i3570k OEM

[mart1985]

I have just purchased the above and am wondering if I have made a mistake.

From what I understand this only has a 1 year warranty instead of 3 on a retail.

I also read an article which said an OEM chip cannot be used for your own build, it must be sold. Is that correct?

 

[justalex81]

oem sometimes has less warranty and doesn't come with a stock cooler.

Of course you can use an oem chip in your own build!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mart1985]

The stock cooler doesnt bother me as I am buying another.

I imagine that if a chip goes wrong it does straight away? So in reality the warranty is irrelevant?

I thought so but this article worried me!

 

[RJC]

You be fine with the OEM, what article did you read?

 

[mart1985]

It was something that came up when I googled OEM cpu.

Obviously feel stupid now that I read anything into it!

Thanks for clearing it up guys.

 

[ubersonic]

From what I understand this only has a 1 year warranty instead of 3 on a retail.

Don't worry about it, i've been a technophile (pretty much opposite of technophobe) since I got my first PC in the late 80's and have owned/built/repaired hundreds maybe thousands of computers, I have never seen a single CPU fail naturally. I have seen a couple fail after enthusiasts overclocked them too far and I saw one fail because the owner kept the computer in a cupboard and it spent all its life running at about 80 degrees, but I have never encountered a single CPU that failed in one, two, even five years without serious involvement on the owners part.

 

[David_Vaughton]

Don't worry about it, i've been a technophile (pretty much opposite of technophobe) since I got my first PC in the late 80's and have owned/built/repaired hundreds maybe thousands of computers, I have never seen a single CPU fail naturally. I have seen a couple fail after enthusiasts overclocked them too far and I saw one fail because the owner kept the computer in a cupboard and it spent all its life running at about 80 degrees, but I have never encountered a single CPU that failed in one, two, even five years without serious involvement on the owners part.

Top advice

The other parts of your pc will fail way before the cpu, just dont put too many volts through in a overclock this can really shorten its life (many threads on what other members consider safe im not sticking my neck out)

for Ivy if your temps never go over 60c you will be fine.

 

[Robes]

Don't worry about it, i've been a technophile (pretty much opposite of technophobe) since I got my first PC in the late 80's and have owned/built/repaired hundreds maybe thousands of computers, I have never seen a single CPU fail naturally. I have seen a couple fail after enthusiasts overclocked them too far and I saw one fail because the owner kept the computer in a cupboard and it spent all its life running at about 80 degrees, but I have never encountered a single CPU that failed in one, two, even five years without serious involvement on the owners part.

This is so true but I've never really thought about it before. I've worked in various levels of IT support for 14 years and have NEVER seen one CPU fail - or at least none I can remember. Thousands of Hard drives, hundreds of sticks of RAM, countless motherboards have all died but never a CPU.