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Yes indeed the IMB-1213 is an interesting and very well equipped board. But it has some problems too - for system builders. It "violates" the Thin-ITX standard. The CPU placement is off by a few millimeters. It is strictly speaking not a violation because the CPU placement is not specified in the standard initiated by intel. But until now every mainboard manufacturer has placed the CPU at the same position as Intel originally placed it with the DQ77KB. This was a good decision because the boards did also fit into the akasa cases which were already on the market. Furthermore the IMB-1213 comes at a very high price-point. Even for an industrial mainboard. And with a somehow exotic DC-in socket. There are very few power supply options out there. It is the same plug CLEVO uses with its gaming notebooks. So you get only expensive 230W power bricks. Which is in a lot of use cases overpowered. But it would be certainly easier to power the board through the internal connector for GPU useage or use a more common standard for DC-in. Over all it is a good board. But I don't get why they decided to place the CPU to another position. With the IMB-1215 and IMB-1214 it is even more out of position.There are changes coming to our nimbus platform soon. We have been experimenting a lot with perforation lately which enhances passive cooling performance greatly. We will soon be able to cool 95W TDP CPUs at a surpisingly SFF.Problem is there are no Thin-ITX boards which supports 95W TDP CPUs. Even the IMB-1213 is throttling 95W TDP CPUs. On the images you can see the prototype. It is just the main "cooling part" and of course not the final product with anodized cover plates. Please excuse the bad quality of the photos and feel free to comment.
Yes indeed the IMB-1213 is an interesting and very well equipped board. But it has some problems too - for system builders. It "violates" the Thin-ITX standard. The CPU placement is off by a few millimeters. It is strictly speaking not a violation because the CPU placement is not specified in the standard initiated by intel. But until now every mainboard manufacturer has placed the CPU at the same position as Intel originally placed it with the DQ77KB. This was a good decision because the boards did also fit into the akasa cases which were already on the market. Furthermore the IMB-1213 comes at a very high price-point. Even for an industrial mainboard. And with a somehow exotic DC-in socket. There are very few power supply options out there. It is the same plug CLEVO uses with its gaming notebooks. So you get only expensive 230W power bricks. Which is in a lot of use cases overpowered. But it would be certainly easier to power the board through the internal connector for GPU useage or use a more common standard for DC-in. Over all it is a good board. But I don't get why they decided to place the CPU to another position. With the IMB-1215 and IMB-1214 it is even more out of position.
There are changes coming to our nimbus platform soon. We have been experimenting a lot with perforation lately which enhances passive cooling performance greatly. We will soon be able to cool 95W TDP CPUs at a surpisingly SFF.
Problem is there are no Thin-ITX boards which supports 95W TDP CPUs. Even the IMB-1213 is throttling 95W TDP CPUs. On the images you can see the prototype. It is just the main "cooling part" and of course not the final product with anodized cover plates. Please excuse the bad quality of the photos and feel free to comment.
