New Pentium M mini-ITX board

rally · Post by **rally** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 4:35 pm

It looks like the mini ITX scene is about to get better:

http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?n ... cle&sid=50

dago · Post by **dago** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:25 am

And another one, but this time from the embedded division of a mainstream manufacturer, EPoX IP-4MTS2B

dago · Post by **dago** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:27 am

FYI, the Lippert Mini-ITX Board (described in first post) is priced by a german reseller at 370€ without CPU.

Wonderful board, but twice a 'mainstream' price

SixToes · Post by **SixToes** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:23 am

I don't think the EPoX board is mini-ITX - its not 170mm x 170mm so you might have problems using standard cases.

203mm x 146mm is still very small though!

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:21 am

SiS has released information on upcoming Pentium M chipsets. Things will surely heat up in the Pentium M arena in 2004.

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?95501#95501

regards,
halcyon

wumpus · Post by **wumpus** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:34 am

Where can you buy a Pentium M (centrino-type) chip though? I checked pricewatch and no listing.. Just P3 mobile and the crappy P4 mobile. All fairly expensive as well..

It is tempting, since the big weakness of the current mini-itx platform is the performance of the Cyrix (C3) chip. The Nehemiah isn't TOO bad, at 1ghz it performs in the p3-800/900 range.. but a Pentium M would perform in the range of an Athlon 1800-2000!

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:50 pm

wumpus wrote:Where can you buy a Pentium M (centrino-type) chip though? I checked pricewatch and no listing..

Following my own directions from my post in this thread, I googled the boxed processor part number for a 1.3M (BXM80535GC1300E) and got all these hits, so they are fairly readily available.