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AMD's Turion 64 on the Desktop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the building-it-out dept.

Toasty16 writes "SPCR has an overview of using an AMD Turion 64 mobile processor in a desktop system. There's a good bit of info about motherboard compatibility and power consumption as compared to a Pentium M processor. There's also links to articles from the Techreport and LaptopLogic on the same topic. If you've been thinking about building a low power HTPC or file server, mobile processor on desktop is an interesting option."

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  1. neato-keen by eekygeeky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love the idea of low power, high-concept CPUs on desktop machines.

    I love the fact that these chips are 754 pin and thus compatible with an existing socket- motherboard manufacturers won't have to ramp up any new hardware to start selling boards for these in every color of the rainbow.

    Turion Shuttles/insert small FF MB here/, anyone?

    and there are loads of legacy boards available. Socket 754 boards are dirt cheap. here's a handy list of compatibles from the article:

    http://angelfall.s39.xrea.com/area2ch/turion-e.htm l

    I would have jumped all over the P M, except there was no desktop gear for it; unless I bought a notebook PC and did some expensive hacking, which, ad publicae geekio, is a contradiction in terms.

    score +one for AMD.