I know I have an Athlon XP 1700+ cpu since I installed it myself, but I didn't look at the chip very well when I inistalled it so I don't know if it's a version a or version b...

Is there anyway I can find out which verison it is short of taking off the heatsink and looking at the chip itself? Putting on that heatsink was a b*tch and I don't wanna have to take it off unless I'm upgrading to a new cpu.... Is there some software, I can't remember if Sandra tells you that much info...

Reason why I want to know is because I heard the b versions are much better for overclocking....Thank You.

Try This (http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r758.html).

Thanx MasterMind but it doesn't tell me the serial # which is what I need to know which version it is...i tried another program called camel cpu identifier, still no help...

http://mp3.zonebg.com/cpu/cpu.php


or

http://www.cpuid.com/index.php

OR

http://www.h-oda.com/

Thanx for ur help guys...Found out I have a Thoroughbred-A which suck for overclocking...oh well...had to take off the heatsink but at least I got to give a good cleaning...:)

Time to buy a faster cpu and overclock that, any suggestions? My board will hold up to 2800+