Opteron (s939) overclocking - OEM vs Retail

[Sunrise089]

title and summary says it all

 

[Shimmishim]

No. Buying an OEM processor hurts nothing.

 

[Heckler 5th]

buying OEM increases the chance of receiving a working chip that someone else has RMA'ed for whatever reason. that can mean a lot of things. maybe they couldn't afford it, maybe it didn't OC very far, who knows?

 

[Sunrise089]

Originally posted by: Heckler 5th
buying OEM increases the chance of receiving a working chip that someone else has RMA'ed for whatever reason. that can mean a lot of things. maybe they couldn't afford it, maybe it didn't OC very far, who knows?

So buying OEM does not guarentee me a brand new chip? I thought anything RMA'd had to be sold as a refurb.

 

[TrueWisdom]

OEM is new. If a chip is returned it has to be branded as refurbished, not OEM. OEM simply stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer--meaning that it was provided without any warranty implied on the part of the manufacturer. I don't know where Heckler got his information but it's simply untrue.

EDIT: And to answer your question, no, there's no harm in buying OEM. Although if you are careful there is almost no way you can destroy your CPU via overclocking, so if a real problem does occur your warranty is likely to hold.