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centrino cpu in a desktop?

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Keeping in mind that by "centrino cpu" you mean Pentium M cpu (Centrino is just the term for the computer when it has all the components that intel considers to complete it to be a "Centrino".. These are something like: wireless built in, utilizing the intel 855 chipset, and having a Pentium M cpu - I could be missing some or off a bit, but this is the general idea)... i asked the same question here
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=274514

but to answer your question simply, no it cannot be used in a desktop motherboard.... and only possibly would it work, but not without a lot of modification and adaptation)
 
they still are not truly desktop boards are they? they're like some sort of mini computer/laptop hybrid boards. some have support for notebook pc cards and are lacking pci/agp slots (or have limited support for these in some cases)

i think it would be cool if they made a real desktop board that supported these cpus.. jsut imagine the overclocking on these cool little pentium m cpus :) some day soon maybe
 
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