Zotac Packs WiFi and Nvidia Graphics on an Oh-So-Cute Mini-ITX Board
Posted 11/03/08 at 09:28:46 AM by Paul Lilly
The mini-ITX form factor is still alive and kicking, and to prove it, Zotac has just expanded its mini-ITX lineup with the nForce 630i-ITX WiFi motherboard. As the board's nomenclature suggests, WiFi comes integrated with 802.11b/g support, as does graphics chores, which are handled by Nvidia's GeForce 7100 chipset.
The pint-sized board comes ready for Intel's lineup of Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors with support for a full 1333MHz frontside bus. RAM support, on the other hand, comes somewhat gimped topping out at DDR2-800 instead of DDR2-1066 or DDR3. Other features include:
- Eight USB 2.0 ports (four on back panel, four on pin header)
- Onboard 10/100 Ethernet
- HD Audio 5.1
- Dual display ready (VGA / DVI)
- Four SATA II ports with RAID Support
Not a bad feature-set for a compact board, particularly if you're in the market for an HTPC build, where the integrated WiFi could end up a major selling point.

Image Credit: Zotac
Looks like a nice little
Submitted by DiRTDOG on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 3:05pm
Looks like a nice little board. Where whould you get a case for it though?
A cheerios cerial box would
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 5:30pm
A cheerios cerial box would make a nice case I guess. Like TheMurph said befor there just is no need in dressing a turd.
couldnt be actual size
Submitted by comptech08 on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 1:01pm
Well from experiance I dont think that Intel's Core2Duos are the size of a dime.
No GB Ethernet?
Submitted by TheDorkSide on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 9:49am
I'm surprised it's not equipped with GB Ethernet. I would think if someone would want to pick this board up for a media device (Hell, even a little NAS project) it would have a faster network connection on it.
So is that photo above
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 7:30am
So is that photo above actual size shown?
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