CPUs again!!

[novice]

I have a question. I hope that this is not a joke to you guys but I have to ask anyway. I did some research on the price for an AMD Athlon Thunderbird K7 1GHZ. There are a whole lots of different prices which confused me. Ok, here is the westion! An AMD 1ghz OEM prices $171.00 and another same one but for retail price of $239.00 (including fan) with 200mhz FSB 3Dnow 128Kb L1 cache 256Kb L2 cache, WHICH ONE SHOULD I GET?
I just want a solid performer! Moreover, I may get the 1.2GHZ though cuz I'm not sure if it fits the ABIT KT7 RAID.

 

[Guest]

It can get confusing as some sites quite oem buy prices for quantities (usually 100 or more), Which does not help us out any when we only want 1

 

[Crashman]

Most people who buy Intels buy Retail to get the 3 year warantee. But since you are buying an AMD and will probably void the warrantee by modifying it, go OEM and save money!

 

[phsstpok]

The retail CPU has a guarantee as long as you don't overclock it. It also comes with a factory heatsink and fan (I think). The heatsink is glued to the CPU.

If you do plan to overclock you will need a better heatsink and fan and since you would be voiding the warranty of the retail cpu you might as well buy the OEM CPU. Sometimes the vendor will offer a token guarantee, like 30 days or no DOA but this is not always the case.