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Any mobile Intel/AMD chips you can plonk into a desktop board these days?

While not "mobile" chips directly, the T-versions of Sandy/Ivy/Haswell features a reduced TDP comparable to mobile versions. Which might be what you're looking for.

Pretty much all CPUs since Core2 uses to same dies for mobile and desktop. Same goes for AMD since Llano (and even before in some cases). So in a sense all modern CPU/APUs are "mobile" CPU/APUs. They even get installed in the Windows device manager as "AHCI Compliant x64/x86 PC (Mobile)"...
 
AM1 SoCs are the same as Mobile, same dies. Only the socket is different.

Edit: yes they are not the same package as the Mobile. So no they are not the same SKUs as the Mobile, you cannot use a Mobile Kabini to AM1 Desktop Motherboard.
 
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That reminds me, why did we never see a 35 and 45 watt FM2/FM2+ CPU, if they released those same chips for mobile? Seems like a hole in AMD's lineup. I recall at one point wanting a low-power Trinity and a mini-ITX board for a HTPC.
 
VirtualLarry said:
That reminds me, why did we never see a 35 and 45 watt FM2/FM2+ CPU, if they released those same chips for mobile? Seems like a hole in AMD's lineup. I recall at one point wanting a low-power Trinity and a mini-ITX board for a HTPC.
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They released 45W TDP for desktop, perhaps not in US but they were and still are available in EU.

Also, you could find 35W TDP and bellow (motherboards + APUs) for the Embedded market.
 
VirtualLarry said:
That reminds me, why did we never see a 35 and 45 watt FM2/FM2+ CPU, if they released those same chips for mobile? Seems like a hole in AMD's lineup. I recall at one point wanting a low-power Trinity and a mini-ITX board for a HTPC.
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Mobile chips tend to cost more due to binning. Pay more, get less doesnt really sell much on the desktop.
 
Like the old Athlon XP-M 2500?

Not really no, as has already been mentioned just the S and T versions of chips. A regular chip undervolted and underclocked will get the exact same results as the S and T versions.
 
Maximilian said:
Like the old Athlon XP-M 2500?

Not really no, as has already been mentioned just the S and T versions of chips. A regular chip undervolted and underclocked will get the exact same results as the S and T versions.
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Wow, blast from the past. That was one of only two AMD chips I ever owned. They overclocked very well because they were well binned. I even remember people at the time using them in dual processor boards. Sorry to be a bit off topic, just first time I've seen that processor mentioned in nearly a decade. Thanks
 
Thanks for the input gents. The aim was to get a binned chip that could overclock like crazy and end up faster than a roughly equivalent desktop chip. Not sure if that's realistic anymore.
 
thilanliyan said:
Thanks for the input gents. The aim was to get a binned chip that could overclock like crazy and end up faster than a roughly equivalent desktop chip. Not sure if that's realistic anymore.
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Unfortunately not from mobile or low power segment such chips are locked down. However there is the Devil's Canyon 4790K which is binned well enough that Intel set its default clock at 4GHz and there are the FX 9000 series which should also be highly binned given their stock clocks. If your looking for the fastest non-Extreme chip it's pretty much going to be the 4790K or decent luck on a 4770K.
 
thilanliyan said:
Thanks for the input gents. The aim was to get a binned chip that could overclock like crazy and end up faster than a roughly equivalent desktop chip. Not sure if that's realistic anymore.
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Actually, on some generations it worked like that but with Server Processors instead of Mobile. Socket 939 had the Opterons which were much better binned, and LGA 1366 Westmere Xeons which were dies with more Cores than anything available on the Desktop lines. Socket AM3+ also has Opterons, but no one bothered with those, and on current Intel platforms Base Clock overclocking is extremely limited so Xeons will not go very far even if they actually are higher binned.
 
thilanliyan said:
Thanks for the input gents. The aim was to get a binned chip that could overclock like crazy and end up faster than a roughly equivalent desktop chip. Not sure if that's realistic anymore.
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there are however still "desktop" motherboards with mobile sockets, but not overclocking oriented.
 
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