Mini ITX AM3 Motherboard

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Sup,

I was thinking about building a new PC that had a small form factor. I was wondering if you magnificent people knew any good AM3+ motherboards that are also in the compact Mini ITX form factor. I would prefer it to have a PCI-E 3 slot but any variation of PCI-E would be ok. That is all.

Rock on.

SwarmEngine

 

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I don't even know of any AM3+ miniITX boards.

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a pci-e 3.0 slot doesnt exist yet on a am3 board, but comming soon.

and i guess there arent any it-X boards for am3.+ not as far as i know.

micro atx there are a few of them but not with 970 or  990 chipsets, so thats sucks :

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Neither of those options exist for AMD socket AM3+. PCI-e 3.0 only exists on one AMD board, and it's not been oficially released yet. Look at the premium Asus line of boards in a couple months.

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i know, only the sabbertooth gen 3, previeuw says it has pci-e 3.0 

 

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Here is a cuple of amd M-ITX mobos

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-52031-01-40R-IPC-AM3DD785G-Socket-AM3-Motherboard/dp/B003AM1HWK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364316023&sr=8-1

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=319&lid=1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-C60M1-I-Motherboard-On-Board-Dual-Core/dp/B0089GN9BO/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_3

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/C60M1I/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AsRock-FM2A75M-ITX-Motherboard-PCI-Express-Socket/dp/B009WNF5RY/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1364316622&sr=1-3

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A75M-ITX/

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Two of those are socket AM3, not AM3+, two are socket FM2, and two are fully integrated. Not exactly what the thread was asking for.

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And if I recall properly, it's a bit of a cheat to get that because it basically smushes two PCI-e 2.0 x16 buses together to make a single PCI-e 3.0 x16 bus. Which is cool, but it means that you can only use PCI-e 3.0 on one slot because the AMD chips just don't have enough PCI express bus lanes to handle more than one PCI-e 3.0 x16 lane. But it is awefully convenient if you just want one absolutely beastly card to overclock to death. Because I think a 7990 ought to actually benefit from the increased bandwidth.

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I dont think there are eny am3+ not that ive seen enyway

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no there arent.

i personaly think thats has something to do with the amough of power a am3+ cpu asks.

 

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I am also unsure of why they haven't made any, although I'm more prone to suspect that it is due to the size of the CPU cooler bracket. The thing is huge.

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Yes that can also be a reason.

But personaly i think its just like i said above, the amough of power a AM3+ FX cpu asks.

especialy the FX8150 FX8320 FX8350. they are realy power hungry.

and i think its just not possible, or to expensive, to put the good components, that can deliver so much power (over enough phases) to the cpu needs, on such a small board.

there isnt enough space, and it will produce to much heat.

maybe thats why there arent much micro AM3+ boards, there are a few, but mostley with max tdp of 95 W, 760 chipsets,  they realy arent made for the more power hungry FX8350´s