Help me "Read" this Athlon Code
 

Ok, as I said in a few posts, I've been out of the upgrade/
hardware/watercooling thing for a long time now. I hear
people talk about a "Y" revision XP processor and it being a
MAD overclocker. I've also checked out my processor compaired
to the Overclockers.com Processor OC database, and either
I'm reading this wrong, or I have a really late week. I've not
done this since the "Blue Meanie 750Mhz". So that was a while
ago and I'm a bit outa date.

Tell me what this is and if it's a good one...

AX1700DMT3C
AGKGA0149WPHW
98196669132

Now, if I'm reading this right, it's a week 49, right?

And is this "Y" batch that people are talking about from
a specific plant that's just making killer OC chips or what?
Would the "Y" be part of the Serial Number?

In advance, thanx for your help getting me back up to speed!

AX1700DMT3C
AGKGA0149WPHW
98196669132


Athlon XP, 1700+ the rest of this line is cache, voltages, things like that

AGKGA is the batch code, 0149 is 2001 week49

9 means it probably won't overclock too well

brad many "9"'s OC just fine...

Well so far it was only able to do 145 FSB before unlocking. I'm
still awaiting my new water pump and some other electrical
parts before I assemble my YY Cube and see how well she
runs unlocked.

If I had known about the "Y" code, I would have just hand
picked my processor. Instead I just grabbed what I thought
was the latest week with the idea that the later it is, the better
chance that the plant was more tuned in and making higher
grade of processors....

Or so I thought...

Joe, many do, but it is generally accepted that Y's will OC about 5% higher than a 9 or a 4. K's seem to be very erratic though, some are awesome overclockers, while some are really bad.

we still don't actually know what this Y, K, 9 and 4 stuff means, if it is a batch code, or speed coding or what

Y cpus are supposed to overclock better than "9" cpus

And the St. Louis Rams were supposed to be better than the Patriots :dome:

The truth is, you don't know for sure until you see what happens.

Here's my XP:

http://mx6.250x.com/portablepc/pc3.jpg

I belive that only when they change the batch code they modify the core. The date only says what crystall (right word?) they used.

my "9" and "y" both ayhja 1.33s both around the same week 2x both run the same speed at the same voltage/cooling