Motherboard Incoming AM4 Mini-ITX boards

[Boil]

Might we have someone contact ASUS & MSI to see about any plans for AM4 ITX motherboards from them...?!?

 

[Boil]

Maybe we might see a X300 ITX motherboard from ASUS, with the same front & back dual M.2 slot design as their H270 / Z270 ITX motherboards...?!?

But with USB 3.1 Gen2...

And then ASUS could also make me a matching RX Vega Nano GPU...!

Matte Black I/O shield & PCI bracket, please...

 

[Jonny727272]

Maybe we might see a X300 ITX motherboard from ASUS, with the same front & back dual M.2 slot design as their H270 / Z270 ITX motherboards...?!?

But with USB 3.1 Gen2...

And then ASUS could also make me a matching RX Vega Nano GPU...!

Matte Black I/O shield & PCI bracket, please...

I've heard the AM4 socket is too big and that's why we can't have a front m.2 port.

 

[Phuncz]

If ASRock can stuff the full-size Socket 2066 and quad-channel RAM on an mITX board, I'm sure they could just as well stuff a front M.2 port on an mITX AM4 motherboard.

 

[Jonny727272]

To be fair though, they used SODIMM memory and have a very unusual layout. Maybe with the second gen of Ryzen we might see that, but I doubt mobo manufactures want to take that chance and change up the layout and parts used so drastically.

 

[jeshikat]

Even with two DIMM slots I'm pretty sure it's possible to fit a topside M.2 if someone really wanted to. Reducing the footprint of the VRM using a daughterboard like the ASUS Impact boards would free up a good bit of space.

 

[Curiosity]

Or they could do the riser board like on the x299 board.

 

[BongoUnicorns]

I'm honestly fine with Biostar x370-gtn that I have-- the only downside being 4-pin power. However, I'm running a Ryzen 7 1700, so I'm in the clear. I'd say if you have the 1700 go Biostar if it's in stock

 

[BongoUnicorns]

Or they could do the riser board like on the x299 board.

That is an absolutely monster board-- kind of jealous tbh

 

[Deleted member 2708]

Anyone know when these are actually supposed to be available? I'm in the middle of a build and it was supposed to be a Mini-ITX Ryzen build

 

[3lfk1ng]

First week of July.

 

[Deleted member 2708]

First week of July.

Thank you!

 

[3lfk1ng]

You're very welcome.

 

[grumpyrobin]

I hope someone makes a review of it soon after/before release.
As much as I trust Asrock, I want to see some confirmed ram sticks that can reach 3200mhz or more on it.

 

[Jonny727272]

I've seen a couple reports of mid July over on Reddit. I just want it now and for it to be in stock, not like the biostar fiasco.

 

[jeshikat]

I reached out to my contact and he said mid-July is much more likely.

 

[zovc]

I hope someone makes a review of it soon after/before release.
As much as I trust Asrock, I want to see some confirmed ram sticks that can reach 3200mhz or more on it.

I've seen a couple reports of mid July over on Reddit. I just want it now and for it to be in stock, not like the biostar fiasco.

The safe bet might just be to buy one and wait for reviews, then return it if they aren't great. I can't imagine reviewers taking more than ~30 days to do a review, they benefit heavily from a quick turnaround.

 

[grumpyrobin]

Guys,

May I ask for an educated guess of what Air Cooler for the Asrock board would fit an NCase M1 and handle a 1700x at 3.9-4.0 ghz.

This is the compatibility google doc spreadsheet for NCase M1, but I do not know which intel board has similar positioning of the socket.

I would love to go for an AIO but I need to be able to take it on a carry-on luggage on a frequent basis.

 

[Deleted member 2708]

The Biostar board just went in-stock on Newegg, can anyone tell me why they might prefer to wait for ASRock/Gigabyte instead of Biostar? My last build used a Biostar board and I've been rather pleased with it, so I can't see the difference. (besides wifi)

Edit: Just wanted to add I've done my homework on this thread (thank you https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/findbar-tweak/) and it appears to me the main concerns are caps from Taiwan and cheaper parts and build quality in general. Can anyone second this?

 

[jeshikat]

Really the X370GTN isn't a bad board. It's just that Biostar has acquired a reputation for only making low-end budget boards and, while it's debatable if it even matters, things like only having a 4-pin CPU power connector kinda reinforces that idea.