Last time I assembled a machine, the 1ghz Tbirds were at the price/performance sweet spot. It's time to upgrade two of my machines. Seems a lot has changed in the AMD CPU world since then. Not only do we have 4 sockets to choose from now (940, 939, 754 and Socket A) but there are different types of the same CPU: there are standard desktop CPUs, the mobile CPUs and the DTRs (which appear to be somewhere in between?). And the mobile CPUs seem to be further broken down into power dissipation...you have the 35W and 45W flavors of the XP and I think I saw some 65W A64 mobiles but I could be mistaken.
Assuming one's mainboard with support them, is it generally recommended to get the mobile version of a CPU instead of the desktop version? I assume the mobile chips have more OC headroom but what about heat dissipation? If a desktop CPU and a mobile CPU are run at the same speed, will they produce the same amount of heat? Is there a compelling reason NOT to go with a mobile CPU?
At this point, I haven't decided whether to go with A64-3000+ and try to overclock to 3400+/3500+ levels or go the cheaper route with mobile XPs.
The thought of SMP using a pair of 35W mobile XPs is attractive (and combined would still dissipate less heat than either of my OC's Tbirds).
Assuming one's mainboard with support them, is it generally recommended to get the mobile version of a CPU instead of the desktop version? I assume the mobile chips have more OC headroom but what about heat dissipation? If a desktop CPU and a mobile CPU are run at the same speed, will they produce the same amount of heat? Is there a compelling reason NOT to go with a mobile CPU?
At this point, I haven't decided whether to go with A64-3000+ and try to overclock to 3400+/3500+ levels or go the cheaper route with mobile XPs.
The thought of SMP using a pair of 35W mobile XPs is attractive (and combined would still dissipate less heat than either of my OC's Tbirds).