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ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini-ITX Sized X99 Motherboard

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/26/2015 03:15 PM | source: | 25 comment(s)
ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini-ITX Sized X99 Motherboard

Intel’s X99 chipset used to be represented by a long line of huge and bulky EATX or ATX motherboards, because the CPU, chipset, memory and whole layout required an extra large PCB to contain the extreme performance.

But that was all yesterday’s history. Now ASRock’s research and development team has worked out a way to defy logics, and have built an incredibly small mini-ITX form factor motherboard with Intel X99 chipset’s extremely huge performance. Hence the world’s first and only mini-ITX X99 chipset motherboard – ASRock X99E-ITX/ac is born! X99E-ITX_ac_Top Regardless of its tiny size, X99E-ITX/ac is built around an X99 chipset and an X Series OC Socket.

This new socket design by ASRock unlocks the hidden performance of Intel LGA 2011-3 socket CPUs, giving the overall performance a huge boost. The whole set of Super Alloy hardware features are crammed onto the board too, including Premium 60A Power Chokes, Premium Memory Alloy Chokes, Fairchild 60A Dual Cool™ DrMOS which withstands 60A currents and keeps the system cool, Nichicon 12k Platinum Capacitors that promotes performance, plus a luxurious 6 phase power design and digi power.

Other points worth mentioning are the onboard 32Gb/s PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 socket for insanely fast SSDs, the 10Gb/s SATA Express connector that will work with future SATA Express HDDs, dual Intel LAN ports that support teaming, and dual band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11ac WiFi with Bluetooth 4.0. To add icing on the cake, there are two Type-A USB 3.1 ports on the rear i/o that allow up to 10Gb/s data rates. Furthermore, ASRock is bundling a server grade narrow ILM cooling fan and water cooling mounting plate, so that user may choose their desired solution for keeping cool.



ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Mini-ITX Sized X99 Motherboard




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vbetts
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#5038147 Posted on: 03/26/2015 03:25 PM
What's this, a MITX board with decent port placement?!

holystarlight
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#5038149 Posted on: 03/26/2015 03:29 PM
I like the idea, but most M-ITX build going to be compact, and a octacore CPU pumps out a lot of heat, plus you don't have quad channel memory either.

I would imagine finding a CPU cooler will be pretty hard, and the one that comes with it, doesn't seem like it will handle the CPU heat in a compact environment and a respective temperature.

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#5038195 Posted on: 03/26/2015 04:13 PM
So it's the only quad-channel configuration currently on the market, but there's only 2 slots on the board? That's a really good idea right there.

vbetts
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#5038203 Posted on: 03/26/2015 04:20 PM
I like the idea, but most M-ITX build going to be compact, and a octacore CPU pumps out a lot of heat, plus you don't have quad channel memory either.

I would imagine finding a CPU cooler will be pretty hard, and the one that comes with it, doesn't seem like it will handle the CPU heat in a compact environment and a respective temperature.

If the fan is a high RPM(which looking at the width of it, it might be) then it can vent that hot air out. 1U server racks are thinner, and usually have say multiple core cpus well in the 90w+ range in a thinner package and while they still put off some heat they still manage to stay cool enough to operate.

The dual memory slots is kind of confusing...I would say if there were 204-pin ddr4 dimms they could get away with that, but there are not right now.

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#5038444 Posted on: 03/26/2015 08:17 PM
X99 cpus are meant for productivity and hard work , putting them inside that little thing is going to devoid them from. the main issue is going to be temperature.

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