FM2 ITX Motherboards!

tutu · 4 Oct 2012 at 09:30

When will we see Trinity (FM2) ITX motherboards? I want to build a new HTPC and AMD's 24fps support is much better than Intels.. It would also make a great little system for playing the occasional game on the TV

FM2A75M-ITX (ASRock) and MSI have announced boards.. I'm not sure but hoping the ASRock supports CIR for remote turn off/on.

stulid · 4 Oct 2012 at 09:44

Maybe ask the customer services forum as to when some are due?

HeX · 4 Oct 2012 at 10:24

I'm sure in the other Trinity threads the OCUK bods said it'd be a 'few months' until any ITX boards appear.

HERE

tutu · 4 Oct 2012 at 11:50

HeX said:
I'm sure in the other Trinity threads the OCUK bods said it'd be a 'few months' until any ITX boards appear.

HERE

Mei · 4 Oct 2012 at 11:59

wow thats insane
zzzzz

Hugest_UK · 5 Oct 2012 at 09:17

msi have just launched their mitx board its showing on their international website as available. I wonder whether OcUK will be getting these in?

hugest

Hagar · 5 Oct 2012 at 09:26

Hugest_UK said:
msi have just launched their mitx board its showing on their international website as available. I wonder whether OcUK will be getting these in?

hugest

Thats the one I am looking at, the A75 FM2 chipset looks OK as there is no space for more than 4 SATA III. Would like to see the bios settings before making up my mind though.

Hugest_UK · 5 Oct 2012 at 13:14

just posted in the new product forum about the msi but no response yet. if they dont arrive soon i may have to go with intel. Talk about amd and their oem's dropping the ball big time on this one.

having atx but no mini itx boards available at launch is insane talk about not researching your target market.
hugest

domyboy · 5 Oct 2012 at 16:26

I have an A75 FM1 board with the A8-3870K in it. Will a FM2 APU work in the A75 mobo?

cheers
Dom

Hagar · 5 Oct 2012 at 16:55

domyboy said:
I have an A75 FM1 board with the A8-3870K in it. Will a FM2 APU work in the A75 mobo?

cheers
Dom

No it is a different socket on the same chipset. They have added A85 as well though.

domyboy · 6 Oct 2012 at 09:09

nkata said:
No it is a different socket on the same chipset. They have added A85 as well though.

Ah bummer. Cheers for info.

Emlyn_Dewar · 6 Oct 2012 at 12:00

Seems bizarre to not have a strong ITX lineup to go along with the Trinity release. It's ideal for a small PC, surely AMD could have assisted board manufacturers to get them out on time?

Legion · 6 Oct 2012 at 12:23

It was the same with Llano, 3 months after release before the ITX boards came out.
Just try and be patient.

The major buyers of Trinity will be white box builders, motherboard makers will cater to that first, hence the pile of A55 chipset boards that don't interest enthusiasts.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 Oct 2012 at 11:37

OcUK already have one on pre-order it seems:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=22920016#post22920016

Aegelward · 8 Oct 2012 at 18:00

What chassis would be best for an ITX/HTPC system?

Streacom FC7 or FC8 would work maybe?

I have my doubts about the cooling of the FC1

MAK360 · 21 Oct 2012 at 21:26

So far I have found these mini-ITX motherboards but none of them are in stock

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/FM2-A75IA-E53.html
Pure Platinum A75T (Sapphire)
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A75M-ITX/

MAK360 · 21 Oct 2012 at 21:46

Hugest_UK said:
just posted in the new product forum about the msi but no response yet. if they dont arrive soon i may have to go with intel. Talk about amd and their oem's dropping the ball big time on this one.

having atx but no mini itx boards available at launch is insane talk about not researching your target market.
hugest

I agree its almost as if the partners don't have a clue :confused:

I was also going to build an HTPC based on FM2 M-ITX Motherboard but there are no options yet and the choice is endless for Intel CPU`s , I will wait anther week before i buy the Intel one.

Jokester · 21 Oct 2012 at 22:38

APU's are perfect for MATX/ITX, I can't see why there's so much demand for ATX boards.

I can't see why they've been so slow to roll FM2 out, it looks a really competitive product for once.

tutu · 22 Oct 2012 at 20:02

I might get the Streacom FC5 and ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M (because it has a HDMI port unlike the other ASRock mATX). The ITX board ASRock make I don't think will fit (the DIMMS in the way for the heatpipes).

The thing is - I can't seem to see any comparison between A6-5600K (65W) and A10-5700 (65W) in terms of wattage, idle power, temps, power decoding films.. etc.

So I don't know if I should try the more powerful GPU/CPU.

What kind of PicoPSU would I need? It will be powering:

ASRock board, FM2 CPU + Blu-Ray (slim) + SSD drive.

I've also noticed from a (linux) review that memory speed plays a big part in igpu on trinity - can someone recommend 2 x 4gb modules? They have to have low height (42mm)

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 22 Oct 2012 at 20:17

Hexus said they will be doing an A10-5700 review.

This RAM looks like it will do the job:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-137-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

You can ask the OcUK crew about their height??

I would probably get a 120W or 150W picoPSU IMHO.