how to find core speed of athlon t-bird 700?

[hoomza444]

i have an athlon t-bird 700, and i want to try and find out what the core speed is. i heard that a lot of these have a 900 core? Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

 

[Ulysses]

Just look at the serial number on the chip.

AFAIK, when people talk about the core being different than the nominal speed of the chip they are talking about the Slot-A type CPU's where the serial number of the chip on the plastic case indicates, say, a 700, but when they open up the case they find it's a 900 per the markings on the chip itself. If you have a Socket-A or "flip chip" type chip, though, you just have to look at it.

 

[hoomza444]

oh yeah, i should have mentioned that it was a slot A. so basically, i would have to take off the heat plate to see the markings as to what the real core speed is?

 

[BurntKooshie]

yep.