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I have came across a small jackpot in the terms of some Core Duo Mobile chips. I am looking for some more of the socket 479 motherboards that are mATX style so that I can put more in my farm. I am having issues finding these boards for a reasonable price (<$120) and was looking for help on pulling this together.

The hope is that I can build each system - processor for $150. I have a case and power supply for $30. RAM currently is stocked so I don't need extra. Mobos are in demand. Any suggestions on places to buy or changes needed?

Thanks!
 
Damn, they are even outrageous on eBay...I am not sure where else to look.

Was hoping centrix intl would have something. They did have cheap ass Dual Core Xeon mobos, but the chips are like 500.00 each.

Good luck!
 
Ok. I think I might have this one close.

Case - GLOBALWIN YCC-S27 ALUMINUM MICRO ATX FLEX ATX SLIM CASE = $31.36 shipped

Mobo - AOPEN i945GTt-VFA Intel Pentium M S479 Mini-ITX MB = Making offer of $80 for board +$14 shipping = $94 shipped

RAM - Transcend 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 = $22.98 shipped (does have a $5 rebate)

PS - Comes with Mobo
HD - I have bunches of IDE spares
Processor - :eek: few volenteer hours
Cooler - Comes with mobo

Cost - $148.34

Factors:
Offer accepted on mobo
Does not include $5 rebate (brings the price down more)
Chip availability
 
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Woot! Here is the first of hopefully many T2700s for the farm.
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The board I am now looking at is here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ABIT-IL-90MV-In...oryZ1244QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Still keeping the SVC case too for now.
 
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I will be using one stick of DDR2 with the new board. Dual channel doesn't help much (if at all) on the laptop processor on a desktop motherboard.
 
I think that would depend on the work unit. Those T2700s only have 2MB of cache. Are two sticks a lot more expensive?


 
no. but why would I put 2x667 MHz sticks on a 533 FSB? One will cover the entire memory bandwidth.
 
ICE_9 said:
no. but why would I put 2x667 MHz sticks on a 533 FSB? One will cover the entire memory bandwidth.
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When I used an E4300 (another 2MB CPU), I had a huge performance hit using single-channel memory. Your board supports dual-channel, so why not give it two SODIMMs for a few extra dollars and have the peace of mind?

 
I will drop another stick in the one I have. I did a CPU-Z report out and the ram was running at 333MHz. I can see with having a bus faster than a single stick of ram then I would be more concerned. But, geeze, The ram is running only at half speed in dual channel. Not even stressing it a bit.:(

Also, no SO-DIMMs.
 
Read under the pic of the chip. Switched boards. Ebay may be my friend.
 
Ah I see. Well, that board supports dual channel, too, so give it a shot with two DIMMs.


 
Yeah, i agree with everyone else, i think you should go dual channel. But if you're building multiple machines, buy your initial lot of ram, run your first machine single channel and then dual to see if dual makes a diff or not. If so, buy another lot of ram if its worth hte money, if not, single channel all around.

That abit board looks like it could be a good one, wonder if it has any overclocking capability? :)
 
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