Thoroughbred 950??

[hanzo918]

I got an Athlon 950 a few months ago and instead of having a ceremic housing, it has a copper-toned graphite housing like the new thoroughbreds. I am wondering if this unit counts as an XP or Thoroughbred housing...
It looks like a combination of the 3~ http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1635&p=3
So now I'm wondering what the normal voltage is for my CPU...


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~The lost man w/ Athlon Tbird 950@950
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[Todd a]

Anand also tells how to identify the new Thuroughbreads by the size of the core and by the actual model number printed on it.

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[hanzo918]

But does anyone know why a athlon 950 would have an thoroughbred housing?

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~The lost man w/ Athlon Tbird 950@950
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[dfgsd]

seems wierd. maybe it is fake?...that'd be wierd. becasue they stopepd making 950s before they even came out with that new material

[Todd a]

They likely are still making the 950's. The only thing is they used to be made at Austin, but that plant is already being switched over to the manufacturing of flash memory. They likely had to shift production elsewhere. This means they will use whatever substrates are being used in Dresdin. The material does not make much differance, but the machines to connect the core to the substrates is. They have to use what they have avaluable.

The odd thing is this thing should have copper interconnectors as that is what all of Dresdin uses. That means you likely have a standard Thunderbird core with copper intereconnectors. That means it should overclcok REALLY good. These cores generally hit 1.4-1.6Ghz. The only problem is you can not tell from the shape of the core. If it has aluminum interconnectors like the Athlons below 1Ghz are all supposed to have then you will not be able to get much beyond 1.0-1.1Ghz.

It also could be an Athlon XP core, but the shape again whould be differant as shown in the link you gave.

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FOP32-1 Mod w/80mm 30db
Epox 8KHA+ KT266A
256MB Crucial DDR266 cas2
GeForce4 Ti4200 (300/551)
Sound Blaster Audigy
Antec SX-630 Case (mod'd)
TTGI TT-350-SS 370w PS

[hanzo918]

Well I'm very interested in this lil piece of unit
And I'm sure some of u would like to know what's up as well. =P
I'll find out this weekend when I attempt to overclock w/ my new HHC-001 lapped...
I'll be throwing on a copper shim, using Arctic Silver 3, and the HHC-001... Hopefully it'll give me some good results. =)
*Crosses fingers*
Oh, should I attempt to changed the FSB first or the multiplier first after unlocking the unit??

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~The lost man w/ Athlon Tbird 950@950
Abit KT7A
ThermalTake Volcano 6Cu+
Quantum 40gb 7200rpm ATA100
Enlight 7237 Mid Tower
Crucial 256 PC133
LeadTek GeForce 2MX
SB Live! Value

[ol' man]

Originally posted by hanzo918:
Well I'm very interested in this lil piece of unit
And I'm sure some of u would like to know what's up as well. =P
I'll find out this weekend when I attempt to overclock w/ my new HHC-001 lapped...
I'll be throwing on a copper shim, using Arctic Silver 3, and the HHC-001... Hopefully it'll give me some good results. =)
*Crosses fingers*
Oh, should I attempt to changed the FSB first or the multiplier first after unlocking the unit??

I think you shouold take a pic!



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[K62]

yes i would really like to see this too

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[Todd a]

Start with upping the multiplier. This will only overclock the CPU, which is what we are interested in.

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FOP32-1 Mod w/80mm 30db
Epox 8KHA+ KT266A
256MB Crucial DDR266 cas2
GeForce4 Ti4200 (300/551)
Sound Blaster Audigy
Antec SX-630 Case (mod'd)
TTGI TT-350-SS 370w PS

[hanzo918]

Ummm sure I'll try to borrow a digital camera for the weekend and take pix of mai progress I guess. =)

And since the core might be a standard Tbird core, the voltage should be running at regular Tbird voltage?

My standard KT7A voltage is 1.75, I jus lowered it to 1.70 and it's still running fine...

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~The lost man w/ Athlon Tbird 950@950
Abit KT7A
ThermalTake Volcano 6Cu+
Quantum 40gb 7200rpm ATA100
Enlight 7237 Mid Tower
Crucial 256 PC133
LeadTek GeForce 2MX
SB Live! Value

[USSVoyager]

A good deal of the Athlons in the world will run with a lower than default voltage. I, myself, have an overclocked Athlon XP at less than default core. The voltage is at 1.75V by default so the few stubborn Athlons would make it out of the factory, I would guess.

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[hanzo918]

K
Computer underway now...
I took out the CPU
It looks like a XP and not a doughbread
And it has copper bridges
However, unlike the XP, it has 4 gates (like Tbirds), not 5...

Jus got my HHC-001 lapped... =D Nice mirror finish, I can see maiself!!

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~The lost man w/ Athlon Tbird 950@950
Abit KT7A
ThermalTake Volcano 6Cu+
Quantum 40gb 7200rpm ATA100
Enlight 7237 Mid Tower
Crucial 256 PC133
LeadTek GeForce 2MX
SB Live! Value

[Nukfutz]

What about that digital camera?

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[hanzo918]

Digi cam?
Jus got it a few hrs ago from a cousin
And now it's out of batteries... o_O


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~The lost man w/ Athlon Tbird 950@950
Abit KT7A
ThermalTake Volcano 6Cu+
Quantum 40gb 7200rpm ATA100
Enlight 7237 Mid Tower
Crucial 256 PC133
LeadTek GeForce 2MX
SB Live! Value

[DuronClocker]

Hmmm....4 bridges sounds like a Tbird core

But if it is copper like Todd a suggested, you should be one of the only people in the world to have a Tbird 950 @ 1.6GHz on air cooling

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