Motherboard Incoming AM4 Mini-ITX boards

[FCase]

Following this post from this thread on reddit, the sale periods for the BIOSTAR, ASROCK, and GIGABYTE boards will start as follows:

1. BIOSTAR: Beginning of May in U.S.
   
2. ASROCK: June, 2017
   
3. GIGABYTE: Second week of July, 2017

Man it's been hard enough waiting this long. Not sure I want to wait until July. I will wait until June simply to have a choice. My last ITX board was an ASUS. Looks like I will be changing brands this time around. Not much longer now.

 

[Germanese]

BOOOOO i want NOW !!!! Take my MONEY !!!

 

[3lfk1ng]

When you consider that the original schedule for the release of Ryzen was pushed up from May, the 1-2 month delay in the release of ITX motherboards would be par for the course.

Also, due to the release being pushed forward a few months, that would explain why the mature bios that will fix memory woes won't be available until May. This new bios from AMD should really help to showcase what manufacturer is the board to get.

I can wait as long as I know it's not being rushed to release.

 

[CC Ricers]

Video ports bode well for the forward compatibility of upcoming AM4 APUs.. waiting to see how those suckers perform on graphics.

I could do without DVI on the Biostar X370 though...

 

[Germanese]

HDMI and Display Port will suffice !!! and more space for USB ports 3.x type

 

[HeroXLazer]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/biostar-mini-itx-am4-motherboards-ryzen,34172.html

 

[ondert]

If Asrock releases the Desk Mini GTX edition sooner, I'll face a hard decision.

 

[Germanese]

Pfffft at this rate you will be more like "I want I want release it NOW !!!" for a while ... 2 more weeks supposedly and then the store need 1 week to stock it.

 

[Zgembo]

Japanese online shops just started accepting pre-orders;
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/akiba-eshop/4712960680852/
http://www.akiba-eshop.jp/shopdetail/000000006280/

Couldn't resist an urge to order a B350GTN

 

[dbjungle]

Japanese online shops just started accepting pre-orders;
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/akiba-eshop/4712960680852/
http://www.akiba-eshop.jp/shopdetail/000000006280/

Couldn't resist an urge to order a B350GTN

Does anyone know of any US sites taking pre-orders yet?

 

[owliwar]

Japanese online shops just started accepting pre-orders;
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/akiba-eshop/4712960680852/
http://www.akiba-eshop.jp/shopdetail/000000006280/

Couldn't resist an urge to order a B350GTN

this will take months to get here but its looking nice

I want that rgb header so badly! cheap RGB led strips easier than ever but thats just me

 

[3lfk1ng]

Whoa! Nice find.
That's the first X370 MATX board that I have seen.
http://www.akiba-eshop.jp/shopdetail/000000006280/

- That makes this the smallest board to support Crossfire. However, SLI wouldn't be supported due to x4 on the 2nd lane (min of x8 required).
- Also, with PCI-E x1 is occupied, PCI-E x16(x4) will run at x1 speed so no support for Crossfire w/ dedicated audio (which is a bummer because Realtek ALC887 is rather outdated)
- Realtek lan is sub-optimal as well.
- Wish it had more than just 1 m.2
- The 7-phase VRM really kills it but hopefully this means that more, proper mATX boards, are just around the corner.

 

[|||]

Whoa! Nice find.
That's the first X370 MATX board that I have seen.
http://www.akiba-eshop.jp/shopdetail/000000006280/

-That makes this the smallest board to support Crossfire. However, SLI wouldn't be supported due to x4 on the 2nd lane.
-Also, with PCI-E x1 is occupied, PCI-E x16(x4) will run at x1 speed so no support for Crossfire w/ dedicated audio (which is a bummer because Realtek ALC887 is rather outdated)

This could have been such a great board, but they didn't want to go through the effort to use quick switches, for some reason.

The 7-phase VRM really kills it but hopefully this means that more are just around the corner.

Ehh, that's really okay. Remember, the overclocking special Z270 Maximus IX Apex only has 8-phases, which is the largest number of phases a control can currently handle without doubling. Doubling does nothing to help with the quality of the power delivery, only letting you put through more current, and unless you are going to LN2 or LHe, there really isn't the need.

 

[wywywywy]

- That makes this the smallest board to support Crossfire. However, SLI wouldn't be supported due to x4 on the 2nd lane (min of x8 required).

Hang on, I think B350 supports Crossfire, just not SLI?

https://www.pcper.com/news/Motherbo...50-and-X370-Chipsets-However-SLI-Limited-X370

 

[owliwar]

Hang on, I think B350 supports Crossfire, just not SLI?

https://www.pcper.com/news/Motherbo...50-and-X370-Chipsets-However-SLI-Limited-X370

looks like is the same as the cheap micro atx intel motherboard (like the one i have). I was kinda puzzled by the lack of crossfire support on the b350

 

[jadedss]

I want that m-itx with Dual M.2

 

[NATi]

Got mail from biostar with european retailer link.
https://www.caseking.de/biostar-x370gtn-amd-x370-mainboard-sockel-am4-mbbs-015.html

European availability starts: 2.5.2017

 

[dbjungle]

Well, there's this:

 

[XeaLouS]

Well, there's this:

But i can't find a retailer for it?

 

[dbjungle]

No one in the US can yet. There's rumors it will be available within the week on Newegg, but nothing officially confirmed yet.