asus rog mitx

What the heck is taking them so long to come out.. Is there a ETA on the ROG boards of any kind?
 
Apart from the soundcard, this board (to me) seems like mostly unnecessary overkill.
And what is it with Asus and that ugly mPCIe combo riser? Airflow is not a concern anymore?
It can't be thAt difficult to just place both of the connectors (mPCIe and NGFF) on the back of the board like ASRock does, can it? =\
 
I like the 8 pin CPU location next to the 24. Its about time ITX got the ROG treatment.
 
Need to see how/whether the mpcie would fit with an mSATA ssd first.
 
Next thought... is it good enough to justify the extra cost...
 
Lu(ky said:
What the heck is taking them so long to come out.. Is there a ETA on the ROG boards of any kind?
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The Extreme, Gene, and Hero are now shipping and should be hitting sales channels any day now.

The Formula and Impact won't be shipping until July.

The Impact is said to overclock as well as the full sized ROG boards. But with Haswell seemingly limited in OC potential(atleast right now, we will see about delidding), that might not matter.
 
I know we all wanted the rog itx and now it is here
But I truly hope they will have a FM2 or FM2+ rog itx coming out soon and without all these crazy high end feature like extra daughter board for OC and audio
Instead to make it purely for gaming or LAN rigs like mSATA mPCIE combo like the M5G
And hopefully it will support the high end APU (100W TDP) like a10-5800k or whatever the newer ones will be
Seriously with a nice low profile cooler with it ( dont think oc will be needed ) it will be nice and quiet to use as HTPC and can do some light gaming @ 1080p nicely
 
Unfortunately, there isn't sufficient demand for mITX AMD systems in the 'high end' gaming niche that ROG has been targeting. The market has to be there (like it was for the hugely successful P8Z77-I Deluxe) to show them going the extra mile for a ROG release will be worth it.

That board isn't intended as a HTPC for light gaming as you would want, it's for overclocking, as the price will probably be around $250-270.
 
Oh i do know that the M6I is meant for both gaming and overclocking which i m planning to use as my main gaming rig
but i do hope for a rog itx ( or just an regular asus itx but prefer the rog if they do make one hahah ) for the fm2 or fm2+
where u can just use the iGPU for a light gaming or HTPC use but also allow the high end APU to be used in
 
I have no idea how you might like "that".

Nobody thought about the cooler restrictions those pieces will enforce?

Totally pointless. No need to put stupid and useless sound cards there, and no need to put those risers everywhere.
 
prava said:
I have no idea how you might like "that".

Nobody thought about the cooler restrictions those pieces will enforce?

Totally pointless. No need to put stupid and useless sound cards there, and no need to put those risers everywhere.
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From the looks of it, I'm not sure that it'll be *that* much more restrictive from the regular z87 itx board they have. It certainly should still be better than the itx boards that place the socket right next to the PCIe slot.
 
prava said:
I have no idea how you might like "that".

Nobody thought about the cooler restrictions those pieces will enforce?

Totally pointless. No need to put stupid and useless sound cards there, and no need to put those risers everywhere.
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There are a large number of water coolers(every single one) and probably several air coolers that are compatible. We dont have the measurements on the sound daughter card, but it does rule out all of the small low profile ones, but this case isnt aimed at HTPC, or cases where youd need to use a low profile cooler.

I am pretty sure they expect someone spending $250-300 USD on a mitx motherboard will be watercooling.
 
Lu(ky said:
What the heck is taking them so long to come out.. Is there a ETA on the ROG boards of any kind?
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Some of the ROG models just weren't ready at the same time the standard retail boards were.
 
wreckem said:
There are a large number of water coolers(every single one) and probably several air coolers that are compatible. We dont have the measurements on the sound daughter card, but it does rule out all of the small low profile ones, but this case isnt aimed at HTPC, or cases where youd need to use a low profile cooler.

I am pretty sure they expect someone spending $250-300 USD on a mitx motherboard will be watercooling.
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It's totally pointless to have a mITX board that requires a BIG case for it, its simply stupid.

Why should I limit myself to just a few HDD's (and SSD's) and only 1 x pci-e if I were to get a big-ass case?

Logic, where are you?
 
prava said:
I have no idea how you might like "that".

Nobody thought about the cooler restrictions those pieces will enforce?

Totally pointless. No need to put stupid and useless sound cards there, and no need to put those risers everywhere.
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Actually the riser is needed for the voltage components. This is true of the mITX ROG board and even other boards like the Z87-i Deluxe and older P8Z77-I Deluxe. Those boards have more voltage hardware than the standard mITX PCB space allows for.
 
Dan_D said:
Actually the riser is needed for the voltage components. This is true of the mITX ROG board and even other boards like the Z87-i Deluxe and older P8Z77-I Deluxe. Those boards have more voltage hardware than the standard mITX PCB space allows for.
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How better are the overclocks, in a real world and talking regarding mITX context? 2%?
 
prava said:
Totally pointless. No need to put stupid and useless sound cards there, and no need to put those risers everywhere.
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As much as this board isn't quite for me overall, I certainly appreciate the move to better audio. The ALC889/892/898 chips just aren't that great and in the spirit of SFF I'll take an internal solution over an external DAC any day. Seems like added value to me.

The cooler clearance is certainly a valid point. Will hopefully be addressed in reviews.
 
prava said:
It's totally pointless to have a mITX board that requires a BIG case for it, its simply stupid.

Why should I limit myself to just a few HDD's (and SSD's) and only 1 x pci-e if I were to get a big-ass case?

Logic, where are you?
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It doesnt require a huge case to water cool. People water cool in Sugo 05s. But like I said, I am sure there are air coolers that will fit it.

And as with all SFF builds you buy the parts that you know will fit together. SFF by its very nature is limiting.
 
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People are going to be watercooling the NCase offering, which is about as small as you can functionally take mITX with full GPU capability.

Just because it's mITX doesn't mean it's going to be a HTPC in a slimline case.
 
Well, if its as good as we can expect of the ROG mobo line then this will look sexy in the M1 case I plan on buying. Two-Thumbs up ASUS! :D
 
prava said:
How better are the overclocks, in a real world and talking regarding mITX context? 2%?
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I can't speak from experience as to the ROG board given I haven't worked with one yet. However the P8Z77-I Deluxe had some of the highest overclocking potential in the P8Z77 series. I actually got slightly better results with it than I did most other boards in that line. An ROG version is probably as capable as any other ROG board compared to contemporary boards. It should be a little more capable due to having more auto-rules, better memory profiles for overclocking and being more capable than average boards due to being designed for LN2 clocking.

The average user or someone with air cooling won't always see this potential but don't kid yourself, ROG boards can do more than the standard channel boards can. They use different PCB's and different components than the normal boards do. They have their own design teams who work very hard to make those boards the best ASUS has to offer. They'll also have more features than standard retail offerings do. Well excluding the Maximus VI Hero which was designed to be more cost effective.

ScabSE said:
As much as this board isn't quite for me overall, I certainly appreciate the move to better audio. The ALC889/892/898 chips just aren't that great and in the spirit of SFF I'll take an internal solution over an external DAC any day. Seems like added value to me.

The cooler clearance is certainly a valid point. Will hopefully be addressed in reviews.
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Cooler clearance wasn't an issue for any I tried on the P8Z77-I Deluxe which had the same style VRM riser the ROG mITX board has. I expect it to work fine but I'll check it out as I'm sure I'll review one of these eventually. (Probably much closer to their actual release.)
 
They said mid-late July. Probably in the same time frame as the C2 stepping, so it might not hit retail until early August.
 
I was looking at putting down for a new vehicle, but then this happened.

The M1 isn't ready yet, so I guess my wallet gets a stay of execution for now.
 
Hmm, was hoping to build a new rig before Quakecon, might have to look at some of the other options.
 
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