OEM

[Confusednewbie1552]

Are there OEM versions of the newcastle 3400 and newcastle 3200?

 

[DaTute]

Yeah, they should be with or near the retail boxed versions.

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

I can't find them on newegg. Does newegg carry them? or are they just out of stock?

 

[klah]

Zipzoomfly has the OEM 3200 Newcastle.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80700-OEM

It's a whole $3 cheaper than the retail version.

 

[John]

You sacrifice a 2yr warranty and HSF by going OEM in addition to saving only a couple of dollars.

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

That is simply not true.

 

[DaTute]

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

What turd. Go get a proper h/s and fan, they work better than the AMD stock ones.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

That is simply not true.

Plus, how would they know if you didnt use their HS/Fan?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: DaTute

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

What turd. Go get a proper h/s and fan, they work better than the AMD stock ones.

So you are saying the retail AMD HSF's aren't good enough? Many forum members use the retail hsf while achieving respectable overclocks.

 

[DarkAmeba]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

That is simply not true.

Sorry, read the warrenty terms. It is true :|

EDIT: I doubt they would know what HSF you used on a return as long as you were careful

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

I'll guess i'll pay three bucks more for the retail, even if i don't use the heatsink and fan I might be able to use it on something else =)

 

[DarkAmeba]

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I'll guess i'll pay three bucks more for the retail, even if i don't use the heatsink and fan I might be able to use it on something else =)

Makes sense its 3 bucks... plus like i said i doubt they'd know if you returned a cpu that you'd used a different HSF on

 

[DaTute]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: DaTute

Originally posted by: Confusednewbie1552
I want to get a seperate heatsink, fan, and thermal paste. And someone told me if you don't use the AMD Heatsink/Fan it voids the warranty.

What turd. Go get a proper h/s and fan, they work better than the AMD stock ones.

So you are saying the retail AMD HSF's aren't good enough? Many forum members use the retail hsf while achieving respectable overclocks.

I've seen instances where the stock HS/fan cannot shift heat as fast as it's produced... hence it HEATS UP the cpu until the system crashes. LOL.