ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

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Built in BluetoothBuilt in WiFiHDMI OUTUSB 3.Modest Size A fourth internal SATA slot for two SSDs, optical drive, and front port. I'm operating this with a phenom x6 1055T 鲽 TDP) and it functions properly if you do these tweaks.1. It will run hot at stock & CPU fan will spin at max to compensate and be LOUD.2. Added an added case Fan.3. CPU temps lowered adequate to set max CPU fan speed to 80% in BIOS.four. Now CPU sits at 40C idle and 49C full load & it is quiet.**I applied the Antec ISK 300-150 Case...don't forget to set the case fans to high...the Antec 80mm 3speeds are extremely quiet and put out about 36CFM**Excellent luck.

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Tiny form factor, SATA, HDMI, HD audio, integrated video, built-in WiFi, absolutely stable so far, has RAID and overclocking capabilities if you will need them. Only two DIMM slots, integrated video uses shared program memory, ATI video did not plug-and-play well with my ASUS 23.6" Full 1080P LCD - see other thoughts. I built a system with this motherboard and:AMD Athlon II X4 620 two.6GHzSILVERSTONE Sugo SG05-B w/ 80+ cert 300W energyMushkin four GB DDR3 (two 2 GB DIMMs)Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 60GB SATA II SSDWindows 7 UltimateThis program is ridiculously more rapidly than any other computer I've utilized. I'm not a gamer, but I do watch a lot of streaming video (like Netflix, MediaMall PlayOn server for PS3). The SSD is employed for my method drive, but I am utilizing a network/USB 500GB Iomega drive for files. Even in this configuration, applications like iTunes (notoriously slow on any other Pc I've employed) are lightning quick. I have had ZERO stability issues.If you have a monitor with native 1080P resolution but are acquiring letterboxes around your screen and fuzzy text/icons, Google for an overscan setting problem with ATI Catalyst Manage Center and 1920x1080 monitors. It's a straightforward fix, but it took me awhile to locate it. Everything was fantastic immediately after that.

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Tiny. Powerful. Will take a 125watt proc. 񡻂T black) if effectively cooled. Overclockable. I have six cores at three.5ghz. Let me repeat that. I HAVE a PC THE SIZE of a Small BOX OF CHOCOLATES with SIX CORES and 8GB RAM at 3.5GHZ. Golly [edited]!!! Why isn't everyone doing this...? Wants many much more SATA headers on-board, more-than-one eSata port out back, and regular (not SO-DIMM) RAM would have been far better. If only mini-itx chassis choices had been as good... Also, importantly, YOU Will need Energy. Those weak PicoPC energy supply headers are intended for bitty systems. If you're a fast running multi-core setup, you will need a genuine energy supply. I'm utilizing an outboard 1U 400W unit (for a "modular" approach). It's nearly as huge as the personal computer, but whaddya gonna do.

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45nm 95wt cpu's. rapidly ram, wireless and PCIe x16.It has lots of tweeking utils on the board and in the bios. Haven't tried any yet. Pretty high priced for me but for what it does for getting able to develop an itx pc would have been otherwise prohibitive for me. I built this into the LIAN LI PC-Q07 Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case. Saving on p/s, dvd, cpu and hdd clinched this board for me.

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Wonderful function set for such a smaller board:-Supports 95W AM3 Processors-Bluetooth-Built-In Wireless-eSATA Port-two USB 3. Ports-two Fan Headers-I/O Plate doesn't feel flimsy -Thermal protection kicked on 2 minutes immediately after I construct the system. Pulled the motherboard back out and tightened the screws on the northbridge. Seems to be working ok for now -- keep in mind that the NB runs fairly hot, you may possibly want to get a fan.-Bit of a cramped layout, the front panel headers are correct in line with the graphics card...but I'm nitpicking. Built this as a replacement for an aging mATX box:AMD Athlon II 630 2.8 GHz4 GB DDR3 1333 (PC-10600)Scythe Shrunken HSF (N82E16835185129)MSI Radeon HD 5770WD Velociraptor 300GBSilverstone SG05 CaseSony/Optiarc Slimline Slot Loading DVD BurnerI am seriously amazed how significantly power you can pack onto this board, only unfortunate part is that when you put the Shrunken HSF on, good luck obtaining the RAM out, but at least the fan covers most of the board, helping cool a bit.

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Asus integrated every thing into this board:Gig-E ethernet, 802.11N wireless, bluetooth, sound and video. No keyboard power on (function of the BIOS). <-- no huge deal but was a necessary field. I've been in the embedded method business for 10 years, and this is the best ITX board I've ever seen period!

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Smaller.Function-rich, on paper.BIOS possibilities, much more than I want, actually.95w TDP on CPU can be overcome with MOSFET heatsinks and lots and lots of careful testing. Undervolting rocks.Onboard video is decent, thinking about its onboard. Quite Extremely Very HOT. Minus 1 egg.3xSATA.802.11n flaps. Minus one egg.MB RF shield is funky.Only two slots for RAM, 8GB max.With Windows7 Pro, life is decent, except that the 802.11 connection flaps. Often up, sometimes down. Tried 4 wireless bridges and three of my neighbors'. NO JOY! Connection is not stable. ASUS wireless drivers and software program is utter garbage and additional than a small annoying.Three SATA, a lot for an HTPC, not so a lot for a mini-workstation.RF shield for MB ports is unusually thick, tough to clarify, tried it in two diverse instances now and acquiring the MB to press against the rear of the case to line up the screws compresses the material in the RF shield, makes mounting a little bit of a dramatic event.All tested CPU/temp monitoring software, which includes AMD's and ASUS', reports different temps/voltages/speeds/etc. Seriously? Put this in a Gigabyte MIB T5140 with a Phenom II X4 925. Ran the CPU at 1.9v and used a Large Shuriken. Modified the case for three 60mm fans, cut the region out above the CPU HS and sealed with a gasket and ran the setup passive. Sealed the rest of the case except for the side nearest the MB. NB/SB/GPU runs hot enough to trigger burns to the skin. Ran the fans on a fan controller and dropped 44 copper heatsinks on every single exposed chip and MOSFET on the board. MB and CPU each ran in the 35-40C range idle, 50-60C under load, 70+C on the extreme end. Program was essentially silent.Moved to a Sugo SG04. 140mm PS fan above the Shuriken, which now has its own fan re-attached. Two 120mm fans in the front. Method is now *idling* at 52C and not quiet. Haven't even tried Windows however, I want to get the technique cooled far better. This board is extremely hot. I purchased the Sugo to add a discreet graphics card. Now I'm worried about performing so. May possibly look into liquid cooling (I don't trust it).

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wonderful board with everything required for creating a decent HTPC so far, I have not been able to get a stable wireless connection running ubuntu

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*See Below* *See Below* This is an update on my earlier assessment. The 1st board had hardware failure within the initial week. USB3, Ethernet, and Bluetooth all went kaput. Thankfully I was able to R&R the board with the second I had ordered. I will have to RMA the very first board, but the second one has been working fine so far. If there are any much more reliability problems I will give one more update. I still really like the board! Just got a bad one the very first time.

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All the hardware you want to create a very good media center. Adequate onboard video chipset... Killer feature with the wifi and becoming able to use it as an access point. Bluetooth utilities incredibly handy with mobile devices. NOT LINUX FRIENDLY!!!, kinda a major deal. All the media centers I construct for clients use xbmc running on ubuntu and the wireless is a discomfort to get working and even when I got it working, there is no software program that can utilize the full possible of it. PCI-E 2. 16 is wonderful but television tuners are mostly in the 1x stage nonetheless. not genuinely a con but for a MEDIA CENTER....... kinda require a tv tuner win xp pro sp2 BSOD when running asus auto install of drivers. Had to install every single device with windows device manager. Not a big deal but for someone that doesn't know how to do that could be a headache

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Really like this board. The quantity of attributes on this board are extraordinary. Developing 2 custom marine navigation computers and I can't think the amount of computing power I could stuff into 1 small box. As soon as my ram gets here tomorrow she will go by means of the old torture test... None yet... will post follow up if I uncover one Develop Setup:Case - Silverstone SG06Board - Asus M4a88t-iCPU - AMD Phenom II x4 925 2.8GhzRam - Kingston two x 4Gb DDR3 1333MhzSSD - Intel X25 80Gb SSDVideo - EVGA 8400 GS 1Gb DDR3 DVD - ASUS External Dvd R/WOS - Windows Xp Professional x 64Developing two Identical units for commercial fishing boats two run multiple navigation programs. This thing need to be a beast. Due to program limitations I should use XP

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every little thing you see listed. fantastic board for creating a thin client or htpc. non actually other than newegg requirements to update the specs, as this board doesn't support external ram?

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For some reason, I'm just in adore with ITX boxes right now. I live in Japan, so I guess I just want smaller issues so I can fit it all in my house! This thing, along with an SSD and Phenom II X4, just absolutely flies! Cool, quiet, and I by no means hear a peep out of my pc until I fire up Crysis! The wife wanted a new computer, so I said "let me tell you about Mini ITX." WAY too considerably computer for my wife! But also upgrading from Vista to Win 7 makes a huge distinction too! I don't know if any individual else is experiencing this, but the wifi was just garbage! And the LAN is not significantly much better. Lately it keeps losing the connection. I'll attempt upgrading drivers and possibly changing out the Cat5 cable and see what happens. None of my other computers, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, or wifi printers are having network problems. AMD Phenom X4 925 Deneb 2.8 GHzASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe M-itx AM3Corsair Nova 32Gb SSD Sata 3.Samsung Spinpoint 1Tb 7200rpm Sata 3.G.Skill 4GB DDR3 1333 SO-DIMMMSI HD 5570 1Gb DDR3 Low-profileSeasonic 300W 80 Plus Bronze TFX12V Power supplyGeneric ITX Cube CaseWin 7 Property Premium 64-bit(Runs Crysis at 1280x720 on MED settings without having a hiccup, FYI)