AMD Retail v OEM and warranties

[tinklemagoo]

AMD Retail v OEM and warranties


Some questions regarding AMD retail and oem chips.

1 If I buy oem from shop what happens after 30 days?
(some sellers advertise 30 day warranty) after 30 days tough luck if cpu
breaks, this illegal?

2 The price difference is very small between retail and oem so what is point
buying oem? And retail gives 3 year warranty so oem poor value.

3 AMD have now made it impossible to overclock all new cpus?

 

[jeff findley]

AMD Retail v OEM and warranties


Some questions regarding AMD retail and oem chips.

1 If I buy oem from shop what happens after 30 days?
(some sellers advertise 30 day warranty) after 30 days tough luck if cpu
breaks, this illegal?

2 The price difference is very small between retail and oem so what is point
buying oem? And retail gives 3 year warranty so oem poor value.

3 AMD have now made it impossible to overclock all new cpus?

If you're not going to overclock it, the retail CPU (last time I
bought an Athlon) came with a heatsink/fan, which made the difference
in price not quite as bad as it would originally seem (I don't think
the OEM versions had fans when I ordered mine from newegg.com).

Jeff

 

[John M]

1 If I buy oem from shop what happens after 30 days?

(some sellers advertise 30 day warranty) after 30 days tough luck if cpu
breaks, this illegal?

Last I knew OEM versions had 1 year warranty. But no HSF or sticker.

2 The price difference is very small between retail and oem so what is point
buying oem? And retail gives 3 year warranty so oem poor value.

If you've already got a HSF that you got with your last retail version
of a chip by AMD that is good enough for your new chip then there
isn't really any point in buying another retail version.

3 AMD have now made it impossible to overclock all new cpus?

That's not true, they've locked the MP, not the FSB so you can still
overclock that way. Of course as everyone knows the 2500 is the best
bang per buck chip for overclocking.

Anything after week 39 has the MPs locked... there is suppose to be
some week 42s aren't, but no one really 100% sure on that yet.

Please note, that installing any HSF that AMD doesn't thinks good
enough, or you overclock... your warrenty means nothing either with
the OEM or retail versions anyways!

I realise that pently of people pull on their warrenty even though it
was them that blew the chip by overclocking, they shouldn't be!

 

[Conor]

AMD Retail v OEM and warranties


Some questions regarding AMD retail and oem chips.

1 If I buy oem from shop what happens after 30 days?
(some sellers advertise 30 day warranty) after 30 days tough luck if cpu
breaks, this illegal?

2 The price difference is very small between retail and oem so what is point
buying oem? And retail gives 3 year warranty so oem poor value.

3 AMD have now made it impossible to overclock all new cpus?

1) UK Sale of Goods Act means the shop is responsible for replacing it.
Also it doesn't just apply for a year. The retailer is responsible for
"the normal expected liftetime of the product". For a TV this means up
to 6 or 7 years.

2) OEM is not poor value...see above.

3)Always ways around it but you need the right motherboard.