***Official Intel Haswell Thread***

[JWildfire]

Thanks for your webnote.

The OEM processors all ship within their plastic containers and in a small white box.

I hope this helps.

Is this some kind of joke?!

Yes my CPU also has thermal paste smeared all over it like a 5yr old dinner table and signs of use.

 

[smilertoo]

send it back.

 

[wazza300]

try it first,if not a good clocker then send it back

chances are they've only quickly tested it,might be a decent chip

 

[Westyfield2]

What?! Another second hand one being sold as new .

 

[smilertoo]

The must be short of cpus or they've tested every OEM cpu, they could easily have put tested ones in normal prebuilt systems and people would never have known.

 

[tbh]

send it back.

And tell them you want to pay the extra 6 quid for a retail processor!

An extra 2 years warranty, a guarantee that no-one has tested (and rejected) it for an OCed bundle, a spare heatsink AND significantly better resale values if you decide to sell it to fund a later upgrade.

All of the above for the price of a medium latte and a muffin, it really is a no-brainer!

 

[arknor]

try it first,if not a good clocker then send it back

chances are they've only quickly tested it,might be a decent chip

apparently asus were telling reviewers how to quickly determine if a cpu is good or not
http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell

Now, I’ll share a secret imparted by the folks at ASUS who gave several reviewers some tips on overclocking the retail stepping Haswell chips:

Set Vcore to 1.20 V. Set all cores to 46x (which would be a 4.6 GHz overclock), save & reboot. If the system boots past the UEFI and either begins to load or, ideally, makes it into the OS and is stable, you have a 50th percentile or greater chip on the Haswell overclocking-ability bell curve.

If it won’t at least boot there and make it into the UEFI, you probably have less than a 50th percentile chip. You can expect chips in the lower 50th percentile to top out in the 4.4-4.5 GHz range at 1.25 V.

If your chip will boot at 4.6 GHz and 1.25 V, that’s very good. It means you have at least an average chip.

If it will boot at 4.6 GHz and is stable there, then you may have an above average chip.

The best chips will be able to do 4.8 GHz stable at 1.25 V. Our sample did 4.8 GHz, but at 1.3 V and on a custom water loop. Using 1.3 V will likely put a chip out of the air cooling / AIO water cooling thermal envelope. Temperatures in all of these scenarios, from the dog 4.3 GHz chips up to the good 4.8 GHz chips, will always be in the ~90°C range. That’s just the nature of Haswell. With the VRM on-die, think of Haswell as Ivy Bridge plus 10° C.

Someone being cheeky at ocuk? it's odd that so many people are claiming to have used cpu's

 

[TNA]

Is this some kind of joke?!

Yes my CPU also has thermal paste smeared all over it like a 5yr old dinner table and signs of use.

So it is safe to say 8 Pack has been busy lately. Can imagine him or someone at OcUK: Crap, next, crap, next...

Johnny...! these crap bunch are certified to be sent to customers now, don't waste to long cleaning them up or anything, just send them out as is. 99% of customers are to scared/cannot tell difference/can't be asked to make a fuss anyway. lol

Just my imagination running wild there

This is exactly why I always go retail.

 

[wazza300]

only way to try is copy that guide and see if it boots,if not return it and take a gamble on a replacement

 

[arknor]

If there are 2 little crush marks on either side of the lid where these arrows are pointing to then it's at least been put in a socket with the retention arm thing clamped down

 

[RavenXXX2]

for the sake of £5-10 just go retail!

 

[Wucked]

So it is safe to say 8 Pack has been busy lately. Can imagine him or someone at OcUK: Crap, next, crap, next...

Johnny...! these crap bunch are certified to be sent to customers now, don't waste to long cleaning them up or anything, just send them out as is. 99% of customers are to scared/cannot tell difference/can't be asked to make a fuss anyway. lol

Just my imagination running wild there

This is exactly why I always go retail.

Lol! I went retail this time for exactly the same reason. Not saying any of its true, but there are too many stories around OEM chips now for me to trust them.

 

[Rab]

Is this some kind of joke?!

Yes my CPU also has thermal paste smeared all over it like a 5yr old dinner table and signs of use.

tbh , that is an utter DISGRACE to recieve anything new like that.

 

[ConnectionFX]

touching CPU and selling them as new is outrageous

Lost all faith in OCUK laterly

 

[arknor]

Lol! I wen't retail this time for exactly the same reason. Not saying any of its true, but there are too many stories around OEM chips now for me to trust them.

yea OEM is fine if you don't plan on overclocking IMO but if you want to take part in the silicon lottery then go retail

 

[JWildfire]

If there are 2 little crush marks on either side of the lid where these arrows are pointing to then it's at least been put in a socket with the retention arm thing clamped down

I'm seeing evidence of this.

 

[Westyfield2]

And tell them you want to pay the extra 6 quid for a retail processor!

Both are new and unused.

The difference between OEM and Retail is the cooler/warranty/box.

 

[tbh]

Both are new and unused.

The evidence provided on the last few pages suggests that this may not be the case.

 

[Ferrari100]

Here is a youtube link showing 3dmark11 and windows index rating

for the 4770k 3.5ghz Haswell. Not overclocked

Youtube link:
click

 

[Jeps]

So we've got 2 confirmed OEM chips pre tested and sold as new? (one of them faulty)

I recently read a post from an OcUK employee that said that they don't sell OEM chips that have been pre-tested as new. Whats going on?