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DFI MI P55-T36 First Mini ITX P55 Motherboard  

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Posted by FiXT— November 5th, 2009, 11:35 AM

DFI-MI P55-T36While we would have thought that innovation such as this would be first seen from a company such as Asus or Gigabyte, it is DFI who is paving the way, releasing a mini-ITX board based on the Intel P55 chipset with LGA-1156 support.


Mini-ITX has been gaining ground as a popular solution in the home theatre and basic system market, with its small 6.7″ x 6.7″ form factor. Until now however, most of the products have focused on a all-in-one solution with Intel’s Atom processor, or supported only Intel LGA-775  or AMD processors.


DFI however is looking to bring the current generation of computing to a tiny platform with the MI P55-T36, the first on the market to do so. The board features the LGA-1156 socket with support for Core i5/i7 CPUs. It has a 6-phase PWM, and ABS II CPU auto upgrade technology if you wish to overclock. It includes two DDR3 memory slots, and a single PCI-Express x16 slot which is required due to the lack of integrated graphics. For connections it has eSATA and 3xSATA II ports, 4XUSB 2.0, Gigabit LAN ,8 channel audio with SPDIF, along with CMOS reset button and debug LED.


DFI has created the potential to house an absolute monster of a machine inside a very small bundle. Big things really do come in small packages.

DFI-MI P55-T36-2

Photos courtesy of Clunk.org.uk.


Tags: dfi, MI P55-T36, mini-itx

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Comments (11)

  1. CMetaphor's Avatar
    CMetaphor

    November 5, 2009 11:37 AM

    Huzzah! SFF getting popular!

  2. Eldonko's Avatar
    Eldonko

    November 5, 2009 11:44 AM

    Awesome, that is friggin small

  3. lpfan4ever's Avatar
    lpfan4ever

    November 5, 2009 12:09 PM

    It's going to be funny seeing people (try to) put a TRUE on that board so they can have awesome cooling for those hot i5/i7 chips. And then they're going to ask why the board snapped in half when they picked it up.

    But seeing such a high(ish) end package on that small of a motherboard is crazy.

  4. bojangles's Avatar
    bojangles

    November 5, 2009 01:35 PM

    Hey this is awesome!

    Would an HD 4890/5850 fit into the Silverstone Sugo SG05B? This would be the perfect LAN/gaming machine!

  5. CMetaphor's Avatar
    CMetaphor

    November 5, 2009 01:38 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bojangles View Post
    Hey this is awesome!

    Would an HD 4890/5850 fit into the Silverstone Sugo SG05B? This would be the perfect LAN/gaming machine!
    http://silverstonetek.com/downloads/...upportlist.pdf
    Looks like the max the PSU can handle is a 4850. But still... awsome Lanbox indeed!

  6. SKYMTL's Avatar
    SKYMTL

    November 5, 2009 01:41 PM

    Awwwww!!! He's so CUTE!

  7. bojangles's Avatar
    bojangles

    November 5, 2009 02:12 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CMetaphor View Post
    http://silverstonetek.com/downloads/...upportlist.pdf
    Looks like the max the PSU can handle is a 4850. But still... awsome Lanbox indeed!
    But I can replace the PSU right?

  8. CMetaphor's Avatar
    CMetaphor

    November 5, 2009 02:16 PM

    Its an SFX power supply, so presumably any other SFX PSU will fit inside...but finding one thats over 300w will be trouble.. i dont think there are any...

  9. ayah's Avatar
    ayah

    November 5, 2009 03:16 PM

    Man. 6 phase power on an m-itx board. Those companies with 4 phase power on a full ATX P55 board should just dissolve.
    I wonder how high this board can push a chip in an SFF chassis..

  10. drakore's Avatar
    drakore

    November 6, 2009 09:31 AM

    I hope this makes some other companies produce some mini-itx p55 boards, although the market for them must be pretty small.

  11. Unregistered's Avatar
    Unregistered

    November 6, 2009 11:47 AM

    A HD 5850 doesn't fit. I have a GTS 250 in it. The card can't be longer than 9". Altough, some people got a HD 4890 Vapor-X in it. 300W is enough to power a i7 and a HD 5770. I'm using a q9550 at stock and the GTS 250 (on the zotac 9300-itx) in the SG05, works great! And this would be a nice upgrade.

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