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Thread: Intel's C2D Retail or OEM, that is the question?

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    You can't remove the IHS of any 775 cpu. It will simply not fit in the socket anymore.
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    Thank you, just what I needed to know.

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    u just linked to this same thread...
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    retail

    Since transistor quality varies even on the same wafer I would choose the retail over OEM procs simply because the quality is better with a retail chip. I don't think they're cherry picked but the chips are tested and rated according to possible speed stability and branded accordingly. For a better overclock I would suggest retail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tallman
    what is that guy smoking?
    400$ for a .2ghz overclock on a northy?
    ur kidding...
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    I got 3.15Ghz stable on a week 26 OEM stock Vcore (But it was $20 cheaper than Retail, and I just wanted an easy time putting my HS on, plus it had a 1 year warranty which is enough for me, but isn't overclocking voiding the warranty anyway?)

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