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Okay so after all ive asked you guys in forums about cpu, you guys have helped alot in not letting me spend my money
my last and final question is about the cpu again..
I have found or well i think it is an oem cpu. Two of them i wanna make sure they are oem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Core-2-D [...] tsupported
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-CORE-2-D [...] tsupported
i wanna make sure these are oem...

and is there a difference in buying an oem cpu vs a retail cpu for laptops?

also getting an msi ms1651 barebone laptop (one with 9600m GT videocard ddr3)
4gb ocz ddr2 800mhz
250gb 7200.4 seagate hard drive
intel 5300 wifi

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the basic difference between OEM and Retail versions of a hardware (or software) is that the former comes as a part of a full working computer system with OS whereas the latter comes as boxed seperately to be installed in a Computer system.
So legally you cannot buy an OEM part on its own. It has to be part of a system. Thats why its cheaper. Computer producers purchase OEM parts and put them together to sell as PC's. Some sellers go around this limitation by packing another cheap computer part in the same package. If you buy several items all at once high street shops will sell you OEM parts. Like MoBo, CPU, Op. system etc.
In your case the first processor looks genuine, the second one doesnot have any marks or signs that I can see in the photo. It looks like a 3red party production rather than intel. Most probably you have already purchased what you chose, but if you have not i would go for the first link. regards.

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