ASUS announce first ever m-itx ROG Motherboard: Maximus VI Impact

[Keltron 3030]

Computex 2013: ASUS Unveils First Mini-ITX ROG Motherboard: The Z87 Maximus VI Impact | PC Perspective

With the growth in SFF Gaming, i see this as a smart, yet risky move.

What are your guys' thoughts on it?

 

[SKYMTL]

I think a lot of people like LOOKING at micro ITX motherboards. Buying them? That's another matter. Plus, cases haven't quite caught up with the trend yet.

 

[lowfat]

Brilliantly engineered but unfortunately the same old colour.

 

[Pabz0r545]

I think a lot of people like LOOKING at micro ITX motherboards. Buying them? That's another matter. Plus, cases haven't quite caught up with the trend yet.

This.

I been wanting to go ITX for a long time sicne I'm a single gpu kinda guy but there is only one case which I really like and it's too rich for my blood. Hopefully in a year or so we will have a better selection of ITX cases available.

Super sexy board though.

... and I'm totally with you on that Lowfat. Red and Black theme is just simply played out.

 

[kishagi]

looks awesome, has a decent sound card supposedly, and has more good features as well. It makes me want to go and make an sff build asap. I would either use this or the EVGA Stinger if they fixed the problems from the z77 ver.

That being said, Im a man who loves his soundcards so Im more directed at microATX to ATX. If they had made a Mini DTX board with either a pci or pci-e and a pci-e 3.0 x16 slot then id be sold (only if the x16 was on the bottom)

 

[ZZLEE]

Remember Please

This is M ITX

and swap out my Deluxe ??

 

[Skyllz]

That would look awesome in a HAF932...

 

[Fleurious]

Pretty awesome board. I don't like that it only has 4 Sata3 ports instead of 6 like the chipset supports.

 

[great_big_abyss]

Pretty awesome board. I don't like that it only has 4 Sata3 ports instead of 6 like the chipset supports.

there's an eSATA port, too, so that allows for a total of five.

and isntead of the sixth sata slot, you have the NGFF.M2 slot.

So really, you're not losing any functionality.

 

[Keltron 3030]

That would look awesome in a HAF932...

And I thought my Maximus VI GENE-Z looked tiny in mine