New gaming rig prospective

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

What is the difference between these 2 CPU's OEM/Retail? Which is better if there is any difference?

OEM is CPU ONLY. No included heatsink. Retail includes the stock heatsink. Get the OEM and save a few bucks if you are going to use an aftermarket heatsink. There also might be a difference in warranties, but I'm not sure.

[BrokenHalo83]

Boxed(retail) have a 3 year limited waranty. You can read about their warranty info HERE and for OEM directly HERE. It looks like it's up to the vendor who sells you the processor to determine the warranty on the OEM processor

[oldman_gamer]

Thanks guys and for the links!

[oldman_gamer]

Here's the final build minus mobo,and disc drives! I cant wait to build it with my son.He will be coming over tomorrow afternoon to order up the parts! I decided to stay with FSP on the power unit because of the wiring group/length.

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Newegg.com - FSP Group Blue Storm II ATX 2.2 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CSA, VDE, NEMKO, CNS, CE, CB, FCC - Retail

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - OEM

(2x) Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Newegg.com - Acer AL2016WCbd Black 20" 2ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 - Retail

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM

Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Newegg.com - XFX PVT88PYDE4 GeForce 8800GT Extreme 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail


I would like to add a PCI type slot cooling fan to his build to blow on the GPU since it is my understanding that it runs hot.Any ideas there?

[onebxr]

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
why not go with this 8800gt and oc it? It is cheaper before the rebate than the one you have listed. 3 of my last 4 cards have been EVGA and I must say they all have worked well.
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[Capper]

The only difference is that an OEM processor doesn't come with the stock HSF, and has a 1yr warranty.....the retail comes with the stock HSF and a 3yr warranty

[oldman_gamer]

Originally Posted by onebxr

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
why not go with this 8800gt and oc it? It is cheaper before the rebate than the one you have listed. 3 of my last 4 cards have been EVGA and I must say they all have worked well.
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Appreciate it but no OCing here.

[Capper]

Thats a really nice looking system

Why don't you upgrade the case to a ANTEC Nine Hundred and let me send you a cooler from the test bench?

[oldman_gamer]

Originally Posted by Capper

The only difference is that an OEM processor doesn't come with the stock HSF, and has a 1yr warranty.....the retail comes with the stock HSF and a 3yr warranty

And the sad part is,when you buy the retail with HSF,you dont use the fan,and it sits in your house in a box brand new because nobody wants it,and you spend $25 for it to sit there.
I would think that 1yr is fine for warranty,it either is going to work or it's not?

[oldman_gamer]

Originally Posted by Capper

Thats a really nice looking system

Why don't you upgrade the case to a ANTEC Nine Hundred and let me send you a cooler from the test bench?

Ok...if I go that way,then I surely dont need the Tracers and can drop the pricing by just going with standard Crucial stix.