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post #1 of 11
7/17/04 at 12:55pm
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So was browsing through newegg.com and saw Mobile Athlon 64's....
Decently priced compared to thier desktop counter parts...
I just built an AMD64 System, but my question is,

Would a Mobile Athlon64 Chip work in a Desktop board? and what would the benifits of this be?

Thanks.
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post #2 of 11
7/17/04 at 5:29pm
Good question, I am wondering the same!
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post #3 of 11
7/17/04 at 5:53pm
the advantages would be lower wattage, which would save on the electricty bill and less need for fans so it would be quieter. but i don't know if its possible.
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post #4 of 11
7/17/04 at 6:59pm
I knwo it is possible, and I think there are other advantages... That really wouldnt be one as the usage of electricity wouldnt really help with the electric bill lol.
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post #5 of 11
7/18/04 at 9:44pm
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Right now I've got a coolermaster case, about 5 fans + a Gefroce 6800 (stock cooling) and AMD Stock HSF I've got virtually silent....
I was curious about the OC potential a mobile chip may have VS, a desktop chip, like the mobile athlons...
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post #6 of 11
7/19/04 at 2:24am
Anyone know?
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post #7 of 11
7/19/04 at 5:24am
they're clocked at a much lower voltage.. this gives you more headroom when overclocking.. also mobile chips are hand picked from the batch of amd64's so you're guaranteed a great piece of silicon when you buy it where as the desktop chips were the bottom of the barrel but still good enough to clock at non-mobile voltages. also because of the fact mobile chips aren't set at factory default settings for the cpu (lower voltage etc) - they're unlocked (another bonus for overclocking). i know it's possible to use athlon xp mobile chips in motherboards but i'm unsure about amd64. i think you'd have to get a custom HSF built for it but i'm not positive.
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post #8 of 11
7/19/04 at 2:30pm
you dont need to unlock a a64 desktop cpu do you. i overclocked mine fine but i didnt have to.
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post #9 of 11
7/19/04 at 7:52pm
I'm sure that they fit in desktop mobos, anyone want to verify?
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post #10 of 11
7/19/04 at 10:27pm
Well considering that Mobile XP's will work with most Athlon boards, I would assume the Mobile A64 is the same.
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post #11 of 11
7/20/04 at 1:07am
yeah they will work.. question is whether the heat sink fans will fit right.. i don't think they will.
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