Follow up: Check out this article: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2382&p=2
The proc cost $45; the CT-479 adapter cast $50; the referb ASUS P4P800SE cost $52. That's less than $150 for CPU, adapter, H/S fan and the MOBO. I think that's pretty cheap.
There are socket adapters available that would allow using it in a 478 socket. The DFI and A-Open boards are outrageously expensive, $200 range I believe. The proc may not be a 715, but Intel's web site shows it to be a 478 pin die. The FSB is listed as 100 MHz with an x15 multiplier. I...
Samsung just released the 940BF and every review I've read say it is great. A 4 MP refresh rate and it might even go down to 2 MP in the next revision. I havn't seen it offered for sale any place yet so I don't know what the price is.
Does anyone know what chip sets will support a Pentium-M 715 CPU? The processor is a 478 pin CPU and not a 479 pin as the current CPUs are. It runs on a 400 MHz FSB. I want to use it on a desktop motherboard. I'm not sure how some of the older boads will identify it. I thought I would try it...
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