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In Reply to: RE: Different Experience with Core i3-530 + GA-H55M-UD2H posted by jackwong96 on May 13, 2010 at 06:05:35
When I say dull / veiled SQ, take this into context of my 45nm setup. Another way of describing this sound is analytical and uninvolving. Overall there's the same amount of detail but it lacks that finer resolution and impact.
The key issue is PCI slots which are wired differently (more complex) and perhaps the *-S2H option does not suffer from this problem. Your experience using USB will be different.
Anyway, I'm planning to try another mobo which may offer improvement. Core i3 + DDR3 is a big step forward especially ito power consumption (7x24 playing temps were 34°C vs 45nm setup at 45°C). The mobo choice remains a challenge for now...
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I had J&W Boards in the past for oc and was really stunned about the build quality, especially their phase design and current stability when overclocking. The mini itx board of this brand called mini x was the best build itx board i´ve seen, unfortunately it is AMD only. But... they will release a Intel G45 mini itx board soon, this could be a killer mobo. Like DFI they offer lots of bios options for fine tuning in bios.
It looks pretty good. Atom 330 Minix is very well built and I definitely like the P4 connector - it's a must as most vendors drop this. Current Intel boards offer Atom 230 & 330 using the horrible 945 chipset.
I'll definitely try their Atom D510 option which is likely to be built (not yet available).
Hi cics
Afaik it´s a small company, the board designers were working for Abit before wch is legendary for its quality. I think that we may could take some influence to some bios options wich we need for cMP². I could ask the german guy who´s in charge of the distribution over here, he´s in tight contact with the asians and possibly can tell if it´s possible or not.
Would be in his interest beeing the exclusive seller over here for J&W, with the Klang & Ton cMP² series in mind this could create a win win situation.
I'd love to see 2 options: H55 (supporting core i3) and NM10 (for Intel's new Atom processors). In both cases all unused devices including onboard soundcard must be removed, we need flexibility on powering options (e.g. jumper to supply PCI slot with external 5V supply, etc.) and only 1 DRAM slot. I'm sure we can list more 'must haves'.
I'd pay 2-3 times the price of a OC capable mobo as long as quality and minimalism is maintained.
How about the existing 1156 itx boards? They (afaik) only come with one pcie slot, however, so the "mainstream" cmp cards can no longer be used.
"We should no more let numbers define audio quality than we would let chemical analysis be the arbiter of fine wines." N.P.
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