i think that the warranty is 90 days, and usually, with things like cpus and ram, if it is going to go bad, it will go bad within 15 days...
and i think that at fry's, it is either a 90 day warranty, or a year...not sure...but i know it is more than 30 days..
and i think that is fine...
i havent had a problem with any oem cpu that i have bought (KNOCK ON WOOD), and even though the heatsink is adequate, i would rather be more in the green when it comes to temperature...
but i think that is kinda personal preference...if you like the warranty, and dont care about overclocking, or heat, then go ahead with the retail boxed....but if you want to overclock, and want better heat dissipation, then go for oem...
pretty much personal prefence...
for my older sisters computer, i put in a retail athlon 1gig...but that was because i wanted everything in there to be on a warranty because she is up in northern california, and i am in southern...
and if she has to, she can return it easily, without any problems...
and she wont be overclocking...and wont need to worry about heat too much...she doesnt game much...so heat isnt a big problem.
-DAvid
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