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Where can I buy custom motherboard size with custom specs?

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Is there any place where you can order a custom size motherboard with custom specs (number of USB ports etc)? I am willing to build a custom PC where size matters (~25x10x25 cm, somewhat related to the size of a Nintendo Wii 1st generation). Thanks in advanced!

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svennek
If you volume is large enough (probably 10s of thousands) you can get an ODM to design and ship something for you..

Please note redesigning a motherboard is a MAJOR task costing many man-months of time..

If you don't want to buy thousands of boards, then probably no. (p.s. I do not work in the industry but am an avid amateur so I have some graps of the associated work)..

detaro
25x10x25 doesn't sound like you'd need a custom size board for that - miniITX-based PCs fit in cases that size. Or canibalize a NUC or other mini-PC, depending on your needs.
seds
Aren't miniITX-based PCs low on specs? Say, not currently supporting say up to 16GB of ram and so on?
detaro
No, that's not true.
seds
Thanks. Will do some research on it.
bartvk
There is standard stuff for this. When you search the internet, be sure to include "embedded" in your search terms.

Personally, I've worked with PC/104 sized systems. These are stackable. We needed a Linux box running on Intel for a project, with up to 16 serial ports. This is all possible with PC/104 based systems.

seds
Thanks. I tried this, must most embedded boards I find are usually weak in specs. I am looking for something capable of running 16-32GB of RAM, a powerful processor >= 2.8-3.2GHZ which I believe this is not the idea of a embedded board. Or am I wrong? Also, I would like something that I can easily, say, swap RAM when needed, and etc.