Intel X58 Chipset Moves from B-2 to B-3 Stepping in April

malware · Feb 16, 2009

Intel will be moving its current high-end X58 chipset to B-3 stepping, the company announced in a recent official notification to motherboard makers. The IOH (I/O Hub) component of the Intel X58 Express chipset is converting from the current B-2 stepping to the new B-3 stepping. This step will require manufacturers to do a re-qualification, although both revisions are pin-to-pin compatible. No modifications or changes in the design of current motherboards will be needed for the new chipset stepping. First batch of B-3 X58 silicon will become available to board manufacturers on April 10th. The B-3 chipset marking will be replaced from SLGBT to SLGMX.

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Disruptor4 · Feb 16, 2009

Any idea on what it exactly changes/fixes/improves?

FordGT90Concept · Feb 16, 2009

Disruptor4 said:
Any idea on what it exactly changes/fixes/improves?

Ditto.

I suppose it will work with D0 processors out of the box (without BIOS update for CPUID) but is that the only change?

imddg69 · Feb 16, 2009

And to think I just baught my new board for Christmas. :cry:

Deleted member 3 · Feb 16, 2009

Without knowing what is changed I don't think anyone could care. Plus, if they don't say what's changed I'm guessing it's nothing major.

imddg69 · Feb 16, 2009

I agree!

Believe me, I won't care either unless it increases benchmark scores by 50% or more, or makes games play like they were real life. I seriously doubt anyone will go out and upgrade if they've aready got a mobo that supports DDR3.

ShadowFold · Feb 16, 2009

People buy intel branded boards? Or is this info for OEM builders?

PCpraiser100 · Feb 16, 2009

Dammit! $300 down the drain! I hope this doesn't scrw up compatibility with the Westmere chips.

eidairaman1 · Feb 17, 2009

they need to notifiy the change on the carton of the mobo along with the Etailers specifying what the differences are

Hayder_Master · Feb 17, 2009

i don't know what intel want and what they doing , but only i think they do something good for them not for us

Binge · Feb 17, 2009

hayder.master said:
i don't know what intel want and what they doing , but only i think they do something good for them not for us

Yes because obviously they aren't filling the needs of the consumer but they are playing the role of "Evil Dictator" :rolleyes:

Wshlist · Feb 17, 2009

It's quite costly to start a new stepping I was given to understand, so it seems odd everybody dismisses it as 'probably doing next to nothing' when they change a chipset or even a CPU stepping.

Duffman · Feb 17, 2009

ShadowFold said:
People buy intel branded boards? Or is this info for OEM builders?

it's for all manufactures who use the X58 chipset from intel.

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