ASRock demonstrated the first motherboard with support for MXM
We never tire of repeating one simple truth: platform class SFF (Small Form Factor) will only gain popularity in the future because it is much nicer and easier to deal with a small enclosure the size of a modern game console than with a huge tower ATX or even XL-ATX. If you are enthusiast, overclocker and your main goal is games, as well as everyday use of PC, the compact solutions are ideal. But they're hard to fit a powerful graphics subsystem, and without it, modern games available. ASRock offers a unique new solution format Micro-STX where the problem is solved, and quite unusual for a desktop PC way.
Motherboard — more precisely, platform — ASRock DeskMini GTX/RX is interesting because it does not fit the standard form factor Mini-STX (5" × 5") in which to fit a powerful graphics just anywhere. Solution ASRock longer and it looks like it on the Board Mini-ITX, though Z270M-STX MXM is noticeably smaller. The chipset here is the reverse side of the PCB, and on the front we see only the socket LGA 1151, a couple of slots DDR4-SODIMM and a fairly large connector to MXM. It is the highlight of the new platform, because in the format MXM released the most powerful graphics solution, designed for notebooks with a modular design.
Over the CPU socket of the power transistors of the voltage regulator of the CPU, some of them mounted and on the reverse side of the Board. Provided radiators for cooling; the system is compatible with all processors in LGA 1151, even with the most powerful models with the index K.
Chipset no cooling is allowed, but emit little heat. Apparently, it is expected that he will be in contact with metallic elements of the housing through heat-conducting pads. If necessary, equip it with a simple radiator itself will be the owner of the new item. There, on the opposite side of the Board we see four M. 2 socket, the top of which is intended for the installation of the wireless module (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth), and the other three supports PCIe x4 and install drives format 2260 and 2280.
The storage subsystem data from this platform can be very productive when you install three drives, with support for NVMe and PCI Express RAID. The front part of the Board has a standard format STX a set of connectors: Autoterminal and USB ports 3.1 type A and C. the ASRock claims to support Thunderbolt 3, but the Board failed to notice any chips ASMedia ASM1142/ASM2142 or Intel Alpine Ridge. Maybe it's a chip located in the bottom right corner of the Board.
In the back there is Gigabit Ethernet, served by Intel i219V, two USB 3.0 ports, two HDMI ports, one of which supports the 2.0 standard, thanks to the chip MCDP2000, DisplayPort and Mini-DP, as well as four-pin round connector for external power supply. The specifications say that there are two SATA ports, but the standard connectors in the pictures are not visible. Probably, the seats are near the second and third connectors M. 2 on the reverse side of the Board, is designed to display the SATA ports.
ASRock offers a turnkey solution based on the platform DeskMini GTX/RX, which is enclosed in a branded case ASRock 2.7 litres, equipped with a processor Intel Core i7-7700K with the standard cooler and DDR4 memory up to 16 GB with frequency up to 3200 MHz. Certainly possible to install 32 GB of memory, the benefit of the relevant SODIMM modules are available on the market — for example, Crucial CT16G4SFD8213.
As the system storage offers Samsung 961 module with capacity of 128 GB and the graphics card module MXM 3.0 type B: or GeForce GTX 1060 or one of the AMD Radeon RX. External power supply has an output of 220 watts. In theory nothing prevents the use of more spacious housing, the module MXM GeForce GTX 1080 or Vega 10 c connecting additional power supply (standard MXM is designed for the transmission connector only 100 watts) and more advanced and quiet cooling system CPU, and along with the graphics adapter.
The idea of using standard MXM video cards are very original and really allows you to create a gaming system in the dimensions of the console Sony or Microsoft, but with much more powerful graphics subsystem. Of advantages consoles have there is that ease of use by untrained user.
I should say that the idea of using MXM modules outside their main "ecological niches" is not new. A number of attempts have been made previously. The project there was a dual-processor graphics card based on the basis of a couple of MXM modules, but in the series, this design did not go. There are adapters that allow to use the MXM modules in PCI Express, but is really worthwhile decisions can be called a new ASUS CS5110 — the larger the system, similar to that described in this article and also using the MXM slot. There are specific boards is not too well known us manufacturer Liantec.
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