Will a 900mhz Thunderbird hit 1ghz easily?

[VinY]

I am building a computer for a friend and he wants to know if a 900mhz Thunderbird would hit 1ghz easily. Please tell me what I have to do, and what HSF would cool well for this? THanks!

 

[LXi]

It's definitely possible if the Tbird is not lucked, which I seriously dont have a clue about the current situation. If the multiplier is not lucked, you'll have to reach at least 112MHz front side bus to get to 1GHz, which I think is pretty hard for an Athlon Tbird.

 

[utopia]

Yes, 1GHz will be almost certain (depends on the core).

 

[VinY]

What about an 800mhz part with proper cooling?

 

[obeseotron]

If it isn't locked, an 800 should do it. Otherwise plan on 5-10% from the FSB.

 

[Charles]

No, I don't think it will hit 1 Gig that easily. I have the unlocked 800MHz core that only could do 950MHz.

 

[Jonny]

I have a 900 @ 1ghz. Its beyond stable.


ps. alpha pal35

 

[MadRat]

Are you cracking RC5 for the TEAM ANANDTECH? Your Thunderbird at any speed would be a welcome addition!

 

[LXi]

Charles: I thought you have P3. P3-800 generally goes to 950. But Tbird is a different story.

 

[CTweak]

TBirds seem to definitly be 'luck of the draw' - some claim the blue ones (Dresden fab'ed copper interconnect cores) overclock better <shrug> who knows for sure? I do know that I have a green core TBird 800 that does 900 easily, and will do 950 with extra voltage. 1G posts with lots of voltage (1.85) but won't load Windows. I have good, but not awesome cooling. Point is, don't count on more than 100MHz overclock ...

 

[bigjon]

Would it be possible to &quot;unlock&quot; the multiplier? I've heard of people doing this with a graphite pen (pencil?) to a Duron. Anyone know anything about this?

Some of you made it sound like some T-Birds may not have locked multipliers. Is this true?!

 

[formulav8]

The TBird you can unlock just like the duron.