is 1600+ the ocing king after 1.6a?

[rizge]

i want to buy an athlon xp processor and i wanted to know which one has better chance to overclock higher?
1600+ or 1800+? i only have both of them in egypt
and sorry again but what is 3:5 and 2:8 or whatever?
has anyone heard of them

 

[N8]

I have a 1800+ AGKGA and a 1600+ AROIA. To put it simply, the 1600+ smokes the 1800+ in max OC, 1917MHz @ 2.1vcore. I had trouble getting the 1800+ to 1800MHz. The performance is in the stepping. AGKGA is not a good stepping, as this was one of the first 1800+'s produced. Buy a good stepping if possible, whatever the MHz.

 

[dEvio]

What's that "stepping" you're talking about N#?

 

[N8]

The stepping is the first 5 letters on the 2nd line on the CPU die.

Some examples:
My 1600+:
AROIA
My 1800+:
AGKGA
My 1.2 Tbird:
AXIAR
My 1.0 Tbird:
EYHJA

Here's a pic of a 1900+ AGOGA from newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=19-103-333-01.JPG

 

[alphacane]

N8, what type of cooling are you using on the 1600+?

 

[McCarthy]

Unknown stepping, my 1600+ won't take more than a 33mhz overclock. Even at that (1700+ level, right?) I had a few more lockups and said screw it, put it back to stock. Noisy fan might have made it as stable, but 33mhz isn't worth the irritation to me.

Alpha 8045, Panaflo fan.

--Mc

 

[CrazySaint]

What exactly is "stepping" and how can you tell if you have a good stepping?

 

[N8]

Originally posted by: alphacane
N8, what type of cooling are you using on the 1600+?

This CPU is cooled by a Thermalright AX-7 & YS-Tech 48.5cfm fan. Rather mild cooling.

 

[rizge]

what is the best stepping for ocing for the 1600+?

 

[pay]

AROIA then AGOIA

 

[pay]

N8, just wondering, when did you purchase that AROIA.. if it was recently im sure id have a good shot at getting one too

 

[alfietooch]

n# - when you say 100% air cooled ? what does that mean?? sorry..
i currently have an athlon xp1800 + ecs k7vta3 board + ddr333 kingmax... = all i did was change the bus to 140.. now its running at 1.6 from 1.5(Something) .. just starting to experiment with over clocking.. anything else i can do?? without having to spend some more? my cpu fan is just the retail fan... any way for me to check cpu temp without rebooting and checking the bios? thnks..