Thunderbird 1400/nForce2 mobo

[Hellbilly]

I was just curious if anyone tried that combo?

 

[beatle]

Welcome to the forums, Hellbilly. It'll work fine. NF2 motherboards are backwards compatible with all Socket A chips.

 

[ethebubbeth]

yup, you can do that no prob. you'll prolly wanna put something i little stronger in there eventually though

 

[Lurien]

Running that combo right now actually Works just fine. One thing though, try to make sure your ram is running at the same speed as the FSB (should be 266 DDR)

good luck

 

[AkumaX]

how's the perf?

 

[Soulkeeper]

a t-bird in the nf2 should outperform a t-bird in an older or inferior chipset

I would imagine a 1.4ghz t-bird would do pretty good for you with the nf2
also if you have good cooling and are gonna overclock the nf2 will be great for you

 

[Hellbilly]

Sounds nice since i cant afford a new cpu at the time... my t-bird is an unlocked ayhja if i remember correctly so oc-ing it is a must... i will post results soon

 

[Hellbilly]

Now its up and running @1533 11,5*133 works really fine...

 

[LilHen]

Originally posted by: Hellbilly
Now its up and running @1533 11,5*133 works really fine...

If your memory can handle it, why don't you lower the multiplier and jack up the FSB?

 

[Hellbilly]

running@1500 150*10 now... default voltage... how high fsb can you run with a t-bird?

 

[Hellbilly]

forgot to mention what mobo i bought... its a Soltek SL-75FRN2-L

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Hellbilly
running@1500 150*10 now... default voltage... how high fsb can you run with a t-bird?

When I had a T-bird 1.4ghz a long long time ago I got it up to 1.6ghz at 1.80 volts.

Try for as much as you can those old t-birds didnt mind the high voltages as much but keep an eye on your temps.

 

[Hellbilly]

up and running @1575 10,5*150 54C idle 1,85V havent tested for stability yet...

 

[Hellbilly]

@1544 10,5*147 1,85V 54c idle 58c load seems stable... dunno if i can get any higher...

 

[Soulkeeper]

those temps are high
what kinda cooling you got /??
I used to try to keep my t-bird temps down below 52 or so if I could

 

[Richdog]

My T-Bird 1.4Ghz used to run at 1.6Ghz@1.775v but required me to import a glacier into my room to cool it. :beer:

 

[Hellbilly]

just using the lousy taisol it was delivered with... only thing that keeps the temps half decent is the nice case temp... i have 2*120mm low rpm papst fans as intake and 3*80mm papst fans as exhaust.. silent, and casetemp is only about 5C above the temperature in the room.. what HSF should i get? (as silent as possible)