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Brand | ASRock |
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Model | Q1900B-ITX |
Combo Type | Motherboard / CPU / VGA Combo |
CPU | Intel Celeron J1900 2.0GHz |
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With Cooler | Yes |
CPU Type | Celeron |
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Number of Memory Slots | 2x204pin SO-DIMM |
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Memory Standard | DDR3 1333/1066 |
Maximum Memory Supported | 16GB |
Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
PCI Express x1 | 1 x PCI Express x1 |
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SATA | 2 x SATA 3.0Gb/s |
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Onboard Video Chipset | Intel HD Graphics |
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Audio Chipset | Realtek ALC662 |
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Audio Channels | 5.1 Channels |
LAN Chipset | Realtek RTL8111GR |
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LAN Speed | 10/100/1000Mbps |
PS/2 | 1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x PS/2 Keyboard |
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COM | 1 |
LPT | 1 |
Video Ports | 1 x D-Sub |
HDMI | 1 x HDMI |
USB 1.1/2.0 | 3 x USB 2.0 |
USB 3.0 | 1 x USB 3.0 |
Audio Ports | 3 Ports |
Onboard USB | 2 x USB 2.0 |
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Other Connectors | 1 x 3W Audio AMP Output Wafer Header 1 x COM Port Header 1 x TPM Header 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header 1 x CPU Fan Connector (3-pin) 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin) 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector |
Features | ASRock A-Tuning ASRock Instant Flash ASRock XFast LAN ASRock XFast RAM ASRock Crashless BIOS ASRock Internet Flash ASRock Fast Boot ASRock Restart to UEFI ASRock USB Key ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning Hybrid Booster: ASRock U-COP Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) Good Night LED |
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Form Factor | Mini ITX |
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Date First Available | April 25, 2014 |
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Pros: Performance Layout Value Connectivity (modern and legacy in one: HDMI, USB3, Parallel, Serial) Gigabit Ethernet
Cons: Memory documentation not clear Memory socket flimsy (broke due to swapping memory a lot at first due to first con)
Overall Review: This is a great little board. I purchased one for my father to replace an aging laptop turned desktop. This little board has done an excellent job paired with an ssd for his web/office needs. It is running fan less and has been fine. I tried raspberri pi2 and banana pro to make low power servers but neither could handle the network throughput I needed. The pi has 10/100 and the banana's cpu couldn't handle samba and 1000. I reviewed hundreds of mini-itx boards and in the end settled back on the one I picked up for my father. I landed with this board and a seagate nas 3tb drive with 4gb memory. The system consumes about 22watts idle with the disk spinning. The power supply consumed about 10 by itself. I never pushed it over 30 in my tests under load. It has been running debian as a home server for 3 months without pause. I reliably max out the gigabit port in my desktop when transferring files via samba shares to it. The CPU has plenty left over to do other things at the same time. I wanted low power with virtualization capabilites so that I could run KVM or other hypervisors. I needed usb3 to use for backing up to external usb3 drive. As I mentioned the one major con is the documentation was poorly written on the memory specs. It lists: DDR3 1333/1066 which I assumed meant you could use 1333 or 1066 memory. What it means is 1333 (PC3 10660). 1066 does NOT work. 1333 (PC3 10660) works perfectly. As I was troubleshooting if I received bad memory etc., I over used the memory socket and broke one of the eject tabs. The hold down part still works but when you open the clamp, you have to pull the chip up on that side. I concluded I could live with that and kept the board. I plan to install KVM soon and start running small VM's for various abstraction, testing and sandboxing. I have seen others mention difficulty with headless and or linux. I have had 0 trouble with headless or debian. I can't say for other distros. I also have only used usb keyboard/mice so perhaps ps2 has a problem.