thorton to barton mod worked!

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I just got my 2400+ thorton and closed the L2 bridge. Now my cache is 512. I'm running at 2402 mhz @ 1.9 volts.

I was running a 1700+ tbred at 2137 mhz @ 1.9 volts.

My Morrowind FPS has increased big time. I'm not sure if it is because of the extra cache or higher mhz--probably a combo of both, I guess.

Anyway, thanks for sharing that info. about the mod.

If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free.

 

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where did you find the thornton?

also what kind of cooling are you using?

 

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I found it accessmicro.com. You have to call and ask specifically for a thorton. As of Thursday, there had six 2400+ thortons, and one 2000+ thorton left.

I'm using an slk-900 with a vantec tornado on a rheo running at 2900 rpm's.

For some reason, this thorton is running a few degrees hotter than my old tbred--44 degrees as opposed to 41 degrees. I thought the extra surface area would make it run cooler.

 

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says 80 dollars for 2400+ thats kinad expensive considering a barton is only like 90 or less shipped free at newegg... but good to know thortons are out =)

 

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I thought the Thorton wasn't suppose to use PR model numbers but just use ghz rating.

 

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no, thats the duron, the thornton is an axp, well, kinda, its a barton with half the cache disabled, so its a barton with 256k cache, not quite a tbred b

 

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Supertrucker said:

no, thats the duron, the thornton is an axp, well, kinda, its a barton with half the cache disabled, so its a barton with 256k cache, not quite a tbred b

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and not quite a barton ;d apparently the mods do work so if the price of this chip falls some more then it might become a worthy upgrade =d

 

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My Morrowind FPS has increased big time. I'm not sure if it is because of the extra cache or higher mhz--probably a combo of both, I guess.

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yeah, i know. it's my favorite game but it's definitly a FPS killer

 

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[color=33FF00]ive never even heard of the thorton...damn, im slipping away from the news these days... :/ [/color]

 

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they were not that much in the news really.

I remember Ed mentioning them some time ago, then a few articles came along recently.

 

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$80 for a thorton......erm a barton is $84 and doesn't require a mod..........why would AMD price them like that?......o well whatever .......

 

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i dont think amd priced it like that.. its just that this site sells cpus for a much higher price than newegg...

if newegg were to hvae these thortons im sure you'll see it 10-20 dollars cheaper

btw xp2200+ OEM is 79 on this site.. 66 on newegg..