Warranty or not?

[Turbo55]

I just purchased a Thunderbird 950 Mhz from Accubyte.com, coming along w/ a fan and 15 days warranty. They have already shipped my CPU and asked me if I would like to purchased a one year warranty for about $45. Having to reply Accubyte today, do you think it's worth spending another 45 bucks in case something goes wrong w/ the CPU, or should I believe that all CPU are error-free?

 

[Ulysses]

If you bought a retail AMD-boxed version of the CPU it should have a multi-year warranty in any event. If you bought an OEM version it may not, and then the additional warranty might have some value.

Unless you are overclocking or otherwise messing with your PC, then in my judgement a one year warranty is a waste of money - the CPU's are made to last for years and years in even poor environments.

Usually these point of sale warranties, service contracts etc. are way overpriced and are aimed at unsophisticated or subserviant shoppers. The proof of this, and the reason they are pushed so hard by many vendors on all sorts of merchandise nowadays, is that often they are the most profitable "product" the stores sell !!! OTOH, if the vendor has a no questions asked replacement policy, then the warranty might be worth it with some kinds of items.

The only time I personally buy these things is if I know I'll beat up the item and maybe break it, like my Walkman and portable CD player I use while skiing or mountain biking.

I bought a TV recently and after 2 weeks it stopped responding to the remote. I took it to a repair shop and they fixed it under the manufacturer's warranty at no charge to me. The cost of an extra warranty by the vendor would have been a waste of money in that case.

If you use your credit card for purchases you may also have protection under their buyer protection programs too.

 

[Turbo55]

It's an OEM version. Accubyte said that they don't test out the CPUs before shipping, so there's a possiblity for error somewhere along the line from the manufacturer to the end user (me), but if I have a one year warranty, Accubyte will replace the CPU anytime during warranty. If I could test CPU now and it works, I would assume it works for the rest the year. However, the problem is that by the time I assembled my new computer w/ the CPU, my 15 days warrantly will expire.

*sigh* Buying parts separatly for a new system is a lot more troublesome than I thought.

 

[The Stigenator]

an OEM chip comes with a 1 yr warrenty from the manufaturer if I am right.. check with AMD on that.
I feel they are trying to make some money off you.