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New mini-itx boards are coming to market all the time, with boards supporting VIA or Intel Processors, we've rounded up all the offerings and compared all of their features, so you can easily choose the right board for your needs.

We'll start off with a quick breakdown of the main differences between the offerings.

The Epia 5000 and 800 are the original mini-itx boards and have TV-OUT and 2 IDE channels but no floppy drive.
The VE5000 and V8000 swapped one of the ide connectors for a floppy connector. The E in the model number appears to denote a VIA Eden CPU instead of a VIA C3 CPU.
The ME6000 and M10000 moved to DDR Ram, and managed to fit 2 IDE connectors AND a floppy connector. Their special extras are firewire connectors.
The CL6000 and CL10000 loose the tv-out in favour of twin ethernet, 6xUSB and 4xCom ports. A super connectivity board. My personal favourite.
The PD6000E and PD10000 are upgrades to the CL with extra digital IO connectors
The MII boards have compact flash and cardbus connectors instead of the tv-out
The TC boards have an onboard DC-DC converter, so only need a simple 12v power supply.
The Insight P4-ITX squeezes in a socket for a pentium4 or Celeron (socket 478) but doesn't come fitted with a CPU
The Lex boards take socket 370, pentium III, Celeron or Via C3 Processors, but don't come fitted with a CPU. Also the BN815N has 2 ethernet ports.

And now a big table to compare all the boards.

Board CPU RAM Floppy IDE Net Video Extras

Via Epia 5000 533Mhz Fanless 2xPC133 No 2x ATA100 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Via Epia 800 800Mhz 2xPC133 No 2x ATA100 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Via Epia VE5000 533Mhz Fanless 2xPC133 Yes 1x ATA100 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Via Epia V8000 800Mhz 2xPC133 Yes 1x ATA100 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Via Epia ME6000 600Mhz Fanless 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB, 2xFirewire

Via Epia M10000 1Ghz 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB, 2xFirewire

Via Epia CL6000 600Mhz Fanless 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 2x10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 6xUSB, 4xSerial

Via Epia CL10000 1Ghz 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 2x10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 6xUSB, 4xSerial

Via Epia TC 6000E 600Mhz Fanless 1xDDR266 SODIMM No 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 6xUSB, Onboard DC-DC

Via Epia TC 10000 1Ghz 1xDDR266 SODIMM No 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 6xUSB, Onboard DC-DC

Via Epia MII 6000 600Mhz Fanless 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 4USB, Cardbus, Compact Flash

Via Epia MII 10000 1Ghz 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 4USB, Cardbus, Compact Flash

Via Epia MII 12000 1.2Ghz 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 4USB, Cardbus, Compact Flash

Via Epia PD 6000E 600Mhz Fanless 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 2x10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 6xUSB, 4xSerial

Via Epia PD 10000 1Ghz 1xDDR266 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA133 2x10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 6xUSB, 4xSerial

Insight P4 ITX Intel P4 or Celeron 1 DDR266 DIMM Yes 2x ATA100 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video, Composite (S3 ProSavage8) AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Lex BN815N Intel P3 or Celeron 2xPC133 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA100 2x10/100 D-Sub AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Lex BN860T Intel P3 or Celeron 2xPC133 SDRAM Yes 2x ATA100 10/100 D-Sub, S-Video AC'97 Sound, 4xUSB

Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure that these details are correct, we cannot guarantee anything, so please check them before making any decisions based on them.

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