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Intel's OEM CPUs

Quronos

Quronos

Quronos

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Quick question thats probably been heard before.

Whats the differences between the OEM version and the retail version of the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300?

Its drivin me mad!

is it that one comes with a garentee and the other doesnt?
or is it just the packaging?

I know the OEM version comes with no heatsinc or fan and that the retail version does. but any differences apart from that?

What would you buy? OEM or retail?
 
Also, OEM cpu doesnt include the fan - just a bare cpu, in a plain box.

Retail pack comes in a nice "Intel" box which includes a stock fan and your warranty papers.
 
Most people here have OEM as they intend to fit a third party cooler. Overclocking will void your warranty if they somehow find out you're doing it, but I don't see how they're do that so I wouldn't worry too much.
 
I remember years back, with the celeron300a. From all the stats that were gathered, the retail cpus were clocking higher than the oem cpus. Hence, the general recommendation for that cpu was to go the retail route. However, in recent times Ive not read about retail cpus performing any differently to oem cpus.

From what we can tell so far, retail core2duo cpus do not seem to clock higher than the oem versions.
 
i was always told OEM was the way it was sold.

It didnt include certain things but was overall the same product

maybe i was incorrectly informed.

Anywho!

I'll get the OEM version buy a nice new heatsinc and fan and go from there

any additions let me know!
 
Quronos said:
Quick question thats probably been heard before.

Whats the differences between the OEM version and the retail version of the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300?

Its drivin me mad!

is it that one comes with a garentee and the other doesnt?
or is it just the packaging?

I know the OEM version comes with no heatsinc or fan and that the retail version does. but any differences apart from that?

What would you buy? OEM or retail?
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no warranty on oem
 
I don't think it is a legal requirement to offer a years warranty - unless it has changed.
Most (99% of retailers) will of course give you a 12 month warranty with such a purchase and if they don't I'd personally walk away.

Just remember, with OEM you've got (usually) a 12 month warranty.
If it goes wrong you'll need to send it back to the retailer who will probably want to test it.
It may also then be sent back to Intel via the retailer - you could be without a CPU for a while.
With a retail you get 3yrs warranty direct with Intel who are quick and easy to deal with.
I've managed to get cross-shipping from them before, so they take your credit card details and send you a new CPU.
As long as they then get the old one back within a week or so they don't charge you.
All that means minimal downtime should things go wrong.
 
Stoofa, how did you manage to kill your cpu? Ive hardly ever come across someone killing their cpu when used under normal conditions.
 
It just failed.
We usually only buy pre-built systems at work, however as we wanted something custom we bought enough parts for 4 machines.
The machines had been working absolutely fine and then one Monday morning one of the machines was displaying what can only be described as a "Black Screen of Death".
Machine rebooted and then failed again within about ten minutes - series of very bizarre characters and symbols on screen.

Went through the usual troubleshooting steps, then went and replaced memory etc.
On a whim we replaced the CPU (as that is quicker than a MB swap) and everything burst into life.
I'll agree it's rare to see one go - but there was no doubt about it, something had gone wrong.
Intel support however was excellent.
They took a credit card number and we received a new CPU the next day and used the packaging to send the old one back.

Same happened a long time ago with some P90 CPU's (the ones with the infamous floating point error).
Credit card details given, replacement CPU's arrive next day, faulty ones returned.
 
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