Are there no decent mini atx AM3 boards?

[killem2]

Are there no decent mini itx AM3 boards?

I am trying to build an HTPC and I don't mind intel or amd, but all the itx boards on newegg are just worthless from what I understand.

Not that I would complain about having an I3 board with an H55, but I'd like to save money too.

Any suggestions that give a decent onboard solution or perhaps could allow say a 5450 for less than the cost of an I3/H55/DDR3 (because I would have to buy some new where if I can get an amd board I could go with my dd2 ram)

 

[xoke]

This thing impressed me, read the review.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=647554

 

[killem2]

That's a full atx board I need a mini ITX its gonna be one hell of a tiny case I apologize I changed my title to reflect that I had mini ATX originally.

 

[xoke]

That's a full atx board I need a mini ITX its gonna be one hell of a tiny case I apologize I changed my title to reflect that I had mini ATX originally.

My apologies, your right, thats not a micro either, lol....it looked square in the pictures? Maybe I'm going blind, lol!

 

[xoke]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153179

Pickins is slim man, this is all I could find...other than a couple Zotacs with Nvidia chipsets. But, it's a newer AMD chipset...does dual channel RAM...I'd give it a run, lol. Seems to have decent built in ATI graphics...got a PCI for a tuner.

 

[TheQuadFather]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/J-an...-ITX-AM3-AM2plus-HDMI-DVI-VGA-PCI-E-8Ch-Audio

has a full pcie x16, good, but has ddr2 sodimms, bad

sorry its on a english website but its where i found it

 

[xoke]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/J-an...-ITX-AM3-AM2plus-HDMI-DVI-VGA-PCI-E-8Ch-Audio

has a full pcie x16, good, but has ddr2 sodimms, bad

sorry its on a english website but its where i found it

That looks way better actually, I wonder if he is going to put a tuner in there, haven't seen any PCI-e tuners, but I haven't bought a tuner in 2 years either, lol. I think he is actually looking for DDr2, so thats a bonus for him.

 

[killem2]

Hmm that is very interesting, I wonder if they ship to the usa, have to find out it might be a bit cheaper.

Edit: nope. Lame.

 

[killem2]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon-ii-x2-250u_3.html#sect0

Here is a review for one, but I cannot find a site that either stocks it or ships to the usa with it.

 

[Ghostcustoms]

My brother just did the ECS H55 build with i3, went i3 due to limited avialiblity of mini itx boards and the fact that the ECS mini itx had good reviews. Very impressive but not a good bang for your buck! He wanted something he could travel with and a gaming laptop was way to much money so we used this very cool silverstone case.

Lot of people using Zotac? I just couldn't get myself to push a Nvidia chipset Amd board. Overall your stuck in a hard place, I would try a Zotac and possibly try hunting down a different Motherboard latter if it doesn't pan out. Biggest issue would be keeping the CPU under the 65watt tdp...

 

[killem2]

Yeah thanks for all the help, I gave up, bought an I3 setup, called it quits it'll do I'm sure. My new house is incredibly insulated and stays so cool after the AC runs for just a short time and stays cool so I hope my case will work fine.