Opteron 165: best place to get a good stepping?

[sparkey]

just got my 170 ccbwe 0546xpaw form ben at tank guys wonderful service plus oc'd to 2.7 first go needless to say i'm a happy geek
thanks ben

 

[atybimf]

I say go for the Mushkin XP4000. Had some running in my former 3GHz Opty 148 rig, and will now be running in my new Opty 165 rig. BTW, the Opty 165 was ordered from TankGuys!

 

[TanisHalfElven]

i was wondering. i haev my opteron 165 but how do i dfind out the stepping.

 

[Libel]

Just look at what is written on the top of your cpu. You should have something like CCBWE and some letters and numbers. That is your stepping.

For example : CCBWE 0534SPMW

 

[TanisHalfElven]

but i already installed the cpu onto the mobo and installed the heat sick on top. so is there no way for me to know?
does not cpu-z give this info

 

[TanisHalfElven]

cpu-z says i have stepiing 2
here a screent shot of cpu-z

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/5893/cpuz3gw.jpg

 

[nealh]

you can only get the stepping from the heatspreading under the HS

 

[jnmfox]

I received my 165 from ZZF yesterday, 0551. Overclocked it up to 2.6 on 1.4v, didn?t try any higher. I wanted 2.4 and that is where I currently have it running with 1.35v.

 

[davegraham]

i got 4 0550WPMW Boxes in yesterday. any takers? LOL

dave

 

[TanisHalfElven]

can ayone take a look at what stepping cpu-z reports.
then tell which stepping corresponds to stepping 2 on cpu-z

 

[Insanelycool]

I just ordered a 165 from ZZF on the 13th... I'll post back with the stepping once I have it in my impatient little hands
I feel like a little kid waiting for christmas.

Anyways, thanks to you all for getting me hyped up about this processor. I don't know if I would have known to pick this one up if it wasnt for these forums.
:beer: Cheers!

Edit: I got the chip, but forgot to check the stepping before I put my waterblock on it. I got it clocked up to 2.7ghz completely pdual prime stable... so I know this chip is everything its cracked up to be, and my motherboard is awesome too; 300x9 is a darn good overclock

 

[guilliam]

followed the thread.. thanks for the info.. might give tankguy a call.. really a gamble to get over newegg.

- g

 

[MrX8503]

i believe monarch has good stepping. i got 0550 vpmw stepping from them. i think its vpmw something. cant remember

 

[Vegitto]

I've got an CCBWE 0550 UPMW .

 

[Vegitto]

I've got an CCBWE 0550 UPMW .

 

[Absolute0]

I just got 2 CCB1E 0550VPMW from Monarch, 165s, 2.85 Ghz with 1.39volts.