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After and enermax PS took out half my system, i replaced my 1800+ with a 2200+. Running a nothing special coolermaster and it's perfectly stable at 1.9ghz default voltage. I was fairly concernd by most of what i read, thinking i wasn't going to get much out of it, but i'm pretty happy so far. Course, I may not get much father then 1.9.....but a 2400+ will solve that problem

Do you find the temps much higher?

With the newer steppings the temps seem a bit more even on an overclock.
Your old 1800 chugging along fine.

I'm figuring that a 2200+ will be my last XP and next upgrade.

blackhawk:

Even though I bought the Thoroughbred Athlon XP 2200+ early in the release cycle (meaning I have the rev A chip), I've been very happy with it's performance. I couldn't go much above 1.9 GHz using the default voltage, so I left it there. I understand the rev B chip has that extra layer and is much more capable of higher frequency operation. Maybe you got the rev B chip - it's only a very slight increase in height, something you couldn't measure with common tools. I wonder if the package marking indicates the revision of the die? I forgot to write mine down when I was installing the heatsink. I didn't even unlock my chip (I think you only need to connect one set of L-1 bridges - the one on the end), so I'm at the default multiplier too.

I read in the Nov. issue of MaxPC that there is a marking either on the box or the die (don't remember and have misplaced the issue) to tell you what revision of the chip you have. SO if you can find the Nov. issue you can find out.. :B eGo

eGoCeNTRoNiX:

I bought mind as an OEM device - no box included (just the anti-static plastic tray). I sure don't want to remove that massive copper heatsink just to see what version I have. Besides, since I got one of the early ones, it must be the revision A. Perhaps cak (I intended my original post for him actually) has written down his codes, or maybe he purchased the boxed CPU?