blue core t-bird???

[merl]

I just got my T-bird 800 and it says made in Malaysia and the center core is definitely blue. Should I be really happy?
-merl

 

[merl]

sorry bout the double post

 

[paulip88]

Sure you should be happy. I think all the AMD chips are packaged in Malaysia, although the cores themselved are produced at either the Dresden fab or the Texas fab.

 

[todays]

OK, now where did you buy it?

 

[merl]

bought it at allstarcomponents.com for $160. Could it be this is just a Duron overclocked and sold cheap?

 

[Rudee]

This whole blue core/green core is not that big of a deal.

I've tested dozens of CPU's - both green and purple/blue. In the majority of cases they overclock equally.

 

[Deeko]

If it was a Duron, it would have less cache. That is about the running rate for 800MHz Tbird, I think, so you should be good. The copper/alluminum core doesn't make a whole lot of difference though.

 

[R0b0tN1k]

Man, why won't you kids understand...the colour of the core cap means NOTHING!!! It could be a rainbow and still be a goddamn Thunderbird core.

 

[sleepdragon]

For duron, the color of the die makes no difference b/c all durons are made in Austin and are aluminum...HOWEVER, for t-bird, that's another story...although it's hard to identify copper t-bird and aluminum t-bird just base on the die color...from all the reports...it looks like if your t-bird core is blue...the chance are pretty good that you have a copper t-bird...and looks like copper t-bird has the following three types of code...AEEA, AHEA, or AJEA...so if you see a blue t-bird with one of the three code, i would say the percantage it is a copper t-bird is pretty high...

 

[jinsonxu]

What's the exact tribble about it? I forgot the details, does copper conduct heat faster or dissipate heat faster? I'm currently under the impression that copper conducts faster and aluminium dissipates faster.

 

[MikeHelvey]

Has anyone proven that there is an "overclockability" delta between the al and copper cores? Other then it just makes sense? I'd be interested in seeing the results of a statistically relevant sample.

Mike Helvey