Difference between OEM and Retail processor?

[sehcure]

Looking at the i5 2500k, the retail is £6 more.
It's not that i'm worried about the price difference, i'm just genuinely curious..What's the difference?
Is it the box?

 

[Blackwhite]

OEM doesn't come with a Heatsink and it has 1 Year warranty only.

 

[Hyburnate]

Retail is worth the extra £6. Get a heatsink, 2 years extra warranty and if you come to sell it you can state that its a retail.

 

[sehcure]

If you use a third party cooler you don't need the heatsink do you? :|

 

[andy_mk3]

If you use a third party cooler you don't need the heatsink do you? :|

No but the warranty is the main bonus.

 

[Hyburnate]

Just go with the retail. Who wouldn't want 2 years warranty extra on a £180 CPU for JUST £6.

 

[ng93]

Retail - heatsink, 3 years warranty

OEM - no heatsink, 1 years warranty

 

[thezakarum]

When you overclock the cpu doesn't the warranty become void?

I went for retail just for the 3 years warranty but I thought once you've overclocked it they won't accept warranty or somthing I could be wrong.

 

[Razzi]

When you overclock the cpu doesn't the warranty become void?

I went for retail just for the 3 years warranty but I thought once you've overclocked it they won't accept warranty or somthing I could be wrong.

Nope I don't believe overclocking the cpu matters for the warranty.

 

[Rik1254]

It states in the handbook you can overclock to the maximum stock speed (so the 2500k can be "OC'd" to 3.7GHz), any more and it voids the warranty, but 99% of the time they cant prove an overclock.