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CPU Purchase question.

Jamy

Jamy

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They are the same CPU.

The first comes with 2 years more warranty, a cooler, and a nice retail box!

Do you already have it?
 
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yeh tell your friend, if he wants as little warantee as he can to be a cheap, then thats upto him, i did the same thing as you and got a retail for the extra 2 years
 
beejjacobs said:
They are the same CPU.

The first comes with 2 years more warranty, a cooler, and a nice retail box!

Do you already have it?
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This is what I thought when looking.

I already bought the first one. He was on about K-Series or something
 
Jamy said:
This is what I thought when looking.

I already bought the first one. He was on about K-Series or something
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They're both the same CPU, with the differences above. They're both "K" chips which can therefore be overclocked with an appropriate motherboard.

If you've already got it, keep it :)
 
kiel367 said:
yeh tell your friend, if he wants as little warantee as he can to be a cheap, then thats upto him, i did the same thing as you and got a retail for the extra 2 years
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Just got off the phone to jamy (im the friend btw) and he fudged up. He posted OEM and retail when he meant to post a link to the one he actually bought (which is a 2500 from amazon) not the k version.

I appreciated you calling me cheap though thats :cool:.
 
metbandit1 said:
Just got off the phone to jamy (im the friend btw) and he fudged up. He posted OEM and retail when he meant to post a link to the one he actually bought (which is a 2500 from amazon) not the k version.

I appreciated you calling me cheap though thats :cool:.
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Ah, well if he got the 2500 and not 2500K then thats a different story and we'd all agree its worth sending back for a 2500K :)
 
beejjacobs said:
Ah, well if he got the 2500 and not 2500K then thats a different story and we'd all agree its worth sending back for a 2500K :)
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indeed it would be a much different story, and i would have been agreeing with sending it back if it wasnt the k version
 
:).

The only reason I recommended a OEM instead of the retail too is that Jamy had already ordered a stock cooler, and the OEM package is only £2 more expensive than the 2500 he previously ordered. Trying to save costs for him wherever possible .

Ive had the 2500k OEM for ever a year over-clocked to 4.4 and had no issues, so im not too fussed about the warranty.

IMO if a chips going to fail it will be in the first year, maybe even the first week tbh. (Only IMO of course)
 
metbandit1 said:
:).

The only reason I recommended a OEM instead of the retail too is that Jamy had already ordered a stock cooler, and the OEM package is only £2 more expensive than the 2500 he previously ordered. Trying to save costs for him wherever possible .

Ive had the 2500k OEM for ever a year over-clocked to 4.4 and had no issues, so im not too fussed about the warranty.

IMO if a chips going to fail it will be in the first year, maybe even the first week tbh. (Only IMO of course)
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Fair enough, tbh with the current deal on OcUK I'd recommend OEM too + a decent cooler. Its just when there is little difference between OEM and retail that its worth getting retail IMO
 
I buy retail versions on most things. So you actually did yourself a favor mate. More warranty and the little additional extras (even you dont use them you can always just keep them for spares or backups)

For the sake of a little bit more money its well worth it just for the extra warranty :)
 
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