Good idea?

[Quakindude]

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Yes, I know about SpeedStep, but I lack any of the above chipsets.

I ended up getting into an hour long conversation on the phone with my brother about pop-ups and how to get rid of them.

Anyway, here's my thoughts on the laptop CPU.

IIRC, the mPGA 478 and the Socket 478 are one in the same, just the mPGA gives a little bit of power savings adjustments, which would allow for a desktop CPU to throttle back through the Bios settings. I don't have the time ATM to research it though. That Northwood CPU should be a very decent overclocker. It didn't run near as hot as the Prescotts do. My HP ZD8000 has a P4 640 3.2Ghz cpu. That sucker runs quite warm, but if the mainboard were to crap out on me, I would get a full sized mainboard and turn it into a desktop. Those 3+ Ghz CPU's are too good to pass up IMHO.