With the new CT-479 upgrade kit from ASUS you can install a Pentium M or a Celeron M CPU originally designed to laptops on a socket 478 motherboard. Accordingly to ASUS, right now only P4P800 SE and P4P800-VM motherboards from ASUS support this upgrade kit, but other motherboards will be compatible as well in the future. There are two main advantages on using a Pentium M on a desktop. First, the lower power consumption, of course. Secondly, Pentium M CPU has a greater performance than other Intel CPUs at the same clock rate. This kit supports the following Pentium M models:
- Banias from 1.3 GHz to 1.7 GHz
- Dothan from 1.5 GHz to 2.26 GHz
- Celeron M from 1.2GHz to 1.7GHz
- Does not support Pentium M Low Voltage and Pentium M Ultra Low
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/Install-a-Pentium-M-on-your-Desktop/213
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