[mythtv-users] OEM vs. Retail Drives - Was: Dell dual-quad...

[Calvin Dodge]

On 10/25/07, Ryan Steffes <rbsteffes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Oh to live in a place where the computer stores have the kind of
> selection NewEgg has!

You mean California or Texas? (and a scattering of stores in a few other states)

Based on my all-too-brief visit (never had another chance before
vacation was over), Fry's seems to be such a place.

Well, maybe not quite the selection that Newegg has (at least, Fry's'
web site doesn't seem to have the variety that Newegg's does), but
Fry's probably comes closer than anyone else.

> Of course, when you receive an OEM CPU in just the little plastic
> clamshell with a piece of foam, you have to wonder, but it worked
> fine...

Since every Athlon 64 I've ordered has come with a piece of paper
which says the warranty is void if a non-AMD CPU fan is used, I always
order those in retail packages.  I suppose IF I find a really good
deal on an OEM Athlon 64, I'll get it solely to get some use out of my
mistakenly-purchased Zalman CPU fan.

Calvin