AXIA, AYJHA, etc

[parikh26]

I was reading the hot deals forum and guys were elated to find that the chips they ordered off Newegg were AXIA Y. Someone please explain the significance of this. I assume the letters are part of the serial number or some kind of location id to identify a particular fab they were created at. Does this also indicate the chip has the L1 bridges already shorted to facilitate overclocking? I also assume you can probably request a particular chip from a small vendor specializing in oc'ing (one who verifies chips can reach a certain clock), but that larger vendors (ie Newegg) ships the chips at random.

Thanks for the input.

 

[fetuchin]

i'm not an expert, but here i go:
t-birds as most processors are produced on a continuous-updating policy which leads to minor improvements or changes thus making different "steppings" or production stages, each one know by a certain string printed on the second line of the processor identity code. the first letters are those taken to say whether it's an axia, avia, az... so on, and the "Y" following axia is the first letter starting the third row of the code. if you've got an axia 9 as i do, you're not a lucky guy, axia Y, axia Z, Avia Y, Avia Z are far better for o/c

 

[SpideyCU]

I was one of those elated fellas that got an AXIA Y (14th week) from NewEgg. That in and of itself doesn't mean that the L1 bridges are shorted, but that's how it seems to turn out for most. Good thing too (my "old" 700 T-bird that my dad now has also came with the L1 bridges shorted...gotta love it). Other than that, fetuchin pretty much covered it.

 

[AMDconvert]

yep, I just got a 1.2GHz 266FSB from newegg earlier this week and it was an AXIA Y stepping. The AXIA and especially the Y ones are supposed to be really good for overclocking.

 

[6TNINE]

axia y is the best bird u can get for overclocking under the 1.2 standard ghz. If you go up to 1.33 ghz, then it seems as though the ayhja chips are the best. if ur looking for pure overclocking speed, go w/ and axia y 1 ghz, it should overclock very well. i have an axia y 1.2 266 fsb. it posts at 1590 w/ standard cooling. i run it at 1493 totally stable. it runs hot so i'm moving to water cooling soon, hopefully that will help increase the speed too.......whatever u do, make sure you keep the chip cool, that helps a lot.