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Old March 29th, 2005 Top | #1
 
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Which CPU would be better to get for an Abit AN7 Motherboard...

An Mobile-XP 3000+ (266FSB, 2.2Ghz, but from what I understand very O/C capable)

or

An XP 3200+ (400FSB, 2.2Ghz)

I haven't decided whether I want overclock or not.
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not 100% sure on this, others may have a better opinion, but i'd say the latter of the 2. getting a mobile processor for a desktop PC seems just uncanny. i'd stick with the XP 3200+
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why the mobile ? psu problems ? I quess not !

Go with the 3200+ ..
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I had a mobile for my Nforce 3 Motherboard. It didn't ever boot up. Replaced with another and it worked fine. My mobile experiment was quite by accident (ordered the wrong part). Are they actually designed to work in regular desktops?
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the mobile part and the desktop part are identical save for a bit of copper across a bridge on the surface of the chip.


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Looks like i will stick with the 3200+. I can't wait!!!
eVGA 780i (nForce v15.17)
Intel Q9450 Quad-Core (Running @ 3.2Ghz w/1600Mhz FSB)
Zalman CNPS9700 LED CPU Cooler
OCZ Platinum PC2-8500 4Gb DDR2 RAM (4x1GB, Dual Channel)
eVGA 8800GTS(G92) 512 x2 SLI (GeForce v177.79)
Samsung 750Gb SATAII HD x2
LG GSA-H55N/L DVD+/-RW x2
Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS Black Case
Ultra X3 1000W PS
Windows XP:Pro SP3
Gateway FHD2400 24" 1920 x 1200 LCD
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