Bulldozer mini itx motherboard
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If you meant matx as in Micro ATX, then there's the M68MT-S2P.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3726#sp
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That doesn't support bulldozer.
This however does and it's a Micro ATX ;
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3967#ov
For Mini ITX, I'm not sure on boards.
Although you'd be wanting Piledriver, not Bulldozer.
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This mATX motherboard is not bad for the price:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-415-GI
AFAIK,there are AM3 mini-ITX motherboards but no mini-ITX AM3+ ones it seems. TBH,even AM3 had poor mini-ITX motherboard support and it seems companies concentrated more on FM1 and FM2 mini-ITX motherboards even though these are not exactly plentiful.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-415-GI
AFAIK,there are AM3 mini-ITX motherboards but no mini-ITX AM3+ ones it seems. TBH,even AM3 had poor mini-ITX motherboard support and it seems companies concentrated more on FM1 and FM2 mini-ITX motherboards even though these are not exactly plentiful.
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This was the last AM3 ITX board that was enthusiast grade.
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A88TI_Deluxe/
Bulldozer's power draw (4 module / 8 core) was insane (when overclocked), the amount of ITX rma's after people blowing boards would have been nuts.
The amount of engineering required to make an ITX board capable of supporting a chip like that is pretty much unfeasable with the amount you'd actually sell.
Another, perhaps the most pertinent reason why board makers haven't supported Bulldozer and Vishera on ITX is quite simply the lack of an IGP.
It might sound silly to an enthusiast, but these days with all cpu's moving to IGP's, trying to sell an ITX board that requires an additional gfx card purchase seriously limits your potential market. (to the point of being unsellable in a volume that you can recoup the r&d costs and start to make profit)
Enthusiasts make up less than 1% of the total pc market.
AMD will no doubt integrate an IGP into all their offerings at some point.
Until then don't expect to see any ITX boards for their flagship CPU's.
The distinct lack of 900 series m-ATX boards is also due to poor market potential.
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A88TI_Deluxe/
Bulldozer's power draw (4 module / 8 core) was insane (when overclocked), the amount of ITX rma's after people blowing boards would have been nuts.
The amount of engineering required to make an ITX board capable of supporting a chip like that is pretty much unfeasable with the amount you'd actually sell.
Another, perhaps the most pertinent reason why board makers haven't supported Bulldozer and Vishera on ITX is quite simply the lack of an IGP.
It might sound silly to an enthusiast, but these days with all cpu's moving to IGP's, trying to sell an ITX board that requires an additional gfx card purchase seriously limits your potential market. (to the point of being unsellable in a volume that you can recoup the r&d costs and start to make profit)
Enthusiasts make up less than 1% of the total pc market.
AMD will no doubt integrate an IGP into all their offerings at some point.
Until then don't expect to see any ITX boards for their flagship CPU's.
The distinct lack of 900 series m-ATX boards is also due to poor market potential.
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