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I have been getting mixed answers regarding this, so i figure Ill ask over here while im hangin out.

I have a 478 board layin around that I was gonna drop another 3.0E for a dedicated folding box, but decided to go with a Dothan chip instead. I havent bought anything yet, just doing the research.

So here is the question: Can i get this chip and throw it in my desktop rig with a gig of RAM or do i need to use an ASUS board with that adapter?


Brand Intel
Series Pentium M
Model BXM80536GC1700F
CPU Socket Type Socket 478
Core Dothan
Name Pentium M 735
Operating Frequency 1.7GHz
FSB 400MHz
L1 Cache 32KB+32KB
L2 Cache 2MB
Process Type 90 nm
Hyper-Threading Support No
64 bit Support No
Multimedia Instruction MMX, SSE, SSE2
Voltage 1.340-1.276V
Cooling Device Heatsink and Fan

Well it all depends on your mobo. You have two options get a PM board or get an Asus and use the adapter. For overclocking the Asus is really the only way to go. You get more voltage, and more tweeks plus you dont loose dual channel something thats very important to QMD's

Take a look at these articles that Nate wrote up.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=178
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=181

alternatively, you could get one of those aopen pentium M capable SFF.

You should probably consider a 533FSB Dothan. They usually cost the same as the 400FSB Dothans at the same speed. Overclock better as well.

But yeah you can't drop a Pentium M into a desktop P4 board without some kinda adapter and the only company who makes one is Asus and it only works with Asus boards that have Intel chipsets (like the P4P800's, P4C800's, and those impossible to find socket 478 PCI-E boards).

Thanks for the tips guys. Ive decided to go with the ASUS board, adapter and the 1.7ghz CPU. Seems like the best deal right now.