ZOTAC H55-ITX WiFi

cavonia · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:23

ZOTAC H55-ITX WiFi

http://www.zotac.com/index.php?opti...ini-itx-platform-unleashed&catid=1&Itemid=268

Any good?

pcAnywhere · 1 Mar 2010 at 07:46

Should be. Zotac have a lot of experience producing ITX mobos. Great potential for a LAN party power PC in a shoe-box size case :-)

cavonia · 1 Mar 2010 at 09:30

Would it work as a replacement desktop PC?

gt_junkie · 1 Mar 2010 at 09:58

No reason it shouldn't - would be a very capable solution. Certainly as powerful as many top end systems if specced up well enough!

gt

cavonia · 1 Mar 2010 at 10:10

Thanks

Was thinking of putting in an i3, an SSD and 4 gig or memory. Run from a Pico 150w PSU.

Would the Pico 150 be ok with it?

chippy08 · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:08

cavonia said:
Thanks

Was thinking of putting in an i3, an SSD and 4 gig or memory. Run from a Pico 150w PSU.

Would the Pico 150 be ok with it?

Might be ok as your using ssd instead of normal hard drive but check with the guys who use picos first.

cavonia · 1 Mar 2010 at 14:52

I am sure the PICO would be ok with an ordinary HD too.

pcAnywhere · 1 Mar 2010 at 18:03

Personally I would install it all in a Silverstone SG05B. It's small (compared to most cases) and includes a 300w PSU.

cavonia · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:23

Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black is the case i would choose. Pop it into that with a Pico 150w PSU and you would have loads of airflow, quiet pc and not a big footprint!

chipps101 · 1 Mar 2010 at 20:40

theres a review of that board here that includes power usage with an i3 530 that may help you - http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3753

looks like a very nice little board to me

cavonia · 1 Mar 2010 at 21:21

So a Pico 150w looks like it would be more than suffice if using onboard GPU?

JonJ678 · 2 Mar 2010 at 00:41

It's hard to be sure at this stage.

My intention is to run a motherboard much like this using a 150W pico driven from an adapter that offers 6A at 12V on three rails. Two rails attached to the pico psu, the third with a 4 pin atx adapter on the end supplying the majority of the cpu power requirements. I believe this will work at stock speeds, but that it may struggle with overclocking.

Overclocking options look very few and far between on this board based on the anandtech article linked above.

cavonia · 2 Mar 2010 at 09:08

But if not overclocking and using the onboard GPU, the Pico would suffice?

misterPK · 2 Mar 2010 at 11:47

Gaaaaahhhh!

I really badly want to put together a mini ITX build in my old shuttle case, but I just cant justify spending the money on an extra PC I dont really need.

STOP TEMPTING ME WITH AWESOME LOOKING NEW PRODUCTS!!

PK!

cavonia · 3 Mar 2010 at 09:13

misterPK said:
Gaaaaahhhh!

I really badly want to put together a mini ITX build in my old shuttle case, but I just cant justify spending the money on an extra PC I dont really need.

STOP TEMPTING ME WITH AWESOME LOOKING NEW PRODUCTS!!

PK!

Looks very impressive doesn't it!!

Leon · 5 Mar 2010 at 00:16

cavonia said:
I am sure the PICO would be ok with an ordinary HD too.

================================I want to use PICO 150W
but where can I get DC 12V output for it?

Thanks for any answer.

JonJ678 · 5 Mar 2010 at 01:18

People normally use laptop ac adapters, since they take mains ac and output a fairly constant dc voltage. Shouldn't be hard to find a 12V one online though, all the places selling pico psus also sell the ac adapters.

Welcome to the forums.

fireisdangerous · 12 Mar 2010 at 12:23

does the zotac h55 itx board support the original core i5 processors? or just the new ones with integrated graphics

JonJ678 · 12 Mar 2010 at 17:16

It'll support them fine. Whether it can run them without burning out, we'll have to wait and see.

ninefoureight · 13 Mar 2010 at 14:35

Think im definately getting this board, with i5 750. Bundled with my Sugo S05 ill be able to fit 8 hdds in there ! ;]