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Difference between OEM and Retail processor?

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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? :confused:
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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