the excellent H55N-USB3 Gigabyte and Zotac H55 as well, pero've Been waiting on new AMD boards Until now. Previously We Noticed a couple of 8-series AMD chipset motherboards at Computex - and Asus has finally signed off and one of Them has made it to a production run: the M4A88T-I Deluxe.

As a Consequence of mini-ITX size - Regardless of whether it's an Intel or AMD board - Both the boards in the link Above Are limited to the maximum TDP of the CPUs They support s, which is 95W. This limits the use of popular Black Edition processors and 6-core CPUs Which Generally carry the TDP rating Higher, But Still Gives you plenty of Socket AM3 chips to choose from. There's far more choice Than That the range of Intel CPUs support H55 boards, for example.

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If you CAN find it, There is one 6-core AMD CPU That will fit in this board: the Phenom II X6 1055T (SKU number: HDT55TWFK6DGR/HDT55TWFGRBOX) s, which is a 95W chip binned Specially that'll fit the bill. Alternatively, you buy and Stock Could X6 1055T and drop the clock speed and voltage to hit 95W ('ll Have to guesstimate, Unfortunately).

Obviously That leaves little to no room for overclocking, although mini-ITX boards Are not Designed To Be performance monsters with tons of headroom - the SODIMM memory sockets Thought That Should Reinforce straight away. These days mini-ITX boards Are Designed to bring full desktop speed and features Into The Smallest form factor possible.