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You guys definitely timed this right to get my custom! cheapest anywhere I can find (not to mention I like you more 
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Yeah but the 3 year RMA'ing warrenty is ... well more valuable
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Modern Intel CPUs rarely fail.
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A spare fan for a fiver is worth it at least in my eyes.
Maybe I value the stock fan too high, but since its a fivers difference I'm pretty sure I'll get the retail
Maybe I value the stock fan too high, but since its a fivers difference I'm pretty sure I'll get the retail
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I don't know where I would be without my Core2 Quad case badge (although its the 2007 version not 2008).
Fixed that for you. I have never read of one failing... ever.
A spare fan for a fiver is worth it at least in my eyes.
Maybe I value the stock fan too high, but since its a fivers difference I'm pretty sure I'll get the retail
For a fiver difference I would too to be honest"
£3.52 difference between retail & oem
£3.52 difference between retail & oem
In that case there's no excuse!
Havn't people complained about new E8*** cpus having their clocks dropping down after they've been overclocked?
Electromigration is being blamed. Tho there's no real evidence that it's happening.
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Ok I stand corrected, 3.52 quid difference. That'll do to justify it
I dunno, all I heard was that people are putting big OCs on them for benches etc, then bringing them down to a normal OC, and after that they start to fade, to below stock :|
Hmm well unless someone provides me with an actual logical argument for why this would be the case I would have to consider that info a bit suspect... I always thought that a CPU overclocked exactly as much as it was able to at a given temperature. I just can't see any reason why performance would degrade without any other contributing factors...
Yeah but the 3 year RMA'ing warrenty is ... well more valuable
No its not, you get a year warranty as standard.
If a chip breaks its normally going to be DOA, or fail very soon after purchase. It might fail after years and years...more likely after 5 years.
The chances of it breaking between 1-3 year marks is virtually nil + the cpu is worthless anyway after a year.
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Agreed, cpus rarely fail though i have had the odd failure/bad cpu that still worked kind of but i've dealt with thousands in my lifetime and i could count the number on one hand. Not counting the Northwoods i've seen and had that died of SNDS