Attention Mini-ITX fans

Azza · 14 Dec 2009 at 05:51

Just got an email from DFI.

Dear Aron,
Hello! Good day! Let me introduce myself, my name is Karin, sales of DFI Euro Team. Right now I take in charge of UK

For your inquiry of MI P55, please kindly contact with our official partner **** - http://www.****.co.uk/
They will have the MI P55 soon this week. Once this model is available on **** website, I’ll inform you immediately.

Thank you so much again and thanks for showing your interest
Regards,
Karin

YAYYYY!!!!!

N19h7m4r3 · 14 Dec 2009 at 09:13

Balls, they don't ship to Ireland :/

div0 · 14 Dec 2009 at 10:27

Azza said:
Just got an email from DFI.

The email still mentions the name of the competitor in one place

Hairy · 14 Dec 2009 at 10:40

That looks like an Epic board.

So, who fanceys a roadtrip to America for supplies?

quicksilver · 14 Dec 2009 at 11:34

I have just had a email back from a competitor about this board, and this is the gist of the reply:

Hi Steve,

We have a long term relationship with DFI so there is a chance we'll be
stocking this board. We'll keep your email handy and wait to see what the
interest level is.

We don't see it as a mainstream board as it doesn't have integrated
graphics. The requirement for a graphics card means only 1 or 2 out of
around 40 enclosures will work. This generally limits sales. If we bought
them one at a time for customers they would be rather pricey!

Kind Regards,
Ewan Wilcocks

So there is a company out there that will certainly consider it, but they don't think it'll be much use without a dedicated graphics card.

Surely, you can get slimline PCI-E graphics cards which would fit into a Mini ITX case?

Guardsmon · 14 Dec 2009 at 14:45

They know of 40 cases that don't support 1/2 or full height PCI slots and only know of 2 that do? :confused:

Ummmm, I don't even think I can think of 20 cases that don't support PCI at all and are designed for mini-itx.

A well. Azza found a supplier for you anyway

quicksilver · 14 Dec 2009 at 16:12

ah yes, but they didn't say about half or full height cards...

As I said in an email back to them, most people will probably use this board in a mATX case rather than a mITX case purely because of heat issues with the Core i5/7 cpu and also for the graphics side of things...

However as a dedicated Mini ITX supplier.........it's a mini itx board so doesn't matter what people put the board into.....

Azza · 15 Dec 2009 at 14:03

Most people wanting a gaming mini-ITX PC will go for the SG05/06 I would have thought. I think the Lian Li can not fit wide graphics cards in, not too sure though, have not looked at cases properly yet.

Apparently Lan Gear are working on a mini-ITX gaming case, only rumours at the moment.

Azza · 17 Dec 2009 at 10:21

Dear Aron,
Hello! Good day!
We’ll ship MI P55 to **** today and we estimate the shipment will arrive next Monday or Tuesday.
I’ll update you once it comes to ****
Thanks a lot again

N19h7m4r3 · 17 Dec 2009 at 11:33

I can't sell my current massive system fast enough!

I want that board!

Hmm Azza, do you know if the board and the i5 750 supports EEC memory?

If it does I might pick up some 4gb stick of ddr3, so i can have 8GB again

Azza · 17 Dec 2009 at 13:05

I'm not sure that it does. It doesn't say it does on the DFI website.

I'll try find out for you.

Azza · 18 Dec 2009 at 13:47

N19h7m4r3 - Been told by DFI that it does not support EEC memory.

N19h7m4r3 · 18 Dec 2009 at 14:23

Thanks Azza. It's a real pity, but a good thing I got an email from another company and they Sell 8GB, 2x4GB sticks off GSkill Rip Jaws at 1333Mhz, 1600 and 2000mhz

It's about 289 on average for a pair of sticks, but it's not too expensive.

Azza · 19 Dec 2009 at 00:11

LOL, not expensive at all.

What you do for a living?

Make sure you have a look at Clunks living review on the board mate.

Don't want you pushing the board too far and melting it like he has done.

Psypher5 · 19 Dec 2009 at 06:24

oh my god.

I'd swap my rig for one built on that, but stick a honking gfx card on it and it kind of defeats the point

?

2x4gb sticks of ram too... mmm

what would be the -best- setup for this? Most small cases cant do gfx cards

and im not sure which are modable (v300 is but then just get a matx :x?) sg06 is sexy but only 9inch gfx :/

argh its going to be impossible to make a tiny high end rig, just due to space really.the psu wont be powerfull enough (for an i7 + gfx) space for gfx, space for a decent cooler for that toasty i7.. hm

N19h7m4r3 · 19 Dec 2009 at 10:25

Azza said:
LOL, not expensive at all. What you do for a living?

Make sure you have a look at Clunks living review on the board mate.

Don't want you pushing the board too far and melting it like he has done.

Don't worry I've been looking at his review since it appeared on XS, I don't want to kill the board.

I'll certainly have to get some heatsinks for all the exposed bits.

Also I'm a broke college student, but I'm one of those people that saves a lot, every cent I find is saved also.

It allowed me to build my current system which is in my sig