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Followers of EVGA media man Jacob Freeman may have noticed something rather interesting from his Twitter feed and the EVGA Facebook page recently. If small is the size of the future, then EVGA are gearing up to release a mini-ITX sized Z77 board, something of a departure from the norm for the extreme-focused enthusiast motherboard manufacturer.
Details are sparse, but EVGA state that this board will still have 'overclockers' features (see the gallery for an LN2 pot strapped to the board), but also contain the following:
- 6 USB 3.0
- 2 SATA 6 Gbps
- HDMI and mini-DisplayPort Output
- Bluetooth
- Clear CMOS onboard
- Mini PCIe
No word on release date or pricing just yet. Here at AnandTech we are planning a mini-ITX review soon of several boards, and hopefully we will be able to add this to the roundup.
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HaydenOscar Reply RE: Board layout by coolhund on Friday, July 20, 2012 And a mistake too:Just like Asus and Asrock, they turned the ATX power connector by 180 degrees while not even having enough space to the DIMM slots. Lots of issues with pico PSUs and very small ITX cases ensure.
coolhund Reply RE: Board layout by Menty on Sunday, July 22, 2012 It'd be a mistake to put a board like this into a tiny case with a low-wattage power supply. Judging by the VRM heatsinking and the fact it's made by EVGA, it's not designed for low-end/lower-power applications like that. It should be in an enthusiast case with good cooling and an overclocked CPU, which removes any pico-PSU related issues. 
Menty Reply RE: Board layout by Beaver M. on Monday, July 23, 2012 Why turn that connector?Why limit your customer base with something like that? It really has no advantage for people who dont use a PicoPSU, but will keep people from buying your mainboard who use one.
Someone here already said "CarPC", but with a connector like that, power options in a CarPC are very limited.
Beaver M. Reply RE: Board layout by xdrol on Friday, July 20, 2012 I understand it is better layout if you got big-a** coolers, but it's not really "logical"..The PCIe host is in the CPU here, so you need to wire them around the chipset, what is for sure not a trivial task - remember the chipset also needs gazillion of connections, and judging on the layout, they need to cross the PCIe's wires here - to do so, you need more PCB layers, that means lot more expensive manufacturing - what is probably OK with a "premium" board (question is, what is the demand for premium ITX boards), but definitely not cool with a cheaper one.
xdrol Reply RE: Board layout by HaydenOscar on Monday, July 23, 2012 It's not even necessarily for "big ass coolers", just any cooler that isn't a waterblock or the stock Intel cooler, really. HaydenOscar Reply Power by wavetrex on Friday, July 20, 2012 Most of the power for the CPU comes from the other connector which is in the top-left side corner, near the I/O ... so absolutely no problem with the placement of the ATX connector. 
wavetrex Reply Combine that with... by HisDivineOrder on Friday, July 20, 2012 ...a mini-sized nVidia Geforce 670 built around the reference/launch mini-board with a cooler that matches its size.Gaming consoles, eat your heart out.
HisDivineOrder Reply Blurry pictures? by Conficio on Friday, July 20, 2012 Why are the pictures so blurry? 
Conficio Reply RE: Blurry pictures? by Andy Stone on Friday, July 20, 2012 This seems to be a general problem for product photos on AnandTech. They should be taken with a small aperture + tripod, not large aperture + hand held. Seriously only few square inches on that board is in focus on all of the photos combined! 
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