About to buy a new T-bird, need a bit of Help

[DreamKaZz]

I'm about to upgrade to a T-bird this week but i was wondering wich cpu i should get
either a t-bird cpu around 750Mhz and try to overclock it to 1000mhz or buy a straigh 1000mhz cpu.
I read at overclockers.com on their cpu database that the 750 t-bird had the best chance for hitting 1ghz. Is that true? Also where could i see pictures of the diferrent core for the t-bird cause i would like to see what those blue core (copper?) look like.
Also would my alpha pal6035 not shure if thats the right model thats on my celeron II fit on a T-Bird?

Also where could i find the best prices in canada?

 

[Renob]

Yes it is true I have built 10 systems in the last few month and used t-bird 750 on abit KT7 boards and they all did a gig and some of them did 1100 so get a 750 you will love it.

 

[DreamKaZz]

anybody else?

 

[compuwiz1]

Renob may be onto something with the 750. I have tried several 800's and am getting 50% to 950 and the rest to 1GHz, or slightly over. I've been into a batch of really wild 1000's too, with many going over 1300MHz!

 

[Marty]

Yup, if you catch a copper 1000MHz chip, your chances for 1.2+ GHz are pretty good. Of course, everything 1100 and up is garuanteed to be copper, if you don't want to risk it. The system I just built uses a 1.1GHz T-Bird currently running at 1300. I say if the price difference is small, go for the better chip. Of course it all depends on your dfenition of small.

Marty

 

[ChipNOW]

Get the gig, it's one of the best value-for-money T-birds at the moment, and you should get at least 1.1

 

[NivekC4]

if you catch a copper 1000MHz chip, your chances for 1.2+ GHz are pretty good

How do you know if the 1Ghz chip is copper or not? I just ordered mine about 2 days ago, and it hasn't arrived, yet, but I am interested in how to determine whether it is copper or not. Also, if it is copper, does it mean it can overclock better?

Thanks
Nivek