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Pico-ITX Arrives

11:32 am July 27th, 2007 by Sal Cangeloso

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Straight from the UK, the Pico-ITX motherboard arrived on my doorstep today. I’m rounding up the parts now, hoping to have a complete system setup within the next week or so.

Now to find a case…

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10 Responses to “Pico-ITX Arrives”

  1. on 29 Jul 2007 at 4:22 pm   Bob Buskirk

    what are you planning on doing with it?

  2. on 29 Jul 2007 at 4:41 pm   Sal

    Not sure on all the details yet, but it’s going to be tiny and silent. Brainstorming now ; )

  3. on 06 Aug 2007 at 3:56 pm   Nas

    you solved the lack of compatible cases problem yet? looks like it might fit in a small router/modem shell maybe…

  4. on 06 Aug 2007 at 4:17 pm   Sal

    I have found a few possible solutions, but the problem are the wires the come out of the motherboard for the PS/2, DVI, etc. Check this picture out to see what I mean: http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/pico-itx/images/pico-itx-0016m.jpg

    I have something I customized to fit (the case from a broken printer) but I am looking into having a metal case designed to my specifications. If anyone has any plans or wants to collaborate (etc) please use the contact form (top of the page) and email me or comment here with your email address.

  5. on 09 Aug 2007 at 7:04 pm   Nas

    i thought about going down the pico-itx route for a small silent portable pc but the absence of cases and messy wiring for the pin headers put me off.

    also i wonder how silent it can be with that little fan? but i’ll look forward to any updates on your project.

  6. on 09 Aug 2007 at 7:14 pm   Nas

    actually there is one pico itx case out there but looks a bit ugly:

    http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/forums/viewthread/97971/

  7. on 09 Aug 2007 at 7:42 pm   Sal Cangeloso

    Nas, I actually emailed somebody about that today! It looked pretty sketchy and there were no details on price or availability, but we’ll see what happens.

    For the first (of many) pico articles you can go here:
    http://www.geek.com/first-look-via-px10000-pico-itx-motherboard/

  8. on 27 Dec 2007 at 10:39 am   qualzekfudermec

    Why not try using a previously owned SNES console as its case?

  9. on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:45 am   Nas

    i think some people have already done mini-itx snes case mods but looks like an official pico-itx case is now available relatively cheaply:

    http://mini-itx.com/2007/12/10/via-launch-artigo-pico-itx-builder-kit

  10. on 22 Jun 2008 at 9:02 am   Qwawk

    I’ve been thinking about getting one of these to make a sort of videophone pc, it uses lvds/DVI outputs, does that mean a laptop monitor could be used?

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