mobile p4's are cheap on ebay... fora ll you who are looking.

[hans007]

they all default to 12x mult.


i just got a p4 1.6 M for $76 + 7 shipping for my laptop (i dont o/c duh), but figured i'vebeen seeing fs/ft posts for mobile 1.7s in the $170 range.


1.7's and 1.8's run close to $100, and then it gets out of control at the 2.0 and 2.2 ghz range (in the $180-280 range).


but low speed chips are cheap. i saw a 1.4 go for $53. (same seller as the 1.6 i was getting).


so if you want to save some money instead of plunking down $200+ for a 1.7 from a store, go to ebay and buy people's old chips that they'd upgraded their laptops from.


search for BOTH "mobile p4" or "mobile pentium 4 " and you should get all auctions . there usually arent THAT many, just be patient.


i also didnt post this until after i got mine haha

 

[Bartman39]

Great heads up Hans007...

I figured the prices we were seeing here were kinda out there...?

 

[Technonut]

Hmmm... Maybe I can find a cheaper source of OEM Radeon 9700 Pro pulls to post about....... Appreciate it hans007....

EDIT: Or any other type of OEM pull for that matter...

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Technonut
Hmmm... Maybe I can find a cheaper source of OEM Radeon 9700 Pro pulls to post about....... Appreciate it hans007....

EDIT: Or any other type of OEM pull for that matter...

 

[jpetermann]

Originally posted by: Technonut
Hmmm... Maybe I can find a cheaper source of OEM Radeon 9700 Pro pulls to post about....... Appreciate it hans007....

EDIT: Or any other type of OEM pull for that matter...

Too bad those are all old oem pulls on Ebay. The guy is taking pics of them on carpet. That is what I want in my machine. If retails were that cheap, that would be a different story. I would hate to see anyone wanting to put a p4m in their desktop get one of these ebay chips. And yes, I do have one for sale in the FSFT forum. I payed 200+ for mine shipped. Do a search for completed items on ebay. These "carpet" chips are that cheap, not retails.

:disgust:

PJ

 

[THUGSROOK]

you get what you pay for ~

i also have a retail boxed p4m for sale, paid 200+ for it.

no carpet pics tho

 

[Mikki]

I paid a lot more than 200 for mine...and I can take a pic of mine on the carpet if it matters to anyone...

 

[hans007]

i see like 4 people pointing out it was on carpet, and not retail. hell, you guys are all over clocking them anyways voiding your warranty, 3 year warranty is not a liceense to overclock like mad in a platform its not supposed to be in.



anyways, i was just pointing it out for people who didnt know you could get them in this way, not in a retail box, for half the cost. some people out there are fine with it as long as it works, and the carpet chip as long as the seller guarantees no doa, why not.




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Hans,

You are out of line with those comments. Enjoy a week away.

AnandTech Moderator

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Mikki
I paid a lot more than 200 for mine...and I can take a pic of mine on the carpet if it matters to anyone...

Pics???
If hans comes back with results similar to what you guys have accomplished with his "carpet muncher" I'm givin' you the Nelson laugh

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: hans007
AND WHILE I AM POSTING. whoever one of you guys who somehow got my 2 threads locked, kiss my ass you big loser. you guys even got my freaking roomates system thread locked, with no explanation to boot. bastard. you are a BASTARD! i'm pretty sure i know who it is, i guess i'll go buy 60 CPUS now, and overclock them all so that i can get past being diamond.

say gbye

 

[bigtoe33]

Originally posted by: hans007
i see like 4 people pointing out it was on carpet, and not retail. hell, you guys are all over clocking them anyways voiding your warranty, 3 year warranty is not a liceense to overclock like mad in a platform its not supposed to be in.



anyways, i was just pointing it out for people who didnt know you could get them in this way, not in a retail box, for half the cost. some people out there are fine with it as long as it works, and the carpet chip as long as the seller guarantees no doa, why not.




AND WHILE I AM POSTING. whoever one of you guys who somehow got my 2 threads locked, kiss my ass you big loser. you guys even got my freaking roomates system thread locked, with no explanation to boot. bastard. you are a BASTARD! i'm pretty sure i know who it is, i guess i'll go buy 60 CPUS now, and overclock them all so that i can get past being diamond.

Whats all that about?

 

[Mikki]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK

Originally posted by: hans007
AND WHILE I AM POSTING. whoever one of you guys who somehow got my 2 threads locked, kiss my ass you big loser. you guys even got my freaking roomates system thread locked, with no explanation to boot. bastard. you are a BASTARD! i'm pretty sure i know who it is, i guess i'll go buy 60 CPUS now, and overclock them all so that i can get past being diamond.

say gbye

So does that mean that overclocking my cpu increases my post count?