Is this a good deal??

symon_say · 03-14-2007, 10:27 PM

Hi

I'm planning on build in my first carputer, and there is a lot to read before buying, and i dont have all the money, so i'll buy parts as i get the money, so there is time for knowledge, i found this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ECS-761GX-M754-X...QQcmdZViewItem is this a good deal, or is just normal price.

i'm concern about power cause i have about 1500W from my sound system and i get dimming (have to do some upgrades), this is way i'm looking for some in the mobile area otherwise i'll get some cheap sempron and built my system.

Thanks

cracKness · 03-14-2007, 10:47 PM

A quick search finds this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ECS-761GX-M754-v...QQcmdZViewItem

Better deal, as it's an auction and could end for a heck of a lot cheaper for the same setup. $99 is full retail, not really a deal so much as it's an item for sale at retail price. I'm sure you can find it for cheaper if you actually search.

symon_say · 03-15-2007, 09:29 AM

Thanks men, and what about power consumption of those CPU's???

XC-C30 · 03-15-2007, 09:43 AM

I'd take care of the dimming lights first. If you can feed the pc clean power, chanses are you'll shorten its lifetime pretty hard.

2k1Toaster · 03-15-2007, 09:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by symon_say

Thanks men, and what about power consumption of those CPU's???

If you want low power, then you need a mobile processor or low power. The via boards are known for low power. Then duo core and pentium m are the next best. Then the amd mobiles. Anything above that and you are drawing quite a bit of power.

symon_say · 03-15-2007, 09:50 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by IC-C30

I'd take care of the dimming lights first. If you can feed the pc clean power, chanses are you'll shorten its lifetime pretty hard.

Working on that, i'm doing Big 3 and upgrade battery asap.

And want to change my setup for something that take less power but works the same or better.

XC-C30 · 03-15-2007, 09:52 AM

<keep in mind power isn't everything. A well built low-output sound-system can blow out a sloppy high-power system in a sec

symon_say · 03-15-2007, 09:57 AM

I like amd a lot all my pc's are amd, i buy a pentium M on ebay, but reading here i found some thread were say that the pentium M dont work fine with desktop motherboard.

i get this CPU for really cheap price Intel Pentium M Processor 1.40 GHz 400MHz 1MB SL6F8.

And i like this mobo, http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=246441 but i dont know if it will work with the CPU i get, i dont have much experience on computer parts.

Quote: Originally Posted by IC-C30

<keep in mind power isn't everything. A well built low-output sound-system can blow out a sloppy high-power system in a sec

Agree, thats why i'm looking for something new, my setup have 2 10" sealed, and the amp is A/B class, i'll put soon a 12" ported with a D amp. To reduce power and still gets really loud

XC-C30 · 03-15-2007, 10:08 AM

That wasn't what I mean

But yeah, that's an other option. I was referring more to heavy, sealed doorboards; damping; eliminating reflections; that kind of stuff.

symon_say · 03-15-2007, 12:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by IC-C30

That wasn't what I mean

But yeah, that's an other option. I was referring more to heavy, sealed doorboards; damping; eliminating reflections; that kind of stuff.

i already soundead all my car, and yes thats a facto really important, that improves the sound a lot and make the car more pleasent

symon_say · 03-15-2007, 01:37 PM

Could somebody explain this to me, i have been reading about power, vcore, over/underclock and that stuff, there are some cpu's that are low power, like the mobile line AMD and intel, but if i use a mobile cpu that isnt low power like a XP-M that runs with 65W and pin-mod it to work with the minimun vcore the cpu will consume less, or will it consume the same???

2k1Toaster · 03-15-2007, 02:20 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by symon_say

Could somebody explain this to me, i have been reading about power, vcore, over/underclock and that stuff, there are some cpu's that are low power, like the mobile line AMD and intel, but if i use a mobile cpu that isnt low power like a XP-M that runs with 65W and pin-mod it to work with the minimun vcore the cpu will consume less, or will it consume the same???

If you are really bent on using AMD for some weird fanboy reasoning, then you need the mobile chip. They run at 35W I believe. The 65W version is the desktop version of the chip. You need the laptop version for the low power. Yes you can solder to the bottom of your brand new chip, but you need extreme bravery.

The pentium M's have the same if not more proccessing power than the mobile AMD. Obviously the core duo is unmatched in the mobile AMD field. I have no preference either way, but I come off as an Intel fanboy, because well... they just work better for this application with those chips. Any AMD is definately better than a power hungry P4, or P4EE. Those can consume triple digit watts.

And if you are trying to research about the pentium m and the socket that it fits, there are 2 versions of the pentium M, and 3 versions of motherboards. For the chips, 1 is 478pin and 1 is 479pin physically. Meaning if you count the pins on the bottom, that is the number you will get. Now the 478chip, is not the standard old 478-fpga allignment that P4's and such use. The P4 if you remember has 2 pins missing on the same row. So row 1 has 2 less pins then row 2. The Pentium m chip (478) has 2 pins missing diagonally from pin1. So the first row and second row both are missing 1 pin. These are not interchangeable. A lot of stores sell the motherboards as both being 478 and not specifying which is which. Then there is a Pentium M version with the 479 pins, and you need a 479 motherboard (usually laptops).

One of the trickier parts is that the processors are almost all listed as socket 479 to prevent confusion with using it on a standard 478 socket. Unfortunately it created more confusion.

symon_say · 03-15-2007, 03:02 PM

Thanks man, now i understan better but, get some more question, could you post some mobo that works with pentium M 478 or 479 so i can decide with way to go, cause as i post before i buy a Pentium M Processor 1.40 GHz 400MHz 1MB SL6F8, but dont know what mobo can work.

PD: sorry if my english is not the best i live in Dominican Republic and my native language is spanish.

ShawJohn · 10-02-2007, 04:08 AM

I just bought the same processor (SL6F8 Pentium-M 1.4GHz 1mb L2)

Not realising the can of worms I was openning