Barton 2600+ Unlock

bverkino · Dec 16, 2005

Guys,
I am offered a barton 2600 +, and it has a code of "AQUCA". Would you guys please help me to explain what is the meaning of this ? :shrug:

Because I ask the other day in this forum, that one way to differentiate the unlock or not is by seeing the date of manufacture like 0305 or something.

stang8118 · Dec 16, 2005

bverkino said:
Guys,
I am offered a barton 2600 +, and it has a code of "AQUCA". Would you guys please help me to explain what is the meaning of this ? Because I ask the other day in this forum, that one way to differentiate the unlock or not is by seeing the date of manufacture like 0305 or something.

That is the stepping of the cpu. And the only way to truely know if it is unlocked is the manufactor date on it (which is the next 4 numbers next to the stepping you gave us) If you are before 0335 you'll be unlocked, if its after that (like 0410) you'll be locked.

Basically the 03 is the year, and the 35 is the week it was made.

bverkino · Dec 16, 2005

stang8118 said:
That is the stepping of the cpu. And the only way to truely know if it is unlocked is the manufactor date on it (which is the next 4 numbers next to the stepping you gave us) If you are before 0335 you'll be unlocked, if its after that (like 0410) you'll be locked.

Basically the 03 is the year, and the 35 is the week it was made.

Ok thanks man.. actually I am offered for the price of 195US$ together w/ mobo AN7, 2600+ unlock, and Thermaltake Volcano12+. I do not know if this is worth it or not. what do you say? all are 2nd hand. because I'm starting to think of just building a athlon64 cpu.

t_biggs · Dec 16, 2005

I wouldn't for that much. For less money, you could get a "high-end" Sempron and a good NF3 motherboard. Assuming you already have good ram, you could overclock the snot out of the Sempron and end up being in disbelief of how much performance you are getting for so little money.

ataxy · Dec 16, 2005

t_biggs said:
I wouldn't for that much. For less money, you could get a "high-end" Sempron and a good NF3 motherboard. Assuming you already have good ram, you could overclock the snot out of the Sempron and end up being in disbelief of how much performance you are getting for so little money.

i agree you can get a way better deal then that

benbaked · Dec 16, 2005

even if it were a mobile barton 2600 it would still be a bad deal. right now newegg has a sempron 2600 for $64, or you can buy this biostar SFF for $230 and it comes with the sempron 2600 for free. not sure how much that biostar will overclock (if any) but even at stock speed i'm positive an A64 sempron would be faster then a barton due to the on-die mem controller alone, plus that chip has amd64 extensions. lotsa people are overclocking those sempron chips to 2.6-2.7ghz.

The Coolest · Dec 16, 2005

That is a very early barton, most likely won't even see any speed past 2200Mhz with lots of volts.
For around $130 on newegg you can get a Socket 754 Sempron setup which will both be much faster and much more overclockable. Plus will support 64bit OSes.

bverkino · Dec 17, 2005

The Coolest said:
That is a very early barton, most likely won't even see any speed past 2200Mhz with lots of volts.
For around $130 on newegg you can get a Socket 754 Sempron setup which will both be much faster and much more overclockable. Plus will support 64bit OSes.

Thanks all for the expl. So I would better not building a socket A system? hmm.. Guys, I have a budget for around 200 US$ for complete CPU (exclude VGA). Do you guys have any advise for sempron system or A64 ? Preferably OC-able.

stang8118 · Dec 17, 2005

If you need a cpu/mobo combo i would suggest a mobile 754, and the dfi nf3 250gb board.

Know Nuttin · Dec 17, 2005

what components do you already own, if any?

This is a decent start for motherboard/CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128259
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104245

Are you willing to go with onboard video?

bverkino · Dec 18, 2005

Know Nuttin said:
what components do you already own, if any?

This is a decent start for motherboard/CPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128259
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104245

Are you willing to go with onboard video?

@knownuttin : none :santa:

. I build again from zero. I've sold my old one (barton2800+) and wish to build w/ a within my budget system, but OC-able. my old barton is stuck in stock speed :bang head

@stang8118 : thanks for the info. I'll think consider about it

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