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TearsForFears   03-26-2003 at 12:29:21 PM

This is a newbie question. I see at many sites CPU listed as BOX and OEM. What is the difference? Thanks for help.





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andlcs   03-26-2003 at 01:41:51 PM
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Boxed comes in a box, w/ a HSF and warranty...
OEM doesn't have it.

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Rubberbband   03-26-2003 at 04:02:54 PM
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Unless you overclock get the Retail (Box) cpu. This gives you generally a 3 yr warranty and a generic Heatsink (adequate if you don't overclock or live in Hot areas). The non-retail CPUs may have a 30 day warranty and don't include heatsinks.

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slvr_phoenix   03-26-2003 at 04:40:32 PM
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I would <i>guess</i> that "box" refers to retail packaging. I've never heard of it said this way, but it wouldn't surprise me.

OEM is non-retail. It's packaged for system builders like Dell, Gateway, etc. who don't care about manuals, pretty packaging, software, and so on. They just throw the parts into a complete system anyway and sell that with their own manuals, pretty packaging, software, blah, blah, blah. And they offer their own warranty, so they don't need the retail warranty.

So retail = with cables/manuals/software/warranty/etc.
OEM = just the hardware, usually just 30 day warranty at most

Just be sure that "box" isn't "white box" because that's another name for OEM. (Because the parts are stored in generic white boxes.)

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mrwhipper   03-26-2003 at 04:44:20 PM
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I belive there is a little more to it than just the 30days vs 3 year and the HS and fan. It use to be that the boxed versions were factory tested the OEM were not. Please correct me if I am wrong. Take care all.

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TearsForFears   03-27-2003 at 03:08:39 AM
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I think I will get the BOX. Thanks all for help.




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shifty_jim101   03-27-2003 at 07:24:56 PM
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Can get a 1yr warranty from Newegg.com for an extra 5$ on an OEM processor.... ;)

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xxsk8er101xx   03-27-2003 at 07:38:36 PM
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I think you're right. because when i had a problem with a retail processor the support guys at newegg said that the retail processors are tested and the oems are not.



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