Originally posted by: suckerpunch
What if we're not interested in performance differences? I'd prefer to buy a board that doesn't have odd issues with reboots or high-voltage memory, so I'm hoping that the C2 stepping goes towards solving these issues.
Also, a forum poster at HardOCP claims to have recieved the C2 stepping on a Gigabyte DS3 through Newegg. I can't find the posting right now, but if you refuse to wait any longer, this would be your best bet of finding the chipset.
Originally posted by: suckerpunch
I just got the following back from Gigabyte :
Dear Customer,
The C2 stepping was only released by Intel at the end of September. It probably be in early November before this version chipset is on the retail/distribution level. We will not distinguish stepping versions of the 965 chipset.
Thank you for using Gigabyte products.
There's the official word, for whatever it's worth.