This will be interesting: new PC coming

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I've bought some bits off the MM

I was initially going for a normal P4 HT node just as a stop gap but I'm in the process of killing 2 birds with one stone and building an HTPC for the cinema room

AOpen i915GMM-HFS Motherboard MicroATX
2 x 512MB Samsung DDR2
Pentium M 2.0Ghz 400fsb/2Mb Cache.

Anyone here used a P4M for folding? I wonder how they fare?

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Matblack said:
Anyone here used a P4M for folding? I wonder how they fare?
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If I'm reading that right, that's not a P4M - it's a Pentium Mobile (i.e. the ones they use for Centrino laptops). They're not the same as the Pentium 4 Mobile, which is a heat monster almost on the same scale as the desktop Pentium 4.

Should be a fantastic HTPC rig. With the right heatsink it'll run near-silent even under full load, and it'll go like it's had a rocket shoved up it's backside. Those chips are the forerunner to the Core (Yonah)/Core 2 (Conroe), and they don't have the heat/performance issues that Pentium 4s do.

Edit - checked the motherboard specs. All good - my concern was unfounded. :cool:
 
Berserker said:
If I'm reading that right, that's not a P4M - it's a Pentium Mobile (i.e. the ones they use for Centrino laptops). They're not the same. Make sure the motherboard you're getting will take them, as they don't use the same socket as a regular Pentium 4.

However, if it is what I think it is and it all works, then it should be ideal for an HTPC. With the right heatsink it'll run nice and quiet even under load, and they go some. Good buy.
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Yes sorry Mark your right :o

Its a Dothan I think, where as 'Blacktop the laptop' is a classic P4M, it had better be faster than that! Thats folding a Tinker at the moment and predicting 3 days :D It also has a nasty tendency to scorch your legs when your typing :mad:

Its going in one of these, so it will look the business too

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Yeah, that's a Pentium-M Dothan.

They're pretty good for folding - clock-for-clock a Dothan lappy is faster than my A64 at Double Gromacs and decimates everything at the 364-point units - expect 550ppd+ if you're lucky enough to get one. On the other hand, with normal Gromacs they're average - but the DDR2 RAM should get you a few extra points.

Should be a nice quiet foldy rig - and HTPC of course! If it's gonna be folding whilst on HTPC duties, it'd be good to get a large heatsink on it, as even with the tiny heat output of a P-M they can get quite noisy because the stock HS is so small. I'm not sure how it stands with attaching a huge heatsink to that mobo but it might be something to look into.
 
Mattus said:
Should be a nice quiet foldy rig - and HTPC of course! If it's gonna be folding whilst on HTPC duties, it'd be good to get a large heatsink on it, as even with the tiny heat output of a P-M they can get quite noisy because the stock HS is so small. I'm not sure how it stands with attaching a huge heatsink to that mobo but it might be something to look into.
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Bit stuck there the mobo uses a propriety heatsink so can't upgrade it easily, could probably fit a bigger fan on it and an adaptor, but the case is supposed to be quite a good one for air flow so hopefully we'll be OK

MB
 
What's the sSpec number for the CPU by the way?

It looks as though I purchased completely the wrong CPU for my HTPC - it's like a lap dance - hot and slow, and locked at 1.2 GHz (The BSI Kitemark standard for lap dances is 2.2 GHz).
 
Borris said:
What's the sSpec number for the CPU by the way?

It looks as though I purchased completely the wrong CPU for my HTPC - it's like a lap dance - hot and slow, and locked at 1.2 GHz (The BSI Kitemark standard for lap dances is 2.2 GHz).
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For the Northy or the new one? New one hasn't arrived yet, I'll check the Northy for you in a bit

Thats the Northy http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL6FH

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I'm confused now (note - this is nothing new, and happens very easily).

Is the SL6FH for your HTPC? In which case, I have the SL6FK which is the one that is currently melting it's way to the centre of the planet.
 
Borris said:
I'm confused now (note - this is nothing new, and happens very easily).

Is the SL6FH for your HTPC? In which case, I have the SL6FK which is the one that is currently melting it's way to the centre of the planet.
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nope that's the Northwood that's in his laptop and burns his legs (which i said would happen but would he listen? ;) :D)

the HTPC is going to be using a Dothan Mobile which he's not received yet
 
Ah - Gotcha.

That would suggest that mine is most likely a Northwood too, and why it burns my legs.

Even though it's in a desktop.

Would I be correct in thinking that the Dothan is likely to be a 760 then?

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Is there a difference between the socket 478 and 479 P4M chips (specifically the 760s - RH80536GE0412M and RJ80536GE0412M)?

I'm TJing a bit, I know, but I need to figure out if I have to replace my MoBo as well as CPU.
 
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Borris said:
Ah - Gotcha.

That would suggest that mine is most likely a Northwood too, and why it burns my legs.

Even though it's in a desktop.

Would I be correct in thinking that the Dothan is likely to be a 760 then?

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Is there a difference between the socket 478 and 479 P4M chips (specifically the 760s - RH80536GE0412M and RJ80536GE0412M)?

I'm TJing a bit, I know, but I need to figure out if I have to replace my MoBo as well as CPU.
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I 'think' its a 755 that I am getting it has 2MB of cache and runs at 400fsb the 760 has 2mb of cache and runs at 533fsb

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