Do any Athlon XP's come factory unlocked?

[Apoptosis]

This may seem like a dumb question, but do any XP CPU's come factory unlocked. I am considering a cpu upgrade and am deciding between the 1.4 athlon-c and the xp 1600. I would like to play around with oc options (I'll be buying an EPoX 8KHA+), but don't really want to unlock a 125.00 cpu and possibly damage it.

 

[spikegifted]

not as far as i know... although it's a little bit more involving when compared with the old t'bird, but it is still possible to unlock them yourself... check out tom's hardware, there's a comprehensive guide there!

 

[Rand]

Nope, by default they come multiplier locked. The AthlonMP's are unlocked.

 

[millsy]

There's a place in UK called overclock.co.uk that is selling unlocked Athlon XP's (or so they say).

 

[Slickone]

Tom's said to use conductive silver lacquer. Will rear window defogger paint not work anymore?

 

[bomax]

Athlon MP's come unlocked 🙂

 

[Mikendi]

Athlon MP's are like $50 more per chip - if you are only using single CPU setup go with a regular Tbird like AYHJ stepping - they are unlocked and OC nicely.

 

[grdh20]

The silver stuff didn't seem to stick as well as a deffoger kit for me.

 

[Slickone]

Cool, bought me some defogger paint.

Two more things 1. Does super glue liquid or gel work best? 2. Does scotch tape work good enough? I can probably get some medical tape free (GF is a nurse).