whats the difference between OEM and boxed? thanks nm

[chillin29]

nm

 

[Stealth1024]

Boxed products usually include a full warranty, drivers, software, cables, mounting hardware, etc. that OEM's would have no use for (since they slap a warranty on the entire system, distribute their own manuals, etc.).

 

[LXi]

Box = Full package, complete with a catchy looking box, drivers, manuals, registration cards, CDs, bundle games. In case of CPUs, you get stock heatsink/fan. In case of video cards, sometimes the clock/RAM speed is faster than OEM. Longer warranty also applies to CPUs.

OEM = Only some of things described above, comes in with maybe a box, or a static bag(in case of hard drives), no heatsink/fan will come with a CPU, in case of video cards, clock/RAM speed can be slower, sometimes some extra features are being taken out. Most of the time it should come with drivers and manuals. Most of the time only 15 day or 1 month warranty for CPUs and video cards. Hard drives however should carry the same warranty.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

DAMN
I start typing and two other people beat me.

I need to learn to type faster.

 

[BuckMaster]

LOL @ JeffreyLebowski. Dont feel bad it happens to me all the time! It sucks being a SLOW typer!

 

[LXi]

Stealth1024 beat me too.

Hey BuckMaster, did you get your TrueX 72x?

 

[Stealth1024]

I'm not that fast of a typer.

Two years ago in 9th grade typing class I did 96 words per minute with zero errors. I don't know what I can do now...