Looking for a Mini-ITX motherboard

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Dose anyone know of any AMD AM2/Intel Core 2 Duo (not mobile) compatible Mini-ITX boards with 4 SATA connectors for around the £120 mark? I’ve found one but it’s hard to find anywhere with stock. Alternative suggestions welcome

Sorry about the original post mod.

 

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If you can't get it from OcUK then no one is going to tell you about any other company selling it as that is against house rules.

Yeah I know, but OCUK don't sell Mini-ITX boards and never have done to my knowledge If someone could just let me know if it's possible to find them in the UK, and give me some hints on how I might find said place that would be a big help. I will be buying the rest of the components from OCUK, and I'd buy the board if they stocked them. I've seen them on one site for £120, but they're out of stock and I can get hold of them via phone.

 

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I've found somewhere, but it's a three week wait for stock.

Can anyone suggest any alternative AMD or Intel (non Core 2 Mobile) based Mini-ITX boards with 4 SATA connectors for around the £120 mark?

 

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Thanks for changing the title mod, but I’m not sure why you removed the link. It was only too the manufactures website, not a competitor.

All i'm going to say (I hope it's not against the rules) is that if you google you'll find one big site that sells a lot of Mini-ITX gear, they're the best place to go for that kind of thing.

I know the site you mean, and I've not been able to find anything suitable. All the high end boards (i.e. not VIA and onboard SATA support etc) are £170+ and use Core 2 Duo Mobile CPUs costing another £150. They also have lots of things I don’t need such HDMI + DVI out which I’m sure adds to the cost.

The KI690-AM2 has everything I need for circa £120 e.g. SATA, non VIA/SIS chipset and takes standard AMD AM2 CPUs which are significantly cheaper than the Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile equivalent. There are no AMD based boards on the website you suggest, though I’m sure there must be others out there. If anyone can give me any examples (model numbers, not links) of any others they’ve come across it would be helpful.

 

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I have seen the EQS board late last night. It dose fit my needs apart from as you say the limited 2 SATA ports and the lack of gigabit LAN, which I could possibly do without but would be nice to have as I’ll be using it as a NAS device.

The reason for the 4 SATA ports is I want to use the board with this case and will be utilising all four hot swap HDD bays. I could solve the problem by adding a SATA controller and use a riser card but that adds another £20-£30 and would require more power and is less tidy inside the case. It’s looking increasing like this might be my only option though.