HDD Retail or OEM?

mishima · 17 Dec 2006 at 21:01

Whats the difference with OEM and Retail HDDs? Do you get no cables with OEM?

djcj · 17 Dec 2006 at 21:17

I just got the drive on its own in some bubble wrap iirc.

Massive Attack · 17 Dec 2006 at 21:48

OEM is the bare drive, Retail comes with all the warrenty crap and cables plus some software

squiffy · 17 Dec 2006 at 21:51

Go for OEM, you don't need cables, screws, manual or packaging. If you're into computers you'll have loads of SATA and PATA cables, if not they're only a couple of quid (and you'll want to buy round PATA cables anyway)