mobile p4 in a desktop

binaryknight · 12 May 2007 at 15:34

this is my third laptop based thred, forgive me!

currently deciding what to do with my "spares" and toying with ideas one such is using the 2.8 p4 in a desktop based machine.
was thinking matx as im thinking since this is a mobile chip it should be cooler and combined with the 2.5" drive should make a nice silent box

i know this has been done before but unaware of the methods, im assuming there are cup size differences? and a specialist board may be needed if so this will most likely make me move on.

cpu in question is:
type : Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 518 with HT Technology
clock speed : 2.80 GHz
Front Side Bus : 533 MHz
2nd level cache : 1 MB

again any help is welcome

binaryknight · 12 May 2007 at 16:24

just thought this post might be better in the cpu section, could a don move please, and thanks

Mattus · 12 May 2007 at 17:39

Not sure about the socket, but I do know that those chips aren't really much cooler than standard desktop P4s. The chip you have is a Mobile P4, not a Pentium 4-M (they're different things, confusingly!)

From Wiki:

The Mobile P4 still used 70 W of power, which let it bridge the gap between the full Pentium 4 (using about 82 W), and the Mobile Pentium 4 M (using about 35 W).

Emlyn_Dewar · 12 May 2007 at 18:19

When chucked in a desktop board I think they maybe get put down to a 12x multiplier... Could be wrong though.