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When overclocking, the stability of the processor is greater than it was being stuck at the factory multiplier. In many cases the limitations are from strange FSB settings and not having a proper bus divider at more extreme speeds. The 11x Multiplier for this CPU using the speedstrip seems to be the most stable setting but I am able to gain more power out of the 12x with crashes occuring now and then. Their usage of the 2400 seems to have held true here as well. What was once a hard to overclock and buggy 2100 now screams at 3200+ with no issues. The speedstrip accomplishes the set goal and allows for full flexibility without having to worry about taking tools out to void the warranty or destroy the CPU possibly.

For the record once attempts were made to hit past 12.5 the motherboard stopped cooperating with the requests being placed on it for multiplier values. The Speedstrip can still be verified as working as the automatic default setting of a 5x multiplier after setting the multiplier to the default automatic setting. Hopefully some feedback can roll in regarding this so I know if possibly it might be the CPU that is limited and not the motherboard which I am suspecting right now.

For such a small piece it does quite a large task. While all processors will hold different results the Speedstrip brings a new dimension of potential to overclocking the AMD Athlon XP series in the .13 process form. According to Speedstrip LLC they see quite a future in making L3 unlocking parts for future generations that will come fourth. We hope to see them around with that magic that they seem to do so well with the SSA-1. At the time of completing the article the CPU has run 3200+ XP for a week now with no thermal warnings from the system. I think the Speedstrip has proven itself to be worthy of consideration to overclockers seeking for a bang without it coming out of the CPU and their wallets (they are going for 15$ from the links to retailers over at http://www.speed-strip.com ). The Speedstrip SSA-1 Gets a 9.5 out of 10 as the major concern still rests on the raised section between the CPU and the socket.