AMD Athlon 1.4 ALREADY Unlocked

[Paul.K]

I'm just after building a new system. The spec is:

AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4 gig 266FSB
HSF ThermalRight sk6
256Mb PC133 Cas2 Crucial
IWill KK266-Raid (newest Bios version May 2001)I
Elsa G-Force 2 Ultra
Creative SB Live 5.1
Drx3 decoder card
300 Watt Power Supply AMD Approved
My case is a cheftec ithas 1*70mm intake fan in fornt
90mm intake fan in fornt
2* 70mm exhaust fans at rear near CPU

Guys this is my first time overclocking, however when I found out I can change the multiplier setting in the bios and went to reboot the new setting of 11x133 =1467 Mhz appeared on the screen. How is this ! I didnt pencil the L1 bridges. Did AMD forget to laser the L1 bridges ???? Does anyone have a reason!

Also what sort of overclock you think I'll get from this system setup. ie FSB and multiplier combination. It ran smooth last night at 11X by 133 FSB...reckon I can go higher.


By the way IWill boards rock......

kicky

[phiber]

they have been forgeting for a long time almost all Thunderbirds are now unlocked

[FerrariF50]

Why is that?

phiber (Jul 09, 2001 07:47 a.m.):
they have been forgeting for a long time almost all Thunderbirds are now unlocked

[el]

L1 are not cut I believe they test out the cpus and it is probably easy for them to just ship them out unlocked.

[bdf24]

I noticed all the L1 Bridges are connected on my 1.2 gig T-Bird I got yesterday as well. Good saves me the trouble of connecting them. Can't wait too set it all up.

[WillysNut]

I think this is incredible and awesome to say the least. My guess...being in the computer industry and reading about the drops in sales for *everyone* is that this is a way to both cut down on the cost to produce CPU's..as mentioned..but I also like to think that this a way for AMD to grab more of the share of the "overclocker" market by being more "OC friendly". Via is doing the same thing..as far as I've read...w/ their new chips as well. Congrats on the new...unlocked...Bird.

[Paul.K]

Thanks! However I just purcased a ThermalRight sk6 and I didn't realise how heavy the copper heat sink is. I feel that the HS is too heavy has anyone else been using this model and make of HSF!

[WillysNut]

kickass (Jul 10, 2001 07:36 a.m.):
Thanks! However I just purcased a ThermalRight sk6 and I didn't realise how heavy the copper heat sink is. I feel that the HS is too heavy has anyone else been using this model and make of HSF!

I use a CAK38 (copper) on my Abit/Duron board without a shim and I haven't had any problems. I'm not sure if it's heaver than the SK6 but I'm sure they're close. You just have to be very...very careful installing the HSF...most tend to do it w/ the Mobo outside of the case as it's easier to work with.

If you are very concerned about the weight and placement of the HSF...you might want to consider purchasing a non-conductive shim but again...the choice is yours. Good luck...looks like a great setup.