Overclocking with a return policy? Bad morals?

[White Widow]

Many peoeple on this, and other, BBS's that discuss overclocking, are constantly concerned with how to get the most overclockable chip. Obe solution that has come about is to simply purchase a pre-tested CPU and thereby insure that you get what you want. Unfortunately, these chips come at a price premium, since someone has to take the time and money to buy a bunch of chips and test them.

One althernative is to simply purchase CPU's from someplace, like Fry's, that has a money-back return policy, and just buy a bunch of chips. You keep the best one, and resturn all the rest. My question is, does anyone have a problem with doing this? Are you in any way abusing the retailer by taking advantage of the return policy? Of course, you *DO* void the warranty in testing the overclockability of each chip, but there is no way for anyone to know. It's not like you're really damaging the chip or swapping it for a busted one and making a profit.

So, does anyone think this is wrong to do? I'm just curious...

-Aaron

 

[hovenas]

Yes, the oc process is somewhat always risky, and in most cases (L1 bridges) involves manipulation of the chip. Now, being honest IS a choice. I say buy one and stick with it...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Honesty seems to be a big problem around places like that. Which is probably why we hear so many horror stories of wrong equipment being in the box or broken. Only time I ever return something is if it didn't work out of the box, which happens very rarely.

An example of when I made a return:
I buy a system from a local shop for my uncle (spec'ed out the parts, the bundle was cheaper than individually). A 16MB V550 was supposed to be in it, however the vidcard's BIOS showed 8MB, I simply took the system back to them and asked to have the proper vidcard put in. The did, no problems. I still use that shop for perferred components (they're a bit more, but worth it).