The Most Overclockable Thunderbird (Air Cooled)

[D. Simons]

Im looking to build my first AMD based system. I wan to go the Thunderbird route untill the Palamino is released. I am looking for opinions on the most overclockable Thunderbird. The CPU database tells me its the 750 overclocking 241 more mhz on the average. Right now I am looking to air cool it as I do not have the time or money to invest in a water cooled, pelitier, or astek vapochill setup. Any motherboard recommendations will be appreciated also. (I am looking into IWill kk266-R, any feedback on this board would be great) Please post your setup for me so i can weigh my options on the success of other overclockers.

Questions:
1. Most overclockable Thunderbird (Air cooled)
2. What Heatsink and Fan Combo are you using. ( Noise is not an issue for me as my speakers are usually cranked to an mp3 or a game)
3. What motherboard are you using or recommend. ( possibly RAID if not what RAID card you recommend.)

Thanks, for your input
David Simons
Please Post Your Opinions

[Tomsawyer]

Kinda hard to reply to your post as nearly every chip is unique. I can say try to get a "blue" core from the Dresden plant. They seem to be using the copper core which relates to higher OC and superior cooling. I had a blue core 800 pushing 1.2 with a pep 66t heat sink on an abit kt7. Switched to a danger den cooling block, broke the damn tab on the board. Back to my old p3 400 till the replacement parts arrive. Danger Den said they would send me a couple clips and thier new prototype holddown so at least they are claiming to back thier products, when it arrives Im back to water.

[D. Simons]

Thanks for the info Tom.
Quite the overclock.
So i should be looking for the blue core.
Are Blue cores more loot and how hard are they to find?
I understand that every chip is unique, as i am just looking for fellow overclocker success stories to help me make a more educated decision before I make my purchase.
By the way how loud is the pep 66t, its not really a problem for me but i would like to keep the noise reasonable.

[proze]

1. blue core 950.
2. alpha pep66t with a 38cfm delta fan.
3. abit kta7-raid.

i think the blue cores are pretty common in the us. just go to a store and have a look at the chips...

[D. Simons]

Thanks Proze
Is that delta fan as loud as some say ?

[kat]

ive got a 1 ghz tbird @1246 swiftech 462 hsf abit kt7 raid

[OpenFriday]

D. Simons (Feb 07, 2001 06:28 a.m.):
Thanks Proze
Is that delta fan as loud as some say ?

yes....yes it is but its worth it