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Desktop Pentium M Motherboard Review

Posted by michael on from the ssssshhhhhhhhhhh dept.

Babstar writes "Discussed numerous times on Slashdot, the quiet PC is the holy grail for many, and one step in the right direction could be using a Pentium M (designed for notebooks) in a desktop machine. Here's a review of a desktop Pentium M motherboard. Surprisingly it's also a great game machine."

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  1. Actually, four years ago, they did by xmark · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In Spring of 2000, my LeadTek GeForce 256 came with a fan, a noisy little bugger that failed in less than a year. Here's a picture . So did most of the other flavors (Asus, Guillemot, etc.), as a fan was specified on the nVidia reference design. I ended up taking the fan off, and attaching a large passive heatsink. End of problem.

  2. Re:Slashdotted? by damiam · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An iPod could handle a slashdotting given enough bandwidth, as long as it was serving static pages. Dynamically generated content (such as ASP) is what burns most slashdotted servers.

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  3. Objective??? by sloth+jr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wait a minute - this is a review posted on a MANUFACTURER'S site. GamePC sells PCs, including, surprise, a Pentium M gaming system.