Is CPU Stepping still a thing for dual socket motherboards?

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We have a new dual socket Dell server with a single AMD 7302 3GHz. I want to add another AMD 7302 3GHz to the second socket. I went to our authorized dell seller and asked but they told me it might not work because the CPU stepping might not match. I remember in the past it was a thing but I don't really see much about it for newer hardware.

Anyone have any resources or reading material to share on it? If I have a server with a AMD 7302 3GHz can't I just buy another AMD 7302 3GHz to put in there?

Thanks.
 
It can matter and most builders are going to stick with strictly the same stepping. In reality it will probably work with any production cpus. Only time I could see it presenting a problem is a early engineering sample and retail chip.
 
As far as I know the processor which is specifically branded as "Epyc 7302" only ever had one revision.
 
just make sure if you buy it off ebay that you get one that also came from a dell server or it won't boot.
 
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