Best mobo of CeBIT has a successor

The good news is that it is in mass production now, so they should be out any day now. The better news? There is more where that came from.

This new board looks very much like the old one, but there is one exception. Well, two if you count the HSF shroud. This one has a Socket S1 AKA mobile/Turion socket instead of a Socket AM2.

Combining low-power CPUs without a heat spreader sounds like a recipe for enthusiasts. Add in HDMI, component out and the rest of the 690 goodies and you have a very interesting package. This may be a lead-in for wider Turion sales.

Albatron also has an X38 based board called the PXX38. It has all the standard X38 goodies, with a status LED and power and reset buttons on the board as well. Let's hope this becomes the standard in short order.

The firm is also showing off a 8600Go MXM module. The spec sheet lists it as a 256MB card on a 128b bus. It pulls 20W, runs at full PCIe 16x speeds, and supports all the usual marketing buzzwords.

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