ocuk 3700 san diego why 20 quid difference

[bigjonnyauk]

hi all

looking for a cheap upgrade option i see the 3700 san diego proccy at 61 quid for the oem but retail is 81 why is there such a price difference is there any other differences you guys know of ie stepings or anything that you can shed some light on

 

[gurusan]

Retail comes with a HSF and stuff.....

 

[DaveMac]

Retail comes with a HSF and stuff.....

and a 3 year warranty - OEM has 12 months, so potential larger resale value

 

[deadeyedic30]

And the case badge

 

[bigjonnyauk]

so if you had the choice would the 3700sd be better than the 3800 as the 3700 has a 1meg cache

 

[Jay_t]

so if you had the choice would the 3700sd be better than the 3800 as the 3700 has a 1meg cache

yes, you can always overclock the 3700 but you can't replace the missing cache on the 3800. Both will probably overclock to about 2.8GHz anyway.

 

[Yrkoon]

got one of the oem 3700 sandys from here a few weeks ago the stepping on cpu-z says its :

family : F
ext family : F
model : 7
ext model: 27
stepping : 1
revision : SH-E4

hope that helps btw the artic cooling freezer 64 cooler is very nice and only costs 16 pounds

 

[trojan698]

Yeah, OEM + arctic freezer pro is a better option imo.

 

[Nutbusta]

Got a 3700+ a few weeks ago and currently running 3gig stable at 1.55v and 28/48 idle/load temps.

Thats with the rather quiet arctic cooler as was. Much better ooption than the retail pack.

Who honestly uses a 3 year CPU warantee? I mean, it either works on day 1 or it's faulty and if you kill it overclocking your a numpty

 

[johnno]

Yeah, OEM + arctic freezer pro is a better option imo.

agree with trojan

 

[bigjonnyauk]

lol not if ya running a sugo it isnt