With just days left until official announcements at CES 2011, it look like the details of Intel’s take on Sandy Bridge mini-ITX motherboards has popped up on a few German sites. Known as the Intel DH67CF, the board appears to have all the basics covered. The one oddity being reported concerns the RAM support on the board.
The DH67CF provides two DDR3 slots for 240-pin modules at up to 1333 MHz. The specs released so far claim a maximum capacity of 16 GB, double what we’ve come to expect from other mini-ITX boards. We’ll have to wait until the official release or a review model to confirm this detail.
The rest of the DH67CF’s feature set is pretty standard. No WiFi, but DisplayPort has been included, along with DVI and HDMI. Drive connectivity is handled by two each of SATA 3Gbps and SATA 6Gbps as well as an external SATA port. USB 3.0 support is included with two rear panel connectors along with four USB 2.0 ports. The board includes three internal USB 2.0 headers; it’s unclear whether the Intel DH67CF offers support for front USB 3.0. Connections for HD audio and an optical SPDIF port round out the rear panel.
As always, we’ll keep you updated as the DH67CF approaches its official launch. In the meantime, we’ve updated the ITXGamer Motherboard Comparison Tool with the current details on Intel’s DH67CF mini-ITX motherboard.
That is a great find. Interesting that CarTFT is selling it: http://www.cartft.com/catalog/il/1299 (link was at bottom of German blog article). When the DH57JG came out last March/April (just after CeBIT 2010) they were the first reseller. Expect it will be February before it trickles out to UK ecommerce sites.
I saw the listing on CarTFT. I sure hope that 999.00 EUR price tag is a typo! I guess we'll know the real price soon enough; they're claiming it will be in stock in five days.
Bring on a p67 based ITX board. Don't spose you have heard any rumours?
Sorry Gareth, no rumors of a P67 ITX board so far. The P67's lack of support for the integrated video (almost a requirement for small form factor computers) on the new Sandy Bridge chips will most likely prevent anyone from deploying it on a mini-ITX motherboard. But don't rule it out completely; DFI did use a P55 chip on their LANParty MI P55-T36 mini-ITX board. Someone might yet take a crack at a P67-based ITX board.
Just heard that UK price will be £75 ex VAT for single qty.
Yeah I figured we'd be waiting a while for a p67 mITX. The H67 doesn't do overclocking so without p67 ITX gamers are kind of stuck.
but what about undervolting with the H67?