Duron 800 OEM

[Phrack]

What does it mean when it says "Duron 800 OEM. What does "OEM" mean?

[jeff_harrison_344]

It means that it doesnt come in the RETAL AMD box, and usually doesnt come with all of the manuals and stuff like that, and also doesnt come with a Heatsink or Fan, and is usually just the CPU inside, and notin else.

[SickBoy]

OEM stands for Original Equipment Market. it's a part that was designed to be inserted into and be sold with an entire PC. OEM CPU's come in a big tray, they are not sealed. so the deal with those is dealers (if they are overclockers) can pre-test the chips and weed out the good ones to remark or sell as "guaranteed XXX MHz" or whatever. I havent found this to be a problem with the socket A AMD chips. I have built 3 overclocked Duron systems and the varied results I get (950, 850 and 800 MHz out of Duron 700's, with different cooling, granted) lead me to believe that the vendors I am doing business with are not pre-testing. As far as other components (video, sound cards, etc) buying OEM means you get the card and a driver CD most of the time - no software bundle or extras. Good deal most of the time since all that extra stuff is crap 90% of the time anyway.

SickBoy

[FRANK]

When buying OEM, keep in mind that you will also be getting less of a warranty (if at all), and limited manufacturer support in some cases.