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grep · 02-12-2002, 04:52 AM

I want a P4 northwood 2.2 but the oem price is almost $60 below the Retail price. What exactly is the difference between an OEM cpu and a retail CPU, the warrente, the lack of a heatsink fan, or is there an internal difference like lower quality, less ability to overclock. If its just the warentee or the fact its in a plain white box then I will go with OEM, if it actually affects performance then I will bite the bullit and go retail

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02-12-2002, 04:52 AM	#1
grep Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 37	OEM or Retail I want a P4 northwood 2.2 but the oem price is almost $60 below the Retail price. What exactly is the difference between an OEM cpu and a retail CPU, the warrente, the lack of a heatsink fan, or is there an internal difference like lower quality, less ability to overclock. If its just the warentee or the fact its in a plain white box then I will go with OEM, if it actually affects performance then I will bite the bullit and go retail Grep __________________ every thing is optional