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? I've never seen an OEM cost more then a retail box version of any CPU.
"ElJerid" <s.vanderhaeghen.nospam@pandora.be> wrote in message
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> "ICee" <icee@thelight.invalid> wrote in message
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> > Alfie wrote:
> > > Just what is the difference between Retail and OEM processors, and
> > > why are the OEM packaged chips cheaper?
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> > > Alfie
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> > Retail comes with heatsink/fan and warrantee from AMD.
> > OEM is just the CPU and warrantee (if any) is from the supplier.
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> Right. Funny thing is that in many computer shops, OEM is more expensive
> than retail, as far as Intel is concerned...
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