I wonder if any mods will have to be made to P4 HS to fit.

Yes, the board does look impressive. IRQ control NOT so impressive, but everything else is top notch. I look forward to it's release. I think I'm going to move to a 2.5" in preparation.

Chris

Well, This is confirmation it's coming. The only question for me is how hard it is to mount a HS and do we need a fan...

I hope they send you a sample Mike - that would be awesome.

Chris

Duh, moron alert. I looked quickly and though that was in Kbs. <slapping head>

Although the Eurpoean page has been changed, the USA page has not been updated. Still, that's cause for concern!

Chris

Under specifications, here's what it says: Integrated ATA100 Controller Promise Serial ATA Control Chip [Support Serial ATA RAID 0 or 1] Max Disk : : 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.] It doesn't say if that's both or what. I didn't think SATA has that problem and I'll be honest I'm not totally up...

That's a good question: http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/list.asp The motherboard manual says: "This socket supports both uFCPGA and uFCBGA." I don't see anything about PPGA support. Also, is this right: http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL7EM&ProcFam=942&PkgType=ALL...

Well, It's obvious that the Pentium M stuff is going for a premium. That article was interesting and basically they took the 100mhz and made it a 133mhz bus no problem with some overclocking. The interesting thing is both the 1.8ghz and 2.0ghz are rated at 21W by intel even though they have the same...

Here's some Pentium M processors: http://www.excaliberpc.com/default.php?cPath=178_194&sort=1a&&page=2 There are some price cuts coming... I can't find the link on theinquirer at the moment. I have to check out the mb, but it's probably about $700 for the processor/MB @ 2.0ghz. The only downside is ...

Certainly, I agree it's easier to go completely fanless with a P-M: no argument. If it can be run with no fan on the HS, then that's awesome. Hopefully a XP-120 can be hooked onto this bad boy and we're off and running. But if not, then I don't know if there's that much advantage. I can already get ...

Now... just have to find a vendor with one. Who's going to be the guinea pig? ;) Although, I do have to admit, I'm questioning some of the "greatness" of this setup. At 21W. do we need to still use a fan to cool the processor? (I'll assume we can use some good ones) If so, then I'm not totally sure ...

Hm, OK. I'll stick with the A3 I guess. Are you still doing the fan mods or no?

Thanks,
Chris

Well, I have a SS A2 that is terribly loud. The fan is even making a rattling noise now that's really annoying. In any case, I don't have another PSU so when I RMA this thing, I'm going to have to pick up something else. I figure either <A> I should just get a cheap POS to last me a couple weeks or ...

I'm still waiting for AMD to update their tech docs... I think that's the real key. Although, they may just put up the "89W" for all of the processor again.

Chris

Maybe I'll go for it then - what size drive do you have? I'd probably be looking at the 80gig. Thanks for the info Mike!

Chris

Well, I use this box for photoshop and some database work. But, I have 2gigs of RAM now so I think things usually end up in memory. Maybe I'll just still to a 3.5" for now....

I'm currently running a 160gig Samsung drive and I actually am getting a drive for another machine and was thinking of a 2.5" drive. How much of a performance hit do people notice when they switched? I guess I'm concerned about speed a bit, even though Mike says it's almost as fast.

Thanks,
Chris

Has anyone moved from the 3.5" samsung to this drive? I was thinking about the move and wanted to hear about the performance....

Thanks,
Chris

what speed pen-m? Heatsink/fan?

Thx,
Chriis

1) Tomshardware has a little blurb on the new 3000+ mobile: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040920_183106.html Is that 12W they quote?! 2) It seems to me that we should maybe wait for the 3400+ 90nm parts to come out. Even if there is a modest cut in voltage at say 1.8, we could be looking cl...

Please be true!

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/Virt ... 00,00.html

Here's a new mobile chip. No word on voltage or wattage, but I wonder if it's 35W or less...

Chris

I will also appreciate that comparison Ralf. I need to get a quiter keyboard/mouse.

Thanks,
Chris

If only some motherboards supported the Mobile AMD chip better, I wouldn't be so hot for one of these. I know the M is a little better with power and faster, but the price of the 2800/MB setup is nice.

Chris

I got a reply from some guy that said the board isn't even available yet and no decision had been made. From the tone of the note, I'd say they have received a few emails.

Chris

I emailed them... Come ooooon motherboards.

Mike-

Please post that as I'll call every day.

Chris

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18467

Basically, 2.13ghz 533 buss early next year!

I was in a computer lab yesterday with some Macs (just browsing the web) and they had a new apple keyboard (or new to me anyway). It had the glass bottom on and man, was that think quiet. The room was a little noiser than my house so it was hard for me to tell just how quiet, but has anyone else use...

I hope this is released in the US market... Here's a setup: 2ghz (2.1 maybe soon) - 21W 5400 RPM 2.5" Samsung drive - 2.5W ATI 9600 Non-pro - 8Wish 2-4gig of RAM - ?? Motherboard - ?? That's going to be a very quiet system. Perfectly quiet? No, but I can throw whatever DBs I'm working on into a RAM ...

So, $270 for the MB and $650 for the CPU... $920 and you can have PIV 3ghz+ performance at 21W.

Chris

Now, if only the top of the line processor wasn't $600! 21W... can you passively cool that?