Ultra Compact Mini-ITX Form Factor Motherboard

[gfunkmartin]

Leave it to the Germans to make the next cool thing :D They're incredible engineers.

Honestly...with the trend towards smaller cases, it wouldn't surprise me to see more 1/2 height PCI cards or a revival of something like a riser card for PCI...if PCI even sticks around.

A true gamer will still use a huge tower tho :)

Oh well...I guess smallization is good

[corrupted]

i think it's a good idea. the smaller a case is, the easier it is to keep cool. my other system has a 110mm fan in it just to keep it happy in summer . . .

besides, i really want a desktop case for this system. i always wanted a desktop case, and this now form factor makes it more probable to have a cooler one. if i don't have to worry about the cooling or configuration, i don't need to worry about being able to open it. way to go guys :)

[gfunkmartin]

I don't necessarily think it's a bad idea...I just don't think it would be an ideal solution in every situation

But I can definitely see myself buying something using this new form factor...useful for a general use system (web surfing/word processing kind of stuff or even as a small SOHO server, I would most likely use it as a gateway/router kind of thing w/ Linux under the hood :D

[corrupted]

i couldn't agree with ya more man