ASRock Unveils First H110 Mini-STX Motherboard

ASRock has developed the world’s first Mini Socket Technology Extended (Mini-STX) motherboard based on an Intel H110 chipset. Mini-STX boards are even smaller than the familiar Mini-ITX, while still squeezing in space for a CPU fan and dual channel DDR4 RAM, and ASRock’s new offering is the first of its kind to support Intel’s H110 Skylake chipset.

The H110M-STX sports Intel’s 5×5 form factor through a PCIe x4 Gen 3.0 M.2 port, supports M.2 SSDs, and features three USB 3.0 ports (two Type-A ports and one Type-C port). The H110M-STX is energy-smart, powered by 19V DC adapters, which reduces power consumption.

Key features:

• Supports 6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium^®/Celeron^® Processors (Supports Socket 1151 CPU up to TDP 65W)
• Supports Dual Channel DDR4 SO-DIMM 2133
• Graphics output options: D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort
• ALC283 Audio Codec
• 2 SATA3, 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
• 3 USB 3.0 (Type-A & Type-C from front I/O; 1 from rear I/O) ; 3 USB 2.0 (2 from onboard header; 1 from rear I/O)
• Intel^® Gigabit LAN
• 1 M.2 (Key E for WiFi + BT module)

The price and release date for the ASRock H110M-STX are yet to be announced, but ASRock has promised that “chassis makers such as Silverstone and AKASA will be launching their Mini-STX solutions soon.”