The new board’s form factor is Mini ITX, which is popular for compact but powerful systems applications of varying complexity. The main advantage of Mini ITX is combining sufficiently rich functionality with the use of powerful desktop processors. The newest MANO523PHGGA-Q370 follows this “golden rule”. While 10th Gen. Intel Core CPUs are starting to gain popularity in office and game industry, the positions of 8th and 9th Gen. CPUs are only growing more firm.
Let’s take a look at the main specifications of MANO523PHGGA-Q370:
- 9th/8th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 CPU support
- Top-of-the-line Intel Q370 chipset
- Two SO-DIMM DDR4-2666/2400 slots, 32GB max
- Two video interfaces: more «classical» analogue VGA and modern digital Display Port
- Internal eDP interface for display connection
- 2xSATA, RAID 0/1/5/10 support
- High-speed M.2 NVMe (2242/2260/2280) support
- Up to 6xCOM ports: 5xRS-232 and 1xRS-232/422/485
- 8xUSB ports: 4xUSB 3.0 and 4xUSB 2.0
- 2xGbE LAN ports: Intel i211-AT and Intel i219-LM
- 1xPCIe x16 slot for expansion cards
Also, it’s worth mentioning that power connector of MANO523 is designed not as an external DC Jack, but rather as a standard 24-pin ATX connector, like most CPU boards have, further expanding its flexibility in different systems of varying design.
Overall, MANO523PHGGA-Q370 is a worthy successor and an advanced representative of the new class of industrial Mini ITX boards.
