AIUHB 0327MPM, what's the 0327MPM about?

just got a quick question about my Thoroughbred 2400+'s code:

AXDA2400KV3C 04165771240025
AIUHB 0327MPM

I know that the AIUHB stands for stepping 10, but what about the 0327MPM part?

03 is the year when the CPU is manufactured (2003) and the 27 is the week, MPM is another kind of stepping

I would not wary much about that , as long as you can overclock well, How good is it?

how does it oc?

At 1.625V, 16x133 2128MHz (2600+) is stable.
At 1.650V, 17x133 2261MHz (2800+ ?) is stable
At 1.675V, 23x100 2300MHz (????+) is stable

Looking through the CPU database, this seems average. I will get a better heatsink soon, so hopefully I can improve on this.

This is using the stock AMD cooler, modified with a 80mm case fan,
on an MSI K7T266 Pro2 (6380v2.0) modified to accept Thoroughbreds.

These were all done using really weird bios settings, 8x in bios equated 16x real, 9x in bios equated 17x in real, 10x in bios equated 23x in real!

I only stumbled on these multiplyer settings by playing around at 100FSB, then noticing that the multiplyer was not locked after all. But it seems that I can't get anything lower than the stock 15x.

In the beginning I thought this cpu was a real dud, cos I only got up to 136FSB stable! (15x136 2040Mhz, a lousy 2%!)

But then I thought that it might have been due to my motherboard: KT266A based MSI K7T266 Pro2, which officially does not support Thoroughbreds.

I only just modded the motherboard yesterday (removing a capacitor the size of 1/4 rice grain), so that it works with Thoroughbreds, so I figured the motherboard might be the culprit.

Good thing I found how to change the multiplier.

get a SK7 for cheap and bump the voltage to 1.85 and see if you can get 2.4-2.5

Is that voltage safe?

I just got a Volcano 11.
I wanted the Zalman 7000cu, but they were not in stock.

ughh i dont get why so many ppl buy thermaltake products. thermalrights are so much better in every way.

anyways, the voltage is safe as long as you watch your temps. you need to watch it if your temps are above 50c...

i doubt you will be able to run 1.85v w/ a volcano 11... try 1.75 or 1.8

I am in crappy Louvain in Belgium... could not find anything better

The Volcano 11 is really bad. Not even as good the stock AMD heatsink when using the same fan. I really wish I hadn't bought it.
Especially when I found out the the other shop just got their first delivery of Zalman 7000cu's!

Oh well, I guess the fan with the reostat is not too bad. Besides that it is pretty useless.

Well, using the crazy fast loud mode of this fan, 2300Mhz seems to be stable with 1.675v, and 17x133 is stable with 1.65v. Max load is around 37~38c.

BUT, be careful when buying the Zalman. Be sure to buy the Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu, not the CNPS7000-Cu!!!

I just ordered the same heatsink and I'm quite excited. Hope it'll perform as good as I expect it to do.

arggg!
damn shop is closed till Tuesday! They still have my sidepanel from yesterday to make a blowhole!