ATOM MOTHERBOARD FOR DESKTOP?

[Geek-9pm]

I did a Google on:
ATOM MOTHERBOARD
And found some very low prices. What is this? Would I want one of these? Would it perform better than my old single core Pentium 4?
I have a limited budget, but I would like to try a dual core. Now it takes me 7 hours to burn a DVD. Would a dual-core help?

Yeah, they are well suited for mobile computers, but in a desktop?

Anybody have practical experience with an Intel Atom Desktop mother and he Intel Atom CPU?

[patio]

Atom is the designation for the CPU...not a MBoard.
There are many manuf. making boards for this chip...

What are your goals for this new machine and how much cabbage do you have ? ?

[Griff]

I wouldn't use an Atom for a desktop. Personally i wouldn't use it for a laptop either.

i would definitely go for a core 2 duo.

Atom's are meant to be low power in order to improve battery life on laptops, as well as keep the size down.

[Computer_Commando]

The Atom processor is the one being used in most of the netbooks.

[Geek-9pm]

What are your goals for this new machine and how much cabbage do you have ? ?

I would like to have a dual core in on of my desktops. I understand that the Atom CPU requires its own chip set on the motherboard has to be designed fro the atom. Intel now offers a motherboard and Atom together.

Look at this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121342 Is this a single core?

$64.99  What? I have trouble with fine print. I can not finds the place where this says it is only the motherboard. Am I missing something?

I would like to have a server I could leave on all the time and get into the seldom needed files that are too large to store on my other computers.

[smeezekitty]

i think its not a good idea
and would be slow if you eve could get all the parts interfaced

[Calum]

Atoms are fine processors, very low power and therefore generate very little heat.
The low cost is because they're not very fast compared to a modern CPU, also the low end/cheap motherboards have very few expansion options.  The chipsets are also old.
If all you want is a low power file server, an Atom is fine.  If all you want is a "nettop" i.e. a desktop version of a netbook, just to browse the web and write some documents, an Atom is also perfectly fine.
The only reason not to get an Atom is if you want computing power, they're not designed to handle any intensive tasks.
Hope this helps.

[neelchauhan]

I don't recommend Atom platform unless you have nVidia ION. I would rather choose a Core 2 Duo CPU.

[Computer_Commando]

...I would like to have a server I could leave on all the time and get into the seldom needed files that are too large to store on my other computers.

Maybe a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device would meet your needs.
Maybe something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136346&Tpk=nas%20storage