8.05.2014

A duo of Pentium J2900 motherboards





Good things come to those who wait. The most powerful Quad-Core Bay Trail SoC is finally going mainstream, thanks to ASRock. A mini-ITX (Q2900-ITX) and a microATX (Q2900M) motherboards are coming very soon. Stay tuned for prices and availability.

Q2900-ITX

✓ Pentium J2900 (4 cores @ 2,41 GHz, up to 2.67 GHz)
✓ 2 x DDR3/DDR3L SO-DIMM slots
✓ 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
✓ 1 x Mini PCI Express x1 slot
✓ 2 x SATA3
✓ 2 x SATA2
✓ 2 x USB 3.0 ports
✓ 2 x USB 2.0 ports
✓ 1 x HDMI
✓ 1 x DVI
✓ 1 x VGA
✓ 1 x PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard
✓ 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (Realtek)

Q2900M

✓ Pentium J2900 (4 cores @ 2,41 GHz, up to 2.67 GHz)
✓ 2 x DDR3/DDR3L DIMM slots
✓ 2 x PCI Express x1 slot
✓ 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
✓ 2 x SATA2
✓ 1 x USB 3.0 ports
✓ 3 x USB 2.0 ports
✓ 1 x HDMI
✓ 1 x DVI
✓ 1 x VGA
✓ 1 x PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard
✓ 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (Realtek)

Source: Xtremehardware

Update: According to Hardware.fr, they will be priced just under $100.

Updade2: Official pages are up.