Ooooooh

gropingmantis · 9 May 2011 at 14:59

For those of us waiting on something like this:

Good news from Zotac:
http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/13931-zotac-forbereder-intel-z68-i-mini-itx
No real info but atleast its something.

Participant · 9 May 2011 at 16:40

This would lend weight to the theory that ITX manufacturers are bypassing P68 altogether.

Icm76 · 9 May 2011 at 17:14

kind of makes sense given that mini-ITX is a small niche relative to ATX. In similar news µATX is getting a little more love wiith Z68

Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z has been confirmed and referenced in a couple of of news stories. Not details at all, but it will probably be at Computex. No doubt the Asus will be a great board, but I imagine the price will be excessive. Also there are details and previews of the Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3. This already looks extremely promising, and a perhaps a better cost/feature compromise v. the Gene-Z.

It's all good news for SFF builders.

Curunen · 9 May 2011 at 18:27

Good good, its just a matter of time then. Looking forward to shrink from matx.

gropingmantis · 25 May 2011 at 19:38

Google "Zotac Z68ITX-A-E".

You can thank me later.

For those who are too lazy to google it here is a photo that may interest you.

Price seems a bit steep, 20000 Yen is about £150.

LePhuronn · 26 May 2011 at 17:04

gropingmantis said:
Price seems a bit steep, 20000 Yen is about £150.

A little expensive, but all the previous boards from Zotac and Asus supplied with WiFi were about this sort of price range, so it's not fully unexpected.

http://www.itxgamer.com/news/gigabyte-drops-p67-favors-z68/

I'll just leave that here

gropingmantis · 26 May 2011 at 17:38

Yeah I nabbed that pic off the forums there. I think someone said that Gigabyte confirmed in a email that Z68 ITX will be coming but they didnt say when. I hope its soon.

Participant · 26 May 2011 at 21:44

£150 - hmmm! If it is that, I'd have to think long and hard about whether or not to stick with the H67!

Curunen · 27 May 2011 at 00:17

Waiting to see what gigabyte comes up with.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 27 May 2011 at 15:52

It looks like Gigabyte are also releasing a mini ITX motherboard based on the Z68 chipset too:

http://www.itxgamer.com/news/gigabyte-drops-p67-favors-z68/

gropingmantis · 27 May 2011 at 19:12

more info here http://en.expreview.com/2011/05/27/zotac-rolls-out-two-mini-itx-z68-motherboards/17342.html