is amd thunderbird that good?

[Dusk]

I'm planning to buy a new system primary for gaming, what is the best mobo/cpu in term of price/performance out there? I like intel because that's the only chip I used in my life but everyone is buzzing about thunderbird is fast and way cheaper than Intel. I read bunch of reviews but i'm still skeptical what to choose, maybe some of you can help me out.

Paul

[kat]

this should help

[Dusk]

Damn..nice

What mobo are you using, and what do you recommend I should get for Tbird? I heard a7v is quite good.

[ExtremeOC]

tbirds are great
go for the KT7 or if you got cash to burn, KT7a.
keep the raid versions in mind.

[kat]

a7v is a good board some say that msi is good ,, but i run the best board hehehe kt7 raid ;D

my score`s are pretty good but azzkicker iz kicking my butt with that dam kt7A

[proze]

yep, the tbird is that good. it gave the 1.4ghz and 1.5ghz p4s a beating in most benchmarks ia a recent article over at www.tomshardware.com. for the price you can't go wrong!! as for the mobo, get the asus a7v133 or abit kt7a-raid. they're both awesome.

[Dusk]

Don't laugh cause i'm new to amd cpu...which one of these two mobo asus a7v133 and abit kt7a-raid have longer productivity meaning which one support more higher cpu in the future if I want to upgrade for instance, or they're just the same?

[mebhi]

The KT7 is more board then most need. like a need some more beer.........

[topjimi]

Dude! Thunderchickens are THE best price\ performance chips out there, I have an EPOX EP-8KTA2 and a 700 T-BIRD that I overclocked to1000mhz! The best part is that i only paid $225 for the mobo & cpu, and don't let anyone fool ya, epox kicks some major ass, check the review at toms hardware and you'll see that for the money, you can't go wrong with epox

[NUTNDUN]

OK I'll bite for defense of the MSIpro2a board, I have an AMD1Ghz T-bird running 1242 right now, I believe it is pretty much maxed out but the scores are great, I have them here: http://yourpage.blazenet.net/nutndun/scores.htm
I think if I do a little more tweaking I might be able to get more.

[Dusk]

Why is so many people using Alpha pal 6035, is the thermal take chrome orb no good?

[Tachyon]

The Chrome Orb is NOT a good HSF for overclocking!!!