put a celeron M in an SFF?

[Gibson486]

Can you? Would there be any reason to do so or to not do so?

 

[keeleysam]

Yes, you can, with a socket 479 mATX motherboard.

 

[IEC]

Alternatively, you can use the ASUS CT-479? adapter which will let you use a mobile on a normal board.

How and Why You Should Overclock a Mobile Celeron

 

[Ionizer86]

The mobile celeron link is for P4 based celerons (northwoods and stuff). The celeron m we speak of is essentially a half-cache speedstep-less dothan. In fact, I think the celeron m is better suited for desktop use than mobile use because not having speedstep on the desktop really doesn't matter when the cpu's maximum thermal envelope is already a low 21W.

Pop it in, overclock high, and have lots of fun!

 

[Aarondeep]

Turions appear to be much easier to work with when putting them into SFF's. Here's a good article to check outLINK

 

[21stHermit]

Why not a Core Duo? AOpen just announced a ATX Core Duo MB, see recent news item at TomsHardware. More giddyup and less power than a Celeron M.

Hermit

 

[pdo]

I have a Celeron sitting right here collecting dust since the mobo for it is so pricey.

 

[hmsrolst]

As ariafrost suggested, pick up a CT-479 and a used P4P800 here, and have some not that expensive fun.