motherboard with built-in CPU, good or not ?

Mainboard: PCChips M841LU SIS740 Chipset Micro-ATX.
2xPC133 SDRAM DIMM Slot,
2xPC2100 DDR266 SDRAM DIMM Slot,
3xPCI Slot + 1xAMR Slot,
2xPS/2 + 1xParallel + 1xSerial + 1xDisplay,
3xAudio + 1xGame + 4xUSB2.0 + 1xLAN100Mbps.

Comes with Built-In:
AMD Duron Pro 1400+ Processor with Heat Sink & Cooler Fan.
C-MEDIA CMI9738 Sound 4-Channel.
SIS 740 Display 64MB AGP4X.
SIS 900 LAN 100Mbps.
SIS USB2.0 4-Ports Ready.

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Built in CPU? Is it actually soldered to the socket?

Or do you mean "built in" as in it came with the motherboard?

 

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the cpu is not built in, as the manufacturers website indicates:

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/product/M841LUv51.html


the advert the guy saw is selling a cpu plus motherboard.. they fit the bits for you. point of caution here.. if the original poster is not aware to a requisite technical level (as indicated by his post; no offence) then having a compentent person fit the cpu is a good idea. it takes approximately 13 seconds for an incorrectly fitted athlon series processor to cook itself to death.

 

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that is a very accurate time frame for Athelon cooking. My roomated tested the theory last night.

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What's that burnt plastic smell coming from the living room, Jim?

 

I hear the whispering of a SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!! :m:

 

Where? I don't hear anything.

 

a side effect of having a curiously capable memory for some things.. like the last time i cooked an athlon, i remember i managed to get into the bios, into the cpu setup screen before it froze and died a death; a feat i reckoned i could accomplish in 13 seconds

how can something so small produce soo much heat..

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can we make big ones and heat rooms with it?