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Need a Socket M mobo. Help?

Drenlin

Drenlin

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So I'm thinking of cannibalizing my Dell XPS M1210 to make a desktop. I have/can get all the parts that I need except for the PSU and mobo. I need one with:

Socket M (Or a Socket 479 that can handle a 667MHz core 2 Duo)
2x DDR2 SO-DIMM (I can deal with buying regular RAM if need be...)
2x SATA ports
Compatible with an ATX PSU
PCIe x16 (or at least a PCI-e big enough to not bottleneck an HD 3450)
Need to use either a PCI wireless card from this desktop, or the mini PCIe one from my laptop

Don't care about form factor

I know this is a pretty tall order...honestly I'm not holding out much hope, but it'd be a great way to put my dead laptop to use and get me off of this old Optiplex. Northwood Celeron FTL.

edit: Also, I'm thinking of overclocking it. I figure a 34W processor with a 100C TDP should have some potential. Thoughts on that?
 
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Dont waste your time. The only boards available are replacement parts for laptops and other proprietary systems.
 
Drenlin said:
Not true at all.

I've actually gotten pretty close, but this one only has PCIe x1, and in a very inconvenient spot.
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/i945gmt_fsa
Click to expand...


More true than not. 😉

That board you listed is essentially a laptop. They used these things in POS machines and other kiosk type stuff. These industrial supply hardware isn't really meant for consumer level sales. I think the best solution would be to sell off what you have now and buy something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813500042.
 
I actually do have a budget rig put together...I went with AM3 so I could use current hardware....this would be much cheaper though and I'm on a college student's budget. 🙁

I know for sure that ASUS makes/made a board that I could use, but I don't know the model name or where I could find it. Didn't have SO-DIMM memory but everything else was good. Wouldn't mind an MSI Fuzzy either but they're expensive for what you get...everywhere I see them they're ~$220
 
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