OEM - does that mean short warranty?

hopeful_builder · 11 Mar 2012 at 21:44

Was going to buy a new Hard drive to add to my rig, looking at this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-255-SE&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1954

Fantastic price But its OEM. Which in my experience with HDD means only 12 months warranty? Or am I mistaken? usually get 3 years with retail drives I think.
:confused:

beejjacobs · 11 Mar 2012 at 21:49

- Warranty: 2 Years

won't come with any cables though.

tom_e · 11 Mar 2012 at 21:50

2yrs according to that page.

hopeful_builder · 11 Mar 2012 at 21:51

beejjacobs said:
won't come with any cables though.

no cables is fine, I need to get some black SATA cables as the red ones I have now look horrid in my rig.

Still only 2 years tho? I thought It was at least 3 with a retail drive?

Surveyor · 11 Mar 2012 at 22:05

HDD manufacturers have considerably reduced their HDD warranty periods.

Seagate Joins Western Digital in HDD Warranty Massacre

Seagate Barracuda drives have had their warranty slashed to 1 year.

As EU law requires a minumum 2 year warranty that seems to be what you get in the UK.

hopeful_builder · 11 Mar 2012 at 22:11

Thanks Surveyor.

Thats pretty bad news for us the "consumer", do you think this is claw back some revenue after the floods?

I'm gonna have to just go for it lol, 2 years is better than one I guess. Was tempted to go for the 3TB, but I already have a couple of 2TB so might as well just stick with the same for now

Surveyor · 11 Mar 2012 at 22:28

hopeful_builder said:
Thats pretty bad news for us the "consumer", do you think this is claw back some revenue after the floods?

I'd say it's at least part of it but it's not the spin Seagate put on it:

By aligning to current industry standards Seagate can continue to focus its investments on technology innovation and unique product features that drive value for our customers rather than holding long-term reserves for warranty returns.

Yeah, OK....

cyber69 · 12 Mar 2012 at 12:25

I thought anything OEM meant that the warranty was with the end product vendor and not the manufacturer of the hard drive?

I tried to RMA a dead OEM Dell laptop HDD and the warranty was refused.

So your warranty maybe direct with OCuK.