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Review: VIA Pico-ITX - not quite the perfect form-factor

by Jo Shields on 29 February 2008, 23:21

Tags: VIA Technologies (TPE:2388)

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What do you get?

What's He Like? It's Not Important

The box is nice and minimalist, and looks suspiciously like it would house a Mini-ITX board if it wanted to.

Pico-ITX box

Inside are a large number of headers, for everything from PS/2 to DVI. It's not a complete set however, and you'll need to obtain TV-Out headers (amongst others) from elsewhere. A manual would be a real boon for this board, as connecting up some of the headers really needs it (along with a smattering of head-scratching). Even power requires use of a header here, as the Pico-ITX board is far too small to fit an entire ATX connector.

Pico-ITX box contents (minus board)

Now, the burning question, what does the board itself looks like?