Does anyone know if a S754 'DTR' CPU will work either of these?

[deadken]

I have (2) S754 Motherboards lying around (one in a case, one in a box). I'd like to put together another system to run F@H. I have found a CPU that is within my price range, but it is a DTR. Apparantly these were notebook CPU's and don't work properly in all motherboards.

Does anyone have experience with a DTR CPU in a Asus K8V SE Deluxe or ECS NFORCE3-A motherboard?

If I can't use one of the motherboards that I have, I might as well not throw more money at S754.

-Thanks, Ken

 

[Peter]

ECS/PC-Chips routinely bundle 'notebook' CPUs with their aging boards ... we currently have NF3-A754 bundles with the oddest K8 CPU around, the Athlon-XP mobile (yes really, a K8 processor by the name of Athlon XP!). AMD made these exclusively for HP before the Sempron was invented, and now the leftover stock makes neat low-power bundles for us desktop users.

So if I had to bet which one supports non-desktop CPUs, my money would be on the ECS board.

 

[Peter]

A shop link for the disbelievers:

http://www.xada.de/shop2/sp.php?s=d03bd...6e3&artnr=29992&kat=&hs=&wg=&suche=ecs

 

[kmmatney]

NewEgg sells my cpu (which overclocks quite well) for $54 with free shipping. Can you get this DTR cheaper than that? I might be interested... I know that my cpu is quite fast in DC projects.

 

[deadken]

Thanks for the information. I am glad to hear that the ECS works with the Mobile CPU you mentioned, I hope it works with this one (the O/C features on the NF3 board are much better then the VIA chipset Asus board).

kmmatney: I have seen that CPU @ Newegg, but it has a 8X multiplier whereas this DTR is a 10X multiplier. The ECS mobo has a max FSB setting of 250Mhz. Also, the cache is much larger (not that it makes a huge difference 'all-around') and yes... it is $11 cheaper shipped, used. Honestly, if it works out I'd think it'd perform alot better for less. Of course if it doesn't work out... I just wasted some more of my time.

Any others care to chime in?