Call me stupid

[Sumadin]

LOL
What exactly does OEM mean?
See it it after CPU description sometimes.
OK Now you can call me stupid LOL

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[Guest]

original equipment manufacturer

who is more foolish...
the fool, or the fool that takes his advice?

 

[Arrow]

Please don't say that, because everybody starts from somewhere. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. On CPUs, it will come without a retail fan and heatsink. You usually won't get fancy packaging or maybe not even a manual for OEM products. The warranty for OEM products is usually served by the company selling the product to you.

Rob
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[Guest]

why?
maybe he likes it!
call me anything except late for dinner!!!

who is more foolish...
the fool, or the fool that takes his advice?

 

[walkr]

Oem product are for New Pc's Only, they come with no color box and are cheaper to buy, often get less warranty. An Oem CPU doesn't come with a hsf like the retail product.

 

[Sumadin]

Thanks for the info
Researching and looking for good prices.
Not a trusting person when it comes to buying online
Gotta get my butt in gear and my wallet open
This P233 just aint cutting it anymore
Machinist building a computer LOL


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[Arrow]

boxcar, I think there was a misunderstanding. That first sentence of my post was directed towards the topic starter. I must have been composing my post while you posted it already

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[Crashman]

Hello Stupid! OEM means original equipement manufacture, which means that it is meant to be sold to a sytem builder. With processors, it means that the company purchasing it originally, the distributor in this case, gets a very limmited warranty, and the "end user", you, gets whatever the distributer offers. RETAIL is the other way to pruchase things, meaning they come in a display box. With CPU's this also means they come with a manufacturer approved heatsink and three-year factory warrentee. The only places I know of where the actual part differs is in Video cards, which may come with fewer features, less software, or slowery memory, and soundcards, which may come with fewer features and less software.

Suicide is painless...........

 

[Guest]

Some OEM packs are really good, like microsoft Office OEM pack, basically you get office full version for about $400A, whereas to buy it is about $1000, you dont get any manuals but there is a big help file anyway.


So long and thanks for all the fish