Lithan, yeh, I know what you mean. I too regret buying the 1700 instead of the 1800. I just couldn't WAIT!
I'm going to wait ti'll the 'B' rev. for the 1800+ comes out.. I can wait for that.
As far as the aiuga 0241 steppings go, I managed to get 2046mhz stable @ 1.95v(8hrs of toast, and 3dmark loop). I might have to do the '1.85v' mod on the cpu to access higher voltages through the bios(if I do, I can pump out 2.1v on the cpu). I'm hoping I can beat my previous overclock of + 700mhz, but so far it's looking a tad dim
For everyday use 12 x 166 ULTRA @ 1.85v should suffice for now.
For benching I have yet to try 204 x 10, perhaps tomm. temps while folding are 28c case, 38c load while folding(room temp 27c).
For a 70$ cpu, it isn't so bad especially if you can get 2400+ status.