Retail and OEM chips have different part numbers. The one at newegg (ADX6000CZBOX) is retail, look for "BOX" at the end of the part number for AMD chips. I strongly recommend buying the retail, as it also comes with a fan. If you need to RMA the CPU they require the serial number off of the fan, not the chip. Even though an OEM has a 30 day warranty, it is generally very difficult to RMA these. Most resellers immediately redirect you to the manufacturer who will issue an RMA at their discretion. If you attempt an RMA as a home user they will generally not give it as OEM chips are intended, at least their desire, to be sold through VARs who will provide their own warranty. Sean Waite -----Original Message----- From: Bob Hartmann <bhartm at visi.com> To: Cc: TCLUG <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:40:07 -0600 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor Conga percussion units? They're usually well built. Nice legs, too. Seriously, I should have spotted that OEM thing. I was going off a list of stuff someone sent me. I worked for an "integrator" in the mid nineties. No, not Northgate, but... Yaron wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Bob Hartmann wrote: > > >> Thank you all. I still hate Guitar Center. >> > > I /highly/ recommend against buying CPUs from them. > > > -Yaron > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list [http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list] > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list [http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070316/45fc89d5/attachment.htm