Four Z77-Based Mini-ITX Motherboards, Reviewed

[amuffin]

Too many damn standards! Why can't things be simple?

 

[willyroc]

Asus and its subsidiary seem to be producing spectacular offerings.

 

[Blarg44]

Would have been nice to see boards from gigabyte and zotac in with them.

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]Blarg44[/nom]Would have been nice to see boards from gigabyte and zotac in with them.[/citation]That's what everyone but the manufacturers thought.

 

[hytecgowthaman]

The board is smaller than gpu hahaha ...
Asus hats of to u because of the new feature in mobo (a chip for flash bios without processor and ram ) no one do this before . in 5 years we want to see this feature in all mobos (including low cost) .
its very very useful for computer service .

 

[CheesyHotDogPuff]

IMO there should be a sub $125 Z77 mobo article. A lot of people would like to see this.

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]CheesyHotDogPuff[/nom]IMO there should be a sub $125 Z77 mobo article. A lot of people would like to see this.[/citation]Sub-$160 was last summer, after months of price drops several of these probably match your budget:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77-express-ivy-bridge-benchmark,3254.html

 

[orvtrebor]

[citation][nom]Anonymous[/nom]where are the dtx mobos for those that want a gaming graphics card as well as a dedicated sound card that isnt onboard crap?[/citation]

Use a USB DAC/AMP, at worst it's = a top end pci-e sound card.

Most of the time it's better. (Esp if driving large cans)

 

[sanilmahambre]

Now thats for a super compact pc

 

[Scotty99]

Did they ever figure out why the asrock was falling behind in starcraft? I was about to pull the trigger on this board before i read that part.

 

[howard69]

my pref is the ASUS board here.
best layout, features and more room for cooling as
far as i could determine.
am i dreaming or did at least one of the boards
NOT have USB3 on their list?
geeze

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]howard69[/nom]am i dreaming or did at least one of the boards NOT have USB3 on their list?[/citation]You're dreaming. One of the boards didn't have front-panel audio.

 

[CheesyHotDogPuff]

[citation][nom]Crashman[/nom]Sub-$160 was last summer, after months of price drops several of these probably match your budget:http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,3254.html[/citation]
But I mean mobos like the ga-z77-hd3/4 and the msi g43.