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Socket Adapter Brings Pentium M to Desktop

Posted by timothy on from the sipping-power-corrupts-absolutely dept.

EconolineCrush writes "Intel's Pentium M processor is widely regarded as the company's most compelling chip, and although desktop versions of it won't be available until next year, a new adapter from Asus allows users to run a Pentium M on existing Socket 478 motherboards. When coupled with a compatible motherboard, the CT-479 adapter is much cheaper than existing Pentium M desktop platforms, and also offers better performance by allowing the processor access to dual-channel memory configurations. Considering the Pentium M's frugal power consumption and great clock-for-clock performance, this could be an interesting upgrade for those looking for a low-noise system."

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  1. awesome by poind3xt3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    w00t. now ive got a reason to smash open my ibm t30

    1. Re:awesome by mpathetiq · · Score: 5, Funny

      You need a reason?

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  2. Next logical step for quiet PC's. by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've always wondered about the potential of today's mobile cpu's as quiet/silent & power efficient replacements for the current crop of desktop processors. It'll be interesting to see how Intel react to this, and if enough people make use of these adapters to noticably affect P-M sales. After reading articles about silent PC's, and the various steps/careful hardware choice required to create them, its only logical to move to components where the cooling & noise issues have already been considered in the component design.

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    1. Re:Next logical step for quiet PC's. by level_headed_midwest · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Several reasons: 1. Desktops are less expensive for the same amount of CPU horsepower. 2. RAM, hard drives, opticals are all faster and less expensive. 3. Desktops are easy to fix if something breaks- parts are standard (except for some Mac parts.) Laptops are all proprietary. A $30 CD drive will cost $200 to replace.

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  3. PentiumM in desktop vs Mobile Barton in desktop by non-poster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, I've been running a AMD Mobile Athlon XP Barton (link) in my desktop for about a year, in a standard Socket A motherboard (NForce2 based). It is easily overclockable, and runs cooler than my previous main CPU, an Athlon XP 1800.

    Is the PentiumM that much better, or is it just the CPU du jour?

  4. Review, Pentium M on desktop hardware by MooseMuffin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Over at Tom's from a few weeks ago. http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050525/index.htm l Redundant yet?

  5. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The power of a laptop and the size of a desktop.

  6. Re:How about a more scalable solution? by Urusai · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Amiga had such a board way back when, a generic CPU emulator that used FPGAs to emulate multiple processors. It could supposedly emulate a Mac faster than a real Mac (probably using the Amiga's CPU, though). They were still trying to get 486 emulation debugged last I heard, many moons ago.