Any chance of getting C2 stepping Conroe board?

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Is there any chance I would get a C2 stepping Asus motherboard if I buy now from zipzoomfly?

Specifically, I'm looking at the P5B-E and the P5B-Deluxe.

cheers

 

[jph1589]

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Is there any chance I would get a C2 stepping Asus motherboard if I buy now from zipzoomfly?

Specifically, I'm looking at the P5B-E and the P5B-Deluxe.

cheers

The Gigabyte DS3 C2's have been shipping for over 2 months at newegg.

 

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Thanks, but I'm threw with Gigabyte boards, despite the DS3's OC'ing prowess. I don't like their BIOS's, amongst other things.

The Asus P5B-E and P5B-Deluxe is what I'm really after. Either of those should net me 500+ FSB.

Good to know that someone is shipping these C2 boards, though.

 

[rainless]

Thanks, but I'm threw with Gigabyte boards, despite the DS3's OC'ing prowess. I don't like their BIOS's, amongst other things.

The Asus P5B-E and P5B-Deluxe is what I'm really after. Either of those should net me 500+ FSB.

Good to know that someone is shipping these C2 boards, though.

I've got over 500FSB on my DS3... but I would've gotten a P5B-Deluxe myself if it wasn't for "circumstances"...

 

[greenmaji]

C2's extra FSB might not translate into performance from what we know at this point.

I doubt you'll be disatisfied with a P5B-Deluxe regardless of the revision of the chipset.

If your getting the E6400 or higher the extra FSB wouldn't help unless you were using phase change or better anyway.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I second the P5B. Gigabytes are decent board, but I have a personal preference for the Asus (I've had bad experiences with Gigabyte boards...)

 

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C2's extra FSB might not translate into performance from what we know at this point.

I doubt you'll be disatisfied with a P5B-Deluxe regardless of the revision of the chipset.

I don't disagree with any of this, but motherboard manufacturers are putting out the C2 revision, at Intel's request, for a reason.

 

[MadMan007]

Anandtech had an article about it, it fixes a few minor errata. They couldn't even get it to oc further, but in those cases where it does oc to a higher FSB the performance isn't any better because the internal chip timings become so loose at the high FSB. This is what green is referring to I think and the only people who have the possibility of being FSB limited are those with extreme cooling.