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Tuesday Jan 27, 2009
TweakTown has posted a review of the ZOTAC GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX motherboard. They tested the board with an AMD Phenom X4 9350e CPU and compared it to the ZOTAC nForce 630i-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX motherboard (with Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU) they reviewed previously.
The GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi is an extremely impressive board, to say the least. [...] Thanks to the AM2+ socket, the board can accommodate any AMD K8 or K10 processor designed to use DDR2 memory. The NVIDIA GeForce 8200 chipset may not be the fastest or newest on the market, but its performance is still acceptable for a HTPC environment thanks to its support for HDMI.
Read the full article here.
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Thursday Dec 4, 2008
ZOTAC has released the GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX motherboard.
This new Mini-ITX board supports AM2/AM2+ AMD CPUs, up to 8GB of RAM and features the NVIDIA GeForce 8200 chipset with DVI or HDMI output (via dongle), 4 SATA ports, one PCIe x1 expansion slot, Gigabit Ethernet and integrated 802.11b/g WiFi.
ZOTAC GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi specifications:
- CPU: AM2+ socket for AMD Phenom, Athlon, Sempron CPU
- Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 8200
- RAM: 2 x 240-pin DIMM, up to 8 GB of DDR2 800/1066 RAM
- Storage: 4 x SATA ports
- Expansion slot: 1x PCIe x1 slot
- Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8200 integrated graphics, 1x VGA output, 1x DVI output, 1 x HDMI output (via dongle)
- Audio: 5.1 audio
- LAN: Gigabit Ethernet
- WLAN: Integrated 802.11b/g WiFi
- I/O: 10x USB 2.0 ports (6 external, 4x internal via onboard connectors), PS/2 connectors.
Read the press release here [via HEXUS.net].
Product page here.
Technorati Tags: athlon, GeForce 8200, mini motherboards, mini-itx, phenom, WiFi, ZOTAC
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Thursday Nov 13, 2008
For some time, I have been wanting to provide an up to date list of the Mini-ITX motherboards available on the market.
This post is the first of a series, starting with the comparison of the Mini-ITX motherboards with AM2/AM2+ socket.
There are currently 7 boards available:
- Albatron KI690-AM2
- Albatron KI780G
- J&W MINIX 780G-SP128MB
- Jetway NC81-LF (JNC81-LF)
- Jetway NC62K (JNC62K)
- Magic Pro MP-NC81
- Magic Pro MP-NC62K-LF
As some of the Mini-ITX motherboards share the same specifications (OEM versions under different names), I have grouped the boards in the table below to keep it simple.
|
Albatron KI690-AM2 |
J&W MINIX 780G-SP128MB / Albatron KI780G |
Jetway NC81-LF (JNC81-LF) / Magic Pro MP-NC81 |
Jetway NC62K (JNC62K) / Magic Pro MP-NC62K-LF |
| CPU |
AM2 socket (Athlon64 x2 / Athlon64 / Sempron CPUs up to 65W TDP) |
AM2+ socket (Athlon64 x2 / Athlon64 / Sempron CPUs up to 95W TDP – 65W recommended) |
AM2+ socket (Athlon64 x2 / Athlon64 / Sempron CPUs up to 65W TDP) |
| Chipset |
AMD 690G / SB600 |
AMD 780G / SB700 |
NVIDIA GF-8200 (MCP78S) |
| RAM |
2 x SODIMM
Up to 2GB DDR2 667/533 RAM |
2 x SODIMM
Up to 4GB DDR2 1066/800/667 RAM |
2 x SODIMM
Up to 4GB DDR2 800 RAM |
1 x DIMM
Up to 2GB DDR2 1066/800 RAM |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x PCI slot |
1 x PCIe x16 slot (supports up to x4) |
1 x PCI slot |
| Display |
ATI Radeon Xpress1250 integrated graphics
|
ATI Radeon HD3200 integrated graphics with 128MB onboard side-port DDR2 memory
|
NVIDIA GeForce 8200 integrated graphics
|
| Audio |
Realtek ALC883 8 Channel HD Audio |
Realtek ALC885 8 Channel HD Audio |
Realtek ALC662 6 Channel Audio |
Realtek ALC883 8 Channel HD Audio |
| Storage |
1 x IDE port
4 x SATA2 ports |
| LAN |
1 x Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit Ethernet |
2 x Realtek RTL8111C PCIe Gigabit Ethernet |
1 x Realtek RTL8211B PHY Gigabit Ethernet
1 x Realtek RTL8111C PCIe Gigabit Ethernet |
| USB |
8 x USB 2.0 |
10 x USB 2.0 |
8 x USB 2.0 |
10 x USB 2.0 |
| Rear Panel I/O |
1 x DVI port
1 x HDMI port
1 x VGA port
1 x TV out port (YpbPr)
1 x RJ45 port
4 x USB ports
1 x IEEE 1994 port
3 x S/PDIF (coaxial in, optical in, optical out) ports
5 x audio ports
1 x PS/2 port |
1 x DVI port
1 x HDMI port
1 x VGA port
1 x RJ45 port
6 x USB ports
1 x eSATA port
2 x S/PDIF (coaxial in, optical out) ports
6 x audio ports
1 x PS/2 port |
1 x DVI port
1 x HDMI port
1 x VGA port
2 x RJ45 ports
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x e-SATA ports
3 x audio ports (1 S/PDIF optical out) |
1 x DVI port
1 x VGA port
2 x RJ45 ports
6 x USB ports
1 x eSATA port
2 x S/PDIF (coaxial in, optical out) ports
6 x audio ports
1 x PS/2 port
2 x Serial ports |
| Internal I/O |
1 x IEEE1394 port
1 x Serial header
4 x USB 2.0 via 2 headers
1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x front audio connector
CPU / Chassis Fan connectors
1 x IR connector |
1 x Serial header
4 x USB 2.0 via 2 headers
1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x front audio connector
CPU / Chassis Fan connectors
1 x IR connector |
1 x Serial header
4 x USB 2.0 via 2 headers
1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x front audio connector
CPU / Chassis Fan connectors
1 x 12 PIN WiFi header (Note: the Magic Pro board comes with Magic-Pro 802.11n WiFi Card) |
1 x Serial header
4 x USB 2.0 via 2 headers
1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x front audio connector
CPU / Chassis Fan connectors |
Technorati Tags: 4 SATA, 780g, AM2, AMD, dvi, GeForce 8200, HDMI, J&W, Jetway, Magic-Pro, mini motherboard, mini-itx
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