SFF.Network Computex 2016 Mini-STX Roundup

While things were pretty quiet on the SFF motherboard and case front at Computex this year, Mini-STX saw a decent number of announced boards and chassis.

Read more here.

 

[Kmpkt]

Was going through this review at Anandtech of the Asrock Deskmini 110 and noticed something interesting

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10404/asrock-deskmini-110-ministx-pc-review

According to the article, the M.2 is run off of the CPU directly and not via the PCH for faster M.2 performance. Hopefully that could mean adapters like the BPlus P4SM2 could be run at true PCIe x4 making use on a discrete GPU a possibility.

http://www.hwtools.net/ExtenderBoard/P4SM2.html

 

[jeshikat]

Oh nice, I've been toying with the idea of a mod using a STX board and a PCIe adapter from the M.2 slot for a discrete GPU + socketed CPU in a really small box.

 

[BirdofPrey]

That's still a kludge, though. It would have been better to have designed in a spot for MXM as an option even if some boards don't have it.

 

[jeshikat]

It may be a kludge but considering how expensive MXM cards are I don't mind.

 

[Kmpkt]

Honestly if you had the BPlus adapter as well as a 90 degree riser to an ITX form factor you could essentially replicate the layout of the S4 mini but like extra mini.

 

[3lfk1ng]

An extremely detailed teardown/upgrade has been posted on Chiphell for anyone interested.
https://www.chiphell.com/thread-1678337-1-1.html

 

[Kmpkt]

I think Josh has a copyright infringement case on his hands!

 

[jeshikat]

Chiphell doesn't allow hotlinking their images so we can't see the picture.

 

[Kmpkt]

Oh booh. Try this:

 

[jeshikat]

haha, you better watch out @Josh | NFC