Malaysia or china

[kjameel1]

Hi all. i am planning to buy a core i7 2600. I am gettting the china one much cheaper than the malaysia one. I want to know why the china is so cheap? Will l have any problem with the china one??

Please advise which one should i take... Thanks in advance.

 

[Emperus]

Be careful of fake models. Yes they do exist. Just asking you to be sure of what you are buying. Always get stuff from a trusted source with a proper return policy in case anything turns out bad/faulty.

 

[kjameel1]

I am getting a year warranty on it and in the box it says intel made in china. Do you think i can take it?? The china one is Rs8500 whereas the malaysian one is Rs11900.

These are the specs i am taking, do you it will be good for gaming??

Core i7 2600 3.4ghz
Asus P8h61
8gb ddr3
Xfx 6870 1gb ddr5
1 tb hitachi
600w aerocool

I am not sure if the board is a good one?? Can u plz give your advise...

 

[Emperus]

Wow. Nice prices. Are you from India? If so then which city? Assuming you are building a gaming computer then it is better to go for 'k' suffix processor (ideally the i5 2500k). Also get a P67 or Z68 chipset board.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Intel normally offers processors two ways the first is as a retail or boxed processor. The boxed processors will always have a 3 year warranty. The second way is as a tray or OEM processor. These processors do not come with HSF and only have a 1 year warranty.

Recently we have come out with new part # for some processors from China. For the Intel Core i7-2600K the part# would be BXC80623I72600. This processor is intended to be sold only in China if it finds its way into the United States and you are looking for warranty support on it there maybe a $20 charge to handle it outside of China.

I personally would stay away from the China processor for this reason.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

Be careful of fake models. Yes they do exist. Just asking you to be sure of what you are buying. Always get stuff from a trusted source with a proper return policy in case anything turns out bad/faulty.

Emperus,
may i ask what fake cpus are we talking about?
To even fake a cpu you might need a multibillion dollar fab and some high end equipment.

Maybe i am wrong but it isnt possible in anyway to fake a cpu.

 

[lilotimz]

ghnader, you obviously didn't hear about those fake Intel i7's newegg got a batch of last year and sold to people. Fake CPU and fake heatsink with intel stickers. A lot of people got them apparantly... but to say you can't fake a cpu is wrong.

if there's a will, there's a way.

*edit ~ found a an article http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus (theres more if you google it)

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

ghnader, you obviously didn't hear about those fake Intel i7's newegg got a batch of last year and sold to people. Fake CPU and fake heatsink with intel stickers. A lot of people got them apparantly... but to say you can't fake a cpu is wrong.

if there's a will, there's a way.

*edit ~ found a an article http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus (theres more if you google it)

Fake cpu???
That wasnt a "fake cpu" that wasnt even a cpu.

 

[Emperus]

Fake is about selling a lower end processor with a high end tag. For example a core i5 would get sold as an i7. All they require to do is copy a packaging and provide a new metal surface with the fake info on it. And it exists very much. My local hardware retail outlet owners accept it.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

Fake is about selling a lower end processor with a high end tag. For example a core i5 would get sold as an i7. All they require to do is copy a packaging and provide a new metal surface with the fake info on it. And it exists very much. My local hardware retail outlet owners accept it.

ok

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

Fake is about selling a lower end processor with a high end tag. For example a core i5 would get sold as an i7. All they require to do is copy a packaging and provide a new metal surface with the fake info on it. And it exists very much. My local hardware retail outlet owners accept it.

I dont agree with you but i cant say that i am right because i have never seen a fake cpu.
Cheers.

 

[kjameel1]

I am from mauritius. It means that if the china processor is original , i can go for it??

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

According to Intel Enthusiast team member Christian Wood.China's fabs and cpu's are made for internal use only.They dont sell the cpu's outside the country and I would take the cpu's of USA rather than China.

I am living in China and i still think the Chinese QC is appalling(no offence to Chinese nationals).