J&W's Latest ITX Board is First to Support USB 3.0, SATA 6Gbps
J&W's Latest ITX Board is First to Support USB 3.0, SATA 6Gbps
Posted 06/08/2010 at 6:43am
| by Paul Lilly
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J&W doesn't have much of a presence in the U.S. (Evertek Computer Corp. is the only U.S. vendor listed on J&W's "Where to Buy" page), and chances are, you've never heard of them. But if J&W continues to release motherboards like the Minix 890GX-USB3, the company won't remain obscure for very long.
Their latest Minix board is built around the mini-ITX form factor and is the first such board to support both USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps. As you might have guessed, it's powered by AMD's 890GX IGP chipset, which includes onboard ATI Radeon HD 4290 graphics with DirectX 10.1 support.
Packing a lot of power into a small package, the Minix 890GX-USB3 also comes built around AMD's AM3 socket and boasts support for the Phenom II series, including AMD's latest six-core processors, as well as the Windows-based Core-Unlocking utility.
"We planned to launch this motherboard since 2009 and the specification was revised several times to make it the 'best-of-the-best' mini-ITX motherboard on the market. Many users have the misunderstanding that small cannot be powerful, or mini-ITX is only capable to play HD videos, and we wanted to prove that mini-ITX can be small and powerful," said Ken Wong, Product Marketing Manager of J&W Technology Ltd.
Mission accomplished.
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Ultio
August 26, 2010 at 1:49pm
This is available for pre-order now:
http://mvixusa.com/product/Minix-890GX-USB3-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-USB-3.0-SATA-6Gbps
xx-_-xx
August 10, 2010 at 10:57am
I found a supplier... mvixusa.com is going to have them the 3rd week of August!
My email to them:
I was wondering if you would be able to order a MiniX 890GXUSB3 motherboard for me. There is a lot of people looking for these, and it seems nobody in the North American market has them at this time.
Thank you,
xx-_-xx
Their reply:
Hello xx-_-xx
Thank you for your email and interest in our products.
Definitely.
This board will launched on or about 3rd weeks of AUG 2010
Price is expected to be approx USD 195 or so - it includes wifi.thanks and have a good day
Mark
dedgar
August 04, 2010 at 10:16am
I contacted Evertek about this motherboard. They are a liquidator and no longer cary this board. So the only place to even consider obtaining one is now overseas.
dedgar
August 02, 2010 at 7:14am
I found a site in Germany that has this board listed at 189 Euros. That is about $248 USD.
Although I find this board intriguing, that's a little high for my pocketbook.
Scootiep
June 08, 2010 at 11:41am
From what I could find looking around, yes they are SO-DIMMs, here's to hoping for some performance based SO-DIMMs. Slap a Vapor-X 5770 (almost inaudible) in this little sucker and you could have yourself one hell of a HTPC/NAS/Light gaming rig. I want one, I want one, I want one!
To start press any key...ohh, where's the "Any" key. - Homer Simpson
Stry8993
June 08, 2010 at 8:32am
Would importing one like... have any different power requirements? Ala Hair Dryer in European Hotel?
Scootiep
June 08, 2010 at 11:36am
No, that's all done on the power supply's end. And that would be why most power supplies have that little switch labeled 120v / 240v...
To start press any key...ohh, where's the "Any" key. - Homer Simpson
linkmaster6
June 08, 2010 at 7:23am
They only list Evertek as a US supplier and the J&W mobos aren't even listed on the site.
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