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Demon
08-12-08, 20:52
What the differance with OEM or retail, I know one come with the CPU fan, but is it worth getting a OEM and buying an upgraded fan and save some money?
Lynx
08-12-08, 20:55
The retail has a 3 year warranty, the oem has 1, with intel. Apart from that not much difference.
Barley
20-12-08, 21:22
Depends whether you want to use the reference Intel cooler or not.
Demon
27-12-08, 11:42
Depends whether you want to use the reference Intel cooler or not.

I alway buy a better cooler then the one that comes in with the retail one anyway.

I went for the retail one as for the 3 years warranty.

Thanks
Aaron
27-12-08, 22:56
Thanks
Uh Oh...

:lol:
alexnifty
30-12-08, 03:13
I alway buy a better cooler then the one that comes in with the retail one anyway.

I went for the retail one as for the 3 years warranty.

Thanks


Uh Oh...

:lol:


Ohboy...
coiler
30-12-08, 09:35
Uh Oh...

:lol:

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jammy4041
09-01-09, 20:09
I think it is worth going for the OEM cooler and buying the upgraded fans afterwards, as the normal coolers are purely utter rubbish.

I think, it is cheaper and wiser to have a cooler system, even if that is at the expense of a lower warrenty. Bear in mind if you are going down this route, you will also need a thermal paste- OCZ's one has got some good reviews.
Monkey
11-01-09, 20:38
The stock coolers on intel cpu's arent exactly rubbish, they work perfectly fine, unless you want to OC, but saying that, my Q6600 at stock was around 25c and when overclocked to 3Ghz its around 27c

And i cant see how its cheaper to buy a 3rd party cooler, and most coolers come with paste already applied. The only reason i can see that you would use different thermal paste is if cared that your CPU was 1 degree cooler :P
Biodoid
12-01-09, 00:39
The only reason i can see that you would use different thermal paste is if cared that your CPU was 1 degree cooler :P


some ppl are really that anal though :lol:
mac124
12-01-09, 07:35
That and the fact the preapplied paste could have been applied months ago, dried out and be basically useless ;).
coiler
12-01-09, 11:45
I think it is worth going for the OEM cooler and buying the upgraded fans afterwards, as the normal coolers are purely utter rubbish.



I disagree my intel stock cooler on E8400 is quiet and efficient under high stress. Only change I made was the paste, removed intels stuff and put some OCZ freeze extreme on which requires no "setting" period. Great reviews too!

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Accessories/OCZ+Freeze+Extreme+Thermal+Conductivity+Compound+? productId=31457