What happens when you take one of Intel's Core Duo mobile processors and slap it into a desktop motherboard built by Asus? Well, you end up with a fast and quiet rig, that sips power compared to Intel's current desktop platforms. PC Per explains everything you'll need to know about using the Core Duo on the desktop in this review of the Asus N4L-VM. For reference, our review of this motherboard is available right here.
"The Asus N4L-VM DH motherboard is not for everyone that much is true. It is an alternative platform option that Asus is offering based on the Core Duo 479-pin processor that we already know isn't going to be around much longer with the coming of the Core 2 products that use the LGA775 socket. If you are looking for a fast system, that is also incredibly quiet and uses very little power, the Asus N4L-VM DH and a Core Duo processor make a great choice. I think I hear some HTPC builders cheering in the background?"
Marco Chiappetta
Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com
