1.4 T-Bird stepping???

[peaks]

I'm looking to upgrade my current fosil of a system to a 1.4 T-Bird, but I'm a little confused?! I want the best and from what I've been reading that would be the AYHJA stepping with a serial# starting with the letter "Y"...is this true?? Also are all the 1.4 T-Birds based on the AYHJA stepping or is there something worse to watch out for when shopping for my new cpu??? One more thing... I read somewhere yesterday about a new stepping AYHJAR... has anyone seen any reviews on it??? and if its the one to buy , where can I get one???

 

[heffe734]

Get a 1.4 from newegg.com...it'll be cheap and you'll most definately end up with a AYHJA. Try to not focus on the AYHJAR reports...OCz and athlonoc.com are a bunch of liars trying to make a buck that's all. Their information is misleading...

 

[Jennifer66]

I would also like this info.
Does amd have a list of cpus and their stepping like intel?
I went to the amd site but could not seem to locate one.
Also is there any difference with reatil and oem amd cpu's performance wise?

 

[heffe734]

First of all, i don't buy retail because i don't ever plan on having a chip for more then a year. And i've heard from many ppl here around the forums that OEM chips OC better...so i guess in a sense you can say that they do perform better. Plus, with the money you save from going OEM, you can get yourself a decent HSF...like a sk-6 or taisol or global win cak. If you are worried about warranty, i recommend that you build your system early and if anything goes wrong, most vendors will have a 7-30 warranty (varies by vendor) on the chips. So just build your system soon after you receive everything. Once again, i highly recommend newegg.com and grabbing their 1.4's. From what i know, AMD does not having a steppings chart...but the 1.4 ayhja is a very good chip. Most 1.4's if not all come AYHJA anyways. Disregard any info from ocz and athlonoc.com...their numbers are misleading and WRONG.

 

[Jennifer66]

Thanks alot.
Amd only started making the 1.4's in late june so I doubt there could be more than 1 or 2 steppings.