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The "Janus Project" August 05, 2006
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The "EPIA Alloy Mod" April 11, 2006
Neatorama's Collection of Case Mods February 18, 2006
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The K'nex-ITX August 05, 2005
The "Waffle Iron PC" July 21, 2005
The "Supra-Server" July 18, 2005
The "Mega-ITX" July 07, 2005
The "Encyclomedia" May 25, 2005
The "Accordion ITX" |
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The "FileServerRouterSwitch" May 15, 2005
The "Mini Falcon" May 13, 2005
The "Bender PC" May 11, 2005
The "BBC ITX B" May 10, 2005
The "Frame" April 20, 2005
The "Jeannie" March 09, 2005
The "Cool Cube" January 30, 2005
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The "iGrill" January 15, 2005
The "Gumball PC" December 15, 2004
The "Deco Box" December 03, 2004
The "TERA-ITX" October 06, 2004
The "Coealacanth-PC" September 17, 2004
The "Gramaphone-ITX-HD" August 26, 2004
The "C1541 Disk Drive ITX" August 25, 2004
The "SEGA-ITX" August 13, 2004
The "Quiet Cubid" August 06, 2004
The "BMWPC" July 14, 2004
The "Moo Cow Moo" July 02, 2004
The "Mini Mesh Box" Full alphabetical archive on right hand side of page... |
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Mini-ITX 101
Posted on September 30, 2002 - Last revision July 2, 2004
What is Mini-ITX?
Mini-ITX is a motherboard form factor created
by VIA. Motherboards are available from VIA under the name "EPIA". Mini-ITX and Mini-ITX-sized motherboards are available from manufacturers
such as Axiomtek, Commell, DFI, Eyetech, IBASE, Insight, Lex, Lippert, Samsung and Unicorn.
Mini-ITX motherboards have a processor soldered
to the board and a rich supporting chipset providing networking,
graphics and sound. This means that by adding just some memory,
a hard drive and a power supply, you have a full computer.
You might want to add a case, but this is optional ;)
Mini-ITX motherboards are very cheap. But
they are powerful enough to play back full screen video through
their monitor or TV output.
Mini-ITX motherboards are very small. The
specification requires that the boards are 170mm x 170mm (6.75"
x 6.75")
That's VERY small.
They are also quiet. The board above is an
EPIA 5000, made by VIA. The CPU is cooled by a heatsink (i.e.
a block of metal). There are no moving parts (i.e. fans) on
this board at all. Other boards usually have small fans to cool the
CPU, but are still very quiet, compared to a Pentium or Athlon
fan.
For more technical information - see the (in need of updating) FAQ,
or just browse the site - you'll soon get the idea!
Where can I buy one of these puppies?
How about buying one from us? - we ship worldwide.
What is Mini-ITX.com?
That's us. An independent site featuring Mini-ITX
related projects, information, news and stuff. Take a look
around - you'll get the idea.
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