Gigabyte Intros Bay Trail J1800 Based Mini-ITX Board

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Gigabyte's new motherboard with the J1800 CPU is cheap!

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[InvalidError]

Cue enthusiast booing.

But this would probably meet most people's everyday computing requirements.

 

[brandonjclark]

This might be perfect for Steam streaming.

 

[Nada190]

I kind of want one to a mini downloading only computer.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Honestly I think they missed a few marks. If they had added a second Ethernet port, and made that Mini-PCIe slot mSATA compatible, it would have been awesome to use in a gateway/firewall/vpn appliance. Low price. Low power. Low heat. Low profile. ...almost had it.

 

[Mlim666]

This might be perfect for Steam streaming.

The processor on this wouldn't be able to handle streaming HD gameplay. Streaming requires a processor to decode the signal.

 

[torbendalum]

Honestly I think they missed a few marks. If they had added a second Ethernet port, and made that Mini-PCIe slot mSATA compatible, it would have been awesome to use in a gateway/firewall/vpn appliance. Low price. Low power. Low heat. Low profile. ...almost had it.

Then this is what you want http://global.shuttle.com/main/productsDetail?productId=1718 I just bought 5 of them at my work. Nice little computers

 

[torbendalum]

Honestly I think they missed a few marks. If they had added a second Ethernet port, and made that Mini-PCIe slot mSATA compatible, it would have been awesome to use in a gateway/firewall/vpn appliance. Low price. Low power. Low heat. Low profile. ...almost had it.

Then this is what you want http://global.shuttle.com/main/productsDetail?productId=1718 I just bought 5 of them at my work. Nice little computers

 

[InvalidError]

This might be perfect for Steam streaming.

The processor on this wouldn't be able to handle streaming HD gameplay. Streaming requires a processor to decode the signal.

Bay Trail should be more than powerful enough to handle decoding 1080p h264. Even my stock C2D-E8400 can simultaneously decode 4-5 1080p streams in full-software decode. The GPU in it is a Radeon HD3670 so the only hardware assist the CPU gets is video overlay re-scaling.

So, even if Bay Trail is half as efficient as C2D, it should still have enough grunt to handle two 1080p streams even if its IGP does not do hardware decode.

 

[rwpritchett]

Too bad it only has 2x SATA 3.0Gbps. This would be a nice low power file server or HTPC board if it had more storage capability. So close Gigabyte...

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Guys, for $60 what else are you expecting? This is a great value. It can run Linux great for a simple Web-surfing and a Multimedia PC.For the more geeks, you can buy this $60 combo, put in 8GB RAM for $70, buy two 3TB WD Green HDD, download FreeNAS and set up a NAS for pretty cheap.This is the perfect for people on a budget. I mean for a home-surfing PC, this is great :

CPU+Mobo = $60 |
4GB RAM = $30 |
PSU = $30 |
HDD (500GB) = $50 |
Cooler Master Elite 120 = $35 |
Operating System = Linux Mint 16 (Mate is preffered) |

There you have it, a nice web surfing and media streaming machine for about $200.This is a great value.

 

[Sarnewdfius]

ITX boards are small, affordable, and feature-rich; great for general use (HTPC, office, homework, etc.)...the vast majority of users. ITX typically isn't a good match for gamers, power users, or file servers (yes, there are exceptions). For these people, mATX/ATX is far more cost-effective and practical.For general use, unless we spend $$ for niche components, we're stuck with using a gigantic ATX PSU and a case to match. How ridiculous when paired with an ITX board. Come on, manufacturers/designers....give us an easy/affordable way to adopt ITX and take advantage of the tiny footprint. This Gigabyte board is a great start, but it's not enough. Not all of us want to buy a proprietary device (NUC/Brix/Mac Mini/ChromeBox, I'm looking at you).