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ECS ships dual AMD-Intel mobo

Posted by: duke on: 09/01/2005 02:24 PM [ Print | 8 comment(s) ]

This post at The Register might prove to be entertaining. How about a motherboard that will take an AMD or an Intel processor?
The board, the PF88, uses an old technique: the daughtercard. Out of the box, the motherboard sports an LGA775 socket ready for an Intel Pentium of Celeron D processor, be they single- or dual-core. The board is based on SiS' SiS656 chipset. AMD fans may also purchase the A9S daughter card. This slots into a proprietary, 'SIMA' bus and provides a Socket 939 interconnect.
You can see pictures of this unusual beast right here.


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#37805 Posted on: 09/02/2005 12:20 PM
Isn't that the northbridge I see directly below where the AMD CPU would go? Wouldn't heat to passively-cooled northbridge be an issue?

Also, the large daughterboard would impede airflow in most cases.
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#37806 Posted on: 09/02/2005 05:06 PM
Originally posted by wipeout
Isn't that the northbridge I see directly below where the AMD CPU would go? Wouldn't heat to passively-cooled northbridge be an issue?

Also, the large daughterboard would impede airflow in most cases.


Theres no problem with passively cooled northbridge, even the NF4 Pro can be passively cooled without any issues.
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identikit
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#37807 Posted on: 09/02/2005 09:25 PM
So if you put in the daughter card you lose the Intel CPU and it's 4 memory slots and you also lose one PCIE slot, plus airflow through your case takes a huge hit. All for the low low price of $204. Where do I sign up?

I mean I can see it being slightly useful for developers who may need the two platforms, but for the cost and hassle you could have 2 seperate systems.

Picture of it with a AMD cpu showing clearances between heatsinks:

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Mr. Hahn
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#37808 Posted on: 09/03/2005 08:26 AM
Wow: something as neat as it is useless. This deserves a slashdot posting. :p

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#37809 Posted on: 09/04/2005 07:02 AM
Originally posted by wipeout
Isn't that the northbridge I see directly below where the AMD CPU would go? Wouldn't heat to passively-cooled northbridge be an issue?

Also, the large daughterboard would impede airflow in most cases.
I don't think that would matter much at all as - I hope - the original northbridge is shut off when the daughtercard in inserted.

Of course that doesn't help the fact that the daughtercard also blocks off a PCI-E slot (a moot point, I suppose, if the chipset/board never passes SLI/Crossfire certification) and fouls up the airflow too.

Plus it's a $204 ECS board

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#37810 Posted on: 09/04/2005 03:17 PM
I saw a huge marlin fishing boat in the tropics a while back. Its name is WOFTAM. the boat was very useful in comparison as you could catch bottom dwelling edible fish for dinner - not just marlin for tag & release.

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#37811 Posted on: 09/07/2005 04:06 PM
The MOST INTERESTING part is that there'll be another daughter card featuring S479 -> Pemtium M :cool:
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#37812 Posted on: 09/07/2005 08:35 PM
The most interesting part to me is the card for the Turion processor.
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