AM4 Mini ITX PCIe?

[ahimsa42]

so i plan on a mini itx build when BR becomes available later this year. with the rather disappointing price per performance of the RX 460, is there any chance the AM4 mini itx MB's will have 2 PCIe slots so i can purchase an RX 470 instead? from what i can find, all of the mini itx FM2+ MB have only one slot. also wondering if the RX460/470 will crossfire with BR/RR APU's?

 

[Elixer]

There is always a chance...No real way of knowing until they are out.

 

[Elixer]

Eh, duplicate post...

 

[cbn]

so i plan on a mini itx build when BR becomes available later this year. with the rather disappointing price per performance of the RX 460, is there any chance the AM4 mini itx MB's will have 2 PCIe slots so i can purchase an RX 470 instead? from what i can find, all of the mini itx FM2+ MB have only one slot. also wondering if the RX460/470 will crossfire with BR/RR APU's?

You don't need a Mini-ITX board with two slots in order to use a dual slot video card. You just need a Mini-ITX case with two expansion slots. (Example: Coolermaster Elite 110)


P.S. Mini-ITX with two expansion slots is actually called Mini-DTX (a form factor AMD introduced back in 2007). Here is a list of current boards using the form factor---> https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/list-of-mini-dtx-motherboards.2472051/ (Notice Mini-DTX will actually fit in a dual slot Mini-ITX case, see post #19).

(Would be interesting if we could get a AM4 board using Mini-DTX like the Intel boards do.....but with a twist. Instead of the PCIe x 16 being in the second position limiting the video card to single slot in dual slot Mini-ITX case, the PCIe x 16 would be in the number 1 position with the lesser PCIe slot and/or M.2 in the second spot. This would allow M.2 to be on the front of the board instead of the back as we see on current Intel LGA 1151 Mini-ITX boards)

 

[NostaSeronx]

How the heck did the post get here?! WHAT HOW?! Sorry, somehow posted here by accident.

 

[nenforcer]

I have an ASROCK A88X FM2+ board in an EVGA Hadron Air case with a 500W power supply and it supports a single dual slot PCI-E 3.0 x16 graphics card very nicely. I ran a Radeon R7 250 with AMD Dual Graphics and a AMD Radeon R9 285 2GB as well.