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stan2323:
I used a mini-itx to make this http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/moocowmoo/ back in 2006.  It worked great.  Once the case broke in shipment I used it in the Star Trek Captains Chair Mame http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83338.msg874656#msg874656.  If you go to this web site http://www.mini-itx.com/ and look on the right side a few inches down you will see all kinds of projects where people put mini-its boards in unusual objects.  I think they are great.
lanman31337:
New ITX are great, they just don't have all the expansion slots like you would a micro-atx or a full sized atx board, that's all.  Some come with a processor built in, most of those will run just about all of the 2d games.
MTPPC:
I was just given an HP mini-ITX PC with a dual core processor and onboard nvidia 7100. It has a blown power supply and a proprietary HP PS connection on the board. I ordered an standard ATX to HP mini-ITX adapter and I'll be using this as the brains of my next build. I'll use Soft15Khz with a CGA monitor, Hyperspin, MAME, NAOMI, SNES, NES, N64, Daphne, TurboGrafx16 and some SEGA consoles. I like the idea of one tiny board without a video card.
RyoriNoTetsujin:

--- Quote from: tony.silveira on May 23, 2012, 11:27:55 pm ---so, anyone have any experience with micro-atx, a.k.a itx systems?  i still have a ton of research to do but would something like this be powerful enough to run most of the games in current mame?

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=itx&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsrzl&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1285&bih=879&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=9182398935229451915&sa=X&ei=Eaq9T9SJI4XgiAKRpvj0AQ&ved=0CKUCEPMCMAM#ps-sellers

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Depends on your CPU, but since you're looking at Sandy/Ivy Bridge, you're probably going to be fine with whatever.

My project runs this board with an i5-2500K, using the Intel HD 3000 built-in graphics, and the only things I've had trouble running full speed are some PS2 games and Model 3 emulation, neither of which I've spent any time optimizing. Everything else runs damn near flawlessly... including some of the old benchmarks like NFL Blitz.

That said, pay a little more and get the newer version with the Z77 chipset. That way you can utilize both the onboard graphics AND overclock the K-series chips without issue.

Just note, depending on the heatsink you use, you might run into issues if you try to use the PCIe slot...
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