What's the deal with C1 stepping

[adtrance]

I've noticed that everyone prefers the C1 stepping, and when I checked the box that my 2.53 came in, it's the C1 stepping batch. Should I be jumping for joy? What makes C1 stepping better? Thanks

 

[BigJ]

C1 steppings are newer revisions of the Intel product line. Whats so amazing about them is that alot of the Dell C1 P4 1.8A pulls yielded some amazing overclocks (3.2ghz w/ stock voltage), as also the 2.4Bs and other speeds. I may be mistaken, but I thought all 2.53 P4s were C1 chips?

 

[MetroRider]

I may be mistaken, but I thought all 2.53 P4s were C1 chips?

You are mistaken in that all P4 - 2.66 and 2.8 cpu's are C1's, but the first batch of 2.53's were not C1 chips.

 

[adtrance]

So what makes the C1 stepping better at handling o/c?

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

Originally posted by: adtrance
So what makes the C1 stepping better at handling o/c?

The common belief is that the C1 stepping silicon revision was developed to accomodate the higher speed cpu's such as the 2.66, 2.8, and 3.06; the results clearly demonstrate that most (if not all) lower-clocked C1 stepping P4's (1.8, 2.0, 2.4) are able to achieve these speeds, if not higher.

 

[adtrance]

Nice. Now all I need to get is a good MB to compliment the o/c'ing potential of the cpu.