Reply 20 of 35, by Alkhatri
wrote:I agree with you on the Tualatin being not so terribly exciting, but imo it's the better system compared to Thunderbird for over […]
wrote:I have an i815 Tualatin system, too. It is not as as exciting as an Athlon Thunderbird. Hey, you could have fun trying out the p […]
wrote:But in all seriousness, if you want an easy ride, go Tualatin with i815, but just watch out for those tall CPU heatsinks. These might be a bit more pricey though
I have an i815 Tualatin system, too. It is not as as exciting as an Athlon Thunderbird.
Hey, you could have fun trying out the pencil trick! In the Intel system you will be disappointed about the performance of the chipset, the 512MB limit (mine booted with even more but then crashed! huh?)@Standard Def Steve
He doesn't need an Athlon XP to enjoy DDR, though 😀
It all depends on the chipset.But as mentioned above - cooling a Thunderbird is a bitch 😁
@BSA Starfire
Dual Duron? 😕I agree with you on the Tualatin being not so terribly exciting, but imo it's the better system compared to Thunderbird for overall use, especially if you simply want a system of that era going.
The CPU HSF for Tualatin is really something I underestimated at first, but with a bit of fizzling it's not much of an issue.
1400 Thunderbirds are a challenge to get running well, but once it is running it's all the more rewarding if you ask me 😁
Tualatin boards with DDR were always difficult to find, let alone cheap. I got only a single s370 boards from an OEM and it's a Coppermine board and I purchased it even though it had a broken cap (but somehow no goo on top of the cap? But at least it had DDR slots and I was just happy to finally having one).
I actually experimented with the pencil trick 🤣!
Don't remember what it was I was doing exactly, probably mostly trying out all kinds of weird stuff and it was then when I found out the Thunderbirds used some kind of trick to get those final upper CPU multipliers. Dunno how things are now, but I think 12x or 12.5x was the most one could get out of a penciltricked Thunderbird?i815 was considered the better chipset, but I still decided to get my hands on virtually all Tualatin capable board I could get cheaply.
Overclocking a thunderbird might burn your House 🤣