I9 9900k OEM v Retail

[peter224722]

HI , Looking at the I9 9900k on the overclockers web site at the price of the retail v oem.
Retail @ £480 and the OEM @ £495 normally for hard drives etc , a oem version is just in a anti static where the retail version is in a fully packed retail box and is a few pound more expensive.
So why is the retail cheaper then the oem ? , are they the same thing ?

 

[peter224722]

When it comes to CPU's it usually means you get more basic packaging and no stock HSF, as far as I'm aware the 9900K doesn't come with heatsink anyway.

I'd contact OCUK about it via the support section of the forum, they might well change some of the pricing to suit.

Otherwise you can blame Intel.

Does any of the i9 chips comes with heatsink and fans ? , I was going to go full 2 x 360 rad water cooling loop , but I think I'm just going to get a AIO 360 rad for it.
I'm watching the price right now to see if the price will drop a little more before the end of the mouth when I press the buy button !!

 

[peter224722]

I don't believe so.

They can push out a lot of heat, it probably wouldn't be worth it for Intel to bundle something that could handle the temps. They barely manage it for their more standard chips, let alone the top end. I'd recommend either high end air or a custom loop for one, which it looks like you're going for anyway. The cost to get one of the better AIO's would run into a similar cost as a semi-decent kit anyway. Although I'm sure I'll have dome disagreement there.

My full loop I was going to build for my case a "lian li o11 dynamic xl" it would have been a lot more expensive than a AIO water cooler at about £500 plus !!! , and I've already got the RBG fans ( 6 ), which cost me £20 each and £70 for the RBG fan controller ( commander pro ).

 

[peter224722]

OEM comes in plastic clamshell in plain white box with less warranty.

Retail price is being attacked as the 9900KS is imminently out and Intel are responding in part to AMD pricing by offering cuts.

FWIW 9900KS will turbo all cores to 5Ghz so don't expect to get a good clocker if you buy 9900K as theyre all being binned by Intel and it is not known yet what kind of heat/voltage those chips will do 5Ghz at.

So are the KS more over clockable than thre K chips ?

 

[peter224722]

people allways like to disagree but I do think intel sould provide a stock cooler with all there CPU’s. Look at amd wraith prism cooler now I know we can’t really test it on intel but something like that in intel box would be a nice starter cooler for the cpu.

Having a stock cooler means you can also spread out the cost a bit more on your custom build. One less thing u need to buy at point of sale with cpu ram mobo normally as a base upgrade (I know there are other parts as well) having to buy cooler also will push the price up when u could wait a few weeks and buy the cooler you want. Most of us have to cut something to hit a price point.

a stock cooler is also good for first setup when testing out of the case exp for people with hard tube custom loop allows u to test before reassembling you’re whole system

also whilst a 9900k is a heat generator at oc levels at stock it’s pritty easy to cool really only when tour trying to get that last bit out of it.

but I also wished ryzen 3900x come with some sort of basic gpu inside also just something to show a display out so you don’t have to use my main card when testing outside the case.

but a very good air cooler or watercooling is very good advice though custom loops do have more moving parts and is prone to failure and leaks and compatibility issues and can be quite intimidating for first build though. Allways do your research and get advice from people. But I do recommend a Noctua nh-d15 now in black looks good and excellent cooling

I have been running a stock cooler on my I7 2600k and the fan that came with it was a real train if you run it 100% without OC and would run hot.
Now I've gone AIO I wish I had gone water cooled years before, just can`t see the point of including a cheap heat sink fan which most people are going to bin anyway.

 

[peter224722]

Bit of bummer for those waiting for a KS.

Why the waiting for the KS chips , there out now.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-679-in.html