Overclocking athlon XP 1700+

Look at the batch code, date code, and the other codes.

- Batch code JIUHB is the one you want. The "B" means Tbred B. This is essential as Tbred A's did not overclock all that well and Palomino's were terrible. If your batch code ends with the letter "A" then you have a Tbred A.

- The better date codes started at 0307, Year 2003, Week 7.

- You also want it to be a DLT3C as opposed to DUT3C. The "L" means the default voltage is 1.5 volt while the "U" means 1.6 volt. The DLT3C's usually overclock better than the DUT3C's due to a little more voltage headroom (at least that's the rumor).


<b>56K, slow and steady does not win the race on internet!</b>

No. The Tbred A XP1700+ and XP1800+ were all DLT3C but the Tbred B's are available as DUT3C and DLT3C. The former being the better.

Note I said week 0307 and later with batch code JIUHB. Definitely Tbred B.

The killer B's (I like that name) are JIUHB DLT3C and they overclocked to 2.5 Ghz on air cooling and voltages around the 1.75 volt range. Much better than my JIUHB, 0302, DUT3C which can barely hit 2.25 ghz but I needs 2.15 volt to do it (too high for air cooling).

Alas, those killer B's are getting hard to find and now some Tbred A's are being spotted with date codes 0321. (That's according to user comments at Newegg.com).

<b>56K, slow and steady does not win the race on internet!</b>