Any mini itx boards for FX?

[suspectno99]

Are there any mini itx board for the FX's? From my searching it seems no or very limited?

Cheers

[Phido]

Not that I know of .

You will struggle to find matx boards too. Amd reposition AM3+ to be for ATX boards. You will struggle to find mATX board that are AM3+ with full features that aren't existing products made AM3+ compatable.

At full swing FX is quiet power hungry and not really appropriate for mitx. Better off using AM3/AM2 processors.

[bobbth]

Originally Posted by suspectno99

Are there any mini itx board for the FX's? From my searching it seems no or very limited?

Cheers

there is one AM3 itx board which I assume would work with FX processors

Edit: found it here

Edit2:
Turns out there are three different AM3 motherboards the J&W 890GX-USB3, the Asus M4A88T-I Deluxe and the Zotac 890GXITX-A-E

[Pemalite]

Yeah, pretty much none exist.

Essentially Mini ITX is the realm of Brazos (AMD E-350 and E-450) and Llano/Trinity fusion chips.

Your best bet is to find an AM2/AM2+ or AM3 MiniITX board and drop in a Phenom 2 x4 or x6 and overclock it to high heaven.

[suspectno99]

Thanks people. I have a 8150 I wanted to reuse (going prodigy mini itx case), however, by the looks of it I am better off selling it.

Cheers

[dmandn]

8150 is an am3/am3+ chip though soone or two of those may support it.

[Pemalite]

Originally Posted by dmandn

8150 is an am3/am3+ chip though soone or two of those may support it.

Nope. The 8150 is strictly an AM3+ chip.
You cannot put an AM3+ processor into an AM3 socket.
BUT you can put an AM3 processor into an AM3+ socket. (Which is actually the reverse from the AM2 and AM2+ sockets.)

[bobbth]

Originally Posted by Pemalite

Nope. The 8150 is strictly an AM3+ chip.
You cannot put an AM3+ processor into an AM3 socket.
BUT you can put an AM3 processor into an AM3+ socket. (Which is actually the reverse from the AM2 and AM2+ sockets.)

This is incorrect, you can (and many have) put current gen FX series processors in AM3 motherboards, AM3+ sockets have an extra pin, however all of the FX processors have an identical pin-out to previous AM3 processors. There are many issues with compatibility on some non-AM3+ chipsets/motherboards.

AMD does not currently sell a true AM3+ processor.

[dmandn]

Very true bobbth.

[Tenoq]

I've been looking for mATX or ITX 990 boards but they just aren't around. I was hoping for a small server box... but need IOMMU and it's only on the 990FX boards.

Lame.