Welcome to SPCR -- a good first post! Thanks for digging up the mini-ITX FF spec. I hadn't realized Intel had actually done up one of these, as it was a VIA adoption of a mobo FF originally created by Shuttle. Anyway, I think you misread the illustrations. The 38mm height restriction you refer to i...

There is no clear definition of "low profile" but at 37 mm, it should fit in most consumer SFF cases that described as such. But there are clear height constraints specified in the mini-itx form factor definition. http://www.formfactors.org/developer%5Cspecs%5Cmini_itx_spec_V1_1.pdf - which given t...