all

Luckily Gigabyte and ASRock have released their FM2+ mini-ITX motherboards already and you can buy them now.

[cheesyboy]

Luckily Gigabyte and ASRock have released their FM2+ mini-ITX motherboards already and you can buy them now.

Yeah, it's just that it's incredible to me that manufacturers don't think there is a market for it. Only one each from Giga and Asrock - loads of bigger boards.

Maybe the truth it that there isn't (a market), but I would be surprised.

[3dcandy]

I hope they're just waiting for processor availability. A Kaveri in a m-itx htpc (!) should be awesome

[3dcandy]

Oh and for god's sake an m-sata or something port please on an m-itx board

[nacasatu]

Luckily Gigabyte and ASRock have released their FM2+ mini-ITX motherboards already and you can buy them now.

Steer well clear of AssRock's FM ITX motherboards, unless you like seeing your PC go up in flames, literally. They won't even admit there's problems, even after tons of threads on multiple forums and Reddit giving pictures and so on of motherboards bursting into flames. I know, it happened me, the VRM's on an AssRock ITX motherboard just burst into flames, physical lapping flames inside the PC that I had to open the case quickly and blow out.
Sent it and the second one I had back to them via overclockers in the UK and one was replaced with another same model motherboard and still waiting on the other as they are still *testing* to see if it's damaged, really, even after you can physically see the damage caused by the fire on the VRMs.
I've a gigabyte ITX FM2 going in another kids computer, all working well.
Left now with one dodgy ASrock ITX FM brand new motherboard and still waiting on the other to be replaced, I wouldn't even sell them or give them away to anyone for fear they go on fire and damage stuff on people, or worse.

[HalloweenJack]

rumour is Asus are making an M-ITX for FM2+ , but the rep I spoke to said m-sata was being replaced anyway by M.2 [NGFF].

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7229/g...and-in-miniitx

^^ gigabyte have an m-itx FM2+ board already

the 1 thing i honestly asked the asus rep was power and asrock burnups - he said they would aim for 3+2 with OPP and OCP so it wouldn't happen - Asrock are no longer owned by Asus


edit:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X-ITX+/

Asrock have a PCIE3 ITX board

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Steer well clear of AssRock's FM ITX motherboards, unless you like seeing your PC go up in flames, literally. They won't even admit there's problems, even after tons of threads on multiple forums and Reddit giving pictures and so on of motherboards bursting into flames. I know, it happened me, the VRM's on an AssRock ITX motherboard just burst into flames, physical lapping flames inside the PC that I had to open the case quickly and blow out.
Sent it and the second one I had back to them via overclockers in the UK and one was replaced with another same model motherboard and still waiting on the other as they are still *testing* to see if it's damaged, really, even after you can physically see the damage caused by the fire on the VRMs.
I've a gigabyte ITX FM2 going in another kids computer, all working well.
Left now with one dodgy ASrock ITX FM brand new motherboard and still waiting on the other to be replaced, I wouldn't even sell them or give them away to anyone for fear they go on fire and damage stuff on people, or worse.

The ASRock A75 ITX one was the problematic model. The A85 one is fine - I know a mate who has two and its fine.

rumour is Asus are making an M-ITX for FM2+ , but the rep I spoke to said m-sata was being replaced anyway by M.2 [NGFF].

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7229/g...and-in-miniitx

^^ gigabyte have an m-itx FM2+ board already

the 1 thing i honestly asked the asus rep was power and asrock burnups - he said they would aim for 3+2 with OPP and OCP so it wouldn't happen - Asrock are no longer owned by Asus


edit:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88X-ITX+/

Asrock have a PCIE3 ITX board

Kaveri has PCI-E 3.0 itself.

[Jayfunk]

Would definitely appreciate more options in m-itx. Maybe they'll follow with cut down boards.