Can consumers get these i3 cpus?

as far as I know BGA1023 has no desktop motherboards. Even if you could get them you can't use them outside of laptops.
 
I would just use an i3 2100. These have very low idle power draw. And if you really want underclock / under volt it.
 
Sojuuk said:
as far as I know BGA1023 has no desktop motherboards. Even if you could get them you can't use them outside of laptops.
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It's not like you can replace or even install them on a laptop either, unless you're really good with a soldering iron...
 
These are both mobile only processors that are being offered as tray only at this time. They wouldn’t be usable on any desktop chipset board. If you are really looking for a good low power desktop processor the best I can advise is the Intel® Core™ i3-2100T it has a low TDP of only 35w.
 
IntelEnthusiast said:
These are both mobile only processors that are being offered as tray only at this time. They wouldn’t be usable on any desktop chipset board. If you are really looking for a good low power desktop processor the best I can advise is the Intel® Core™ i3-2100T it has a low TDP of only 35w.
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In terms of powerusage, how do you think that would be against a Atom D525? I plan on running 4 gigs on either system with 2 giga-bit ethernets and 1 ssd drive. 80+ PSU (or better).
 
For raw powerusage it is very hard to beat the Intel® Atom™ D525. The Intel Atom D525 is down at TDP 13W vs. the Intel Core i3-2100T which is at a TDP 35w (this is what most of our laptop cpus run at) http://ark.intel.com/compare/53423,49490 lets you see how they stack up. In a couple years from now the Intel Atoms are going to be scary on how little power they use.
 
You people don't know where to look:

http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/QM67/X9SCV-Q.cfm

It's already in stock at some stores: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?cid=10935063685407098853

The only question that remains: what is the heatsink hole spacing? Will 1155 coolers work?

ND40oz said:
It's not like you can replace or even install them on a laptop either, unless you're really good with a soldering iron...
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There are sockets for BGA chips, but they're pretty fragile.
 
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