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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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Wednesday Dec 10, 2008
TweakTown has posted a review of the Albatron KI780G Mini-ITX motherboard. They tested the board with an AMD Phenom X4 9350e CPU and compared it to a VIA EPIA SN2 Nano board.
Their tests covered integrated graphics (IGP) as well as discrete graphics with a Gigabyte 9800GX2.
Today Albatron have sent us their Mini-ITX KI780G board based around AMD’s very popular IGP chipset, the 780G. Let’s see just how well it’s able to perform compared to VIA’s Nano platform.
Read the full article here.
Technorati Tags: 780g, albatron, mini motherboard, mini-itx, phenom, review
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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 6, 2008
Shuttle has announced the XPC H7 7800H complete Mini-PC system.
Shuttle Inc., the market leader in the Mini-PC sector and manufacturer of Multi-Form-Factor solutions extends its portfolio with a new compact entertainment artist specifically designed to play back high-resolution Blu-ray media. The Shuttle XPC H7 7800H complete Mini-PC system is easy to use, stands for high processing power and space for expansion.
It is based on the Shuttle XPC Barebone SN78SH7 and features NVIDIA GeForce 8200 graphics with HDMI ouput. A model is available with AMC Athlon X2 6000+, 2GB RAM, a Blu-ray Combo drive, a card reader, an hybrid TV tuner card, WLAN and a remote control. Different configurations are available online.
XPC H7 7800H (configurable) Specifications:
- CPU: AM2+ socket, supports AMD Phenom or Athlon 64 X2
- Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 8200
- RAM: 2 x 240-pin DIMM, up to 4 GB of DDR2 667/800 RAM
- Display: NIVDIA GeForce 8200 Integrated Graphics, 1 x VGA output, 1 x HDMI output
- Audio: 7.1 Channel HD Audio, 1 x optical S/PDIF out
- Storage: 2 x SATA2 ports, 2 eSATA ports
- LAN: 1 x Marvell 88E1116 PCIe Gigabit
- I/O: 6 x USB 2.0 (4x rear panel, 2x front), 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
Read the press release here.
Product page here.
Technorati Tags: 8200, athlon, blu-ray, mini motherboard, NVIDIA, phenom, Shuttle
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Saturday Oct 18, 2008
SweClockers has reviewed the Jetway NC81-LF Mini-ITX motherboard. They used the Jetway motherboard with a AMD Phenom X3 8650 triple core CPU (2.3GHz, 95W TDP) and compared it to the Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Micro-ATX motherboard.
They found the Jetway board’s performance to be close to the Gigabyte board - although slightly below.
1080p VC-1 HD playback did provide a good surprise, with the Jetway board requiring much less CPU that the Gigabyte (27% vs. 38%). Could the sideport memory be responsible for this? Regardless, this makes the Jetway board a very good candidate for HTPC.
Finally, power consumption of the Jetway board did not exceed 115W when the Gigabyte peaked at 146W for the 3DMark06 test. This is consistent with the 110W measured by EPIACENTER.de when paired with the Athlon64 X2 5000+ CPU (89W TDP - review here). A good point for this Mini-ITX board.
Overall, they liked the Jetway NC81-LF Mini-ITX motherboard, being a fully featured board, with decent onboard graphics, and good for HD playback.
Limitations are with the lack of PCIe (1 PCI slot), inability to overclock, and the use of SODIMM RAM.
Read the full article (translated from swedish) here [original article] [via the inquirer].
Technorati Tags: 780g, Gigabyte, Jetway, mini motherboard, mini-itx, nc81-lf, phenom, sideport
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Friday Oct 3, 2008
MiniTechNet has reviewed the J&W MINIX 780G Mini-ITX motherboard. They used the MINIX with a selection of CPUs having a 65W TDP: AMD Phenom 9100e quad core CPU and AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+ dual core CPU, and tested the mini motherboard with Windows XP, Windows Vista and even Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
They found the MINIX to be a solid performer, praising the good integrated graphics, full set of features and interfaces, and gave it a Special MiniTechNet nomination.
Read the full article (translated from german) here [original article].
Technorati Tags: 780g, athlon, J&W, mini-itx, phenom
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