Quote Originally Posted by jcniest5 View Post
Are you sure you talked to a knowledge salesperson? On several trips to my local Micro Center, the salespersons there are just dumb...when I asked: "Do you have any D0 of the i7 920 CPU yet?" Everyone said, "What? Repeat that." The "D0" tends to be the confusing factor for them. When I further said, "On the i7 920, there is a new stepping called 'D0', do you guys carry that yet?" Then they say, "We don't know there's such out there yet. If there are any, we would show two SKU #s for them...probably one for the newer one and one for the old one. For now, we don't know." How on Earth can their sales floor people don't know such? It's ridiculous...

The best thing is just ask to look at a few CPU boxes in person.
My local MicroCenter seems more knowledgeable than yours. The guy I spoke to said, "We don't have the new stepping in. These here are all SLBCH, you're looking for SLBEJ."

With Fry's, it's a hit or miss for me on knowledgeable sales people.

Santa Clara has no D0 in stock after speaking with the sales dude. Though it might be safe to check personally.