I still haven't seen any official reviews, but the ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe board was introduced earlier this month at Computex. Some links:
http://www.fudzilla.com/motherboard/motherboard/motherboard/asus-shows-its-new-mini-itx-motherboard
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_unveils_little_board_big_feature_set
http://wccftech.com/2010/06/03/asus-readies-miniitx-board-amd-users/
Specs:
AMD's 880G northbridge & SB710 southbridge
(2) SO-DIMM DDR3 memory (8GB max)
Radeon HD 4290 graphics integrated w/DVI and HDMI outputs
full PCI-Express x16
(2) eSATA, (3) 3Gbps SATA ports, (2) USB 3.0 ports
Gigabit LAN, 802.11bgn WiFi & Bluetooth
Asus' Core Unlocker feature
Overall, it looks good. 6-core's on mini-ITX with likely support for Bulldozer? Yes please! Most interesting feature is obviously the SO-DIMM laptop memory over the conventional DIMM's. No 6Gbps SATA, but USB 3.0 is included. An expansion slot would have been nice for PCIe SSD, but I'm not sure if that would fit a lot of mini-ITX cases?
A couple things that don't quite compute: AMD's motherboards with integrated graphics I thought you could only use one digital output and one analog. Is Asus breaking the trend here, or are you really only going to be able to use one monitor with the on-board graphics (there is no VGA here)? Also, I thought the 880g has the Radeon HD 4250, not the higher clocked 4290 (which goes to the 890 chipset).
Waiting on availability and pricing. I'd guess $140-150 intially, $125 in a couple months.
http://www.fudzilla.com/motherboard/motherboard/motherboard/asus-shows-its-new-mini-itx-motherboard
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_unveils_little_board_big_feature_set
http://wccftech.com/2010/06/03/asus-readies-miniitx-board-amd-users/
Specs:
AMD's 880G northbridge & SB710 southbridge
(2) SO-DIMM DDR3 memory (8GB max)
Radeon HD 4290 graphics integrated w/DVI and HDMI outputs
full PCI-Express x16
(2) eSATA, (3) 3Gbps SATA ports, (2) USB 3.0 ports
Gigabit LAN, 802.11bgn WiFi & Bluetooth
Asus' Core Unlocker feature
Overall, it looks good. 6-core's on mini-ITX with likely support for Bulldozer? Yes please! Most interesting feature is obviously the SO-DIMM laptop memory over the conventional DIMM's. No 6Gbps SATA, but USB 3.0 is included. An expansion slot would have been nice for PCIe SSD, but I'm not sure if that would fit a lot of mini-ITX cases?
A couple things that don't quite compute: AMD's motherboards with integrated graphics I thought you could only use one digital output and one analog. Is Asus breaking the trend here, or are you really only going to be able to use one monitor with the on-board graphics (there is no VGA here)? Also, I thought the 880g has the Radeon HD 4250, not the higher clocked 4290 (which goes to the 890 chipset).
Waiting on availability and pricing. I'd guess $140-150 intially, $125 in a couple months.
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