Newbie Help Please (AMD cpu)

[TT]

I decided to build my own system about a month ago, and after reading the forums here for about 2-3 weeks I went on ordering all the stuffs needed last weekend to build my middle of the road AMD system. Yesterday, I received my opteron 144 from mwave and I can see that the seals on the box has been broken and inside is quite dirty with lots of dust particles. The CPU markings has the following:

OSA144CE5AT
CAAGC 0427TPMW

Clearly this is not a new unopened box cpu. From what I can gather, this CPU was made on week 27 of last year (2004). Most CPU I see on the forums recently are more of the 0540 or later week code. I don't have my motherboard to try this out yet, so my question is should I return this CPU and get a new one? I can't believe mwave are sending me old cpu that could possibly be a return from an old system from 1 year ago.

Thanks for your expert help,
TT

 

[ProdigyMS]

If it was me, I would return the CPU if you bought it as retail. But if it said open box or OEM then your basically stuck with it.

 

[TT]

Sorry I did not mention this but it was supposed to be a new retail version with heatsink and fan. Or atleast when I ordered it, there was no mention of opened item anywhere on the description. I am going to call mwave. Now I have to wait 2 weeks to get the CPU, this is very upsetting. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Denver_Stalker]

TT,

I purchased from MWave a while back, and my purchase lasted for about a year. (19 in monitor- cRT). Are they telling you it will be 2 weeks before they can send you a new one out???? If that is the case you may want to stand up for yourself.. cause it sounds like you are getting railed.

 

[TT]

I just called mwave, and after waiting for about 15 minutes on the phone, they said that they will send me a rma in the email and a new cpu should be sent out within 24 hours. The lady was kind of rude and a bit rushed, does not sound very reassuring to me. Let's see if they will follow through with the promise.

My motherboard is scheduled to arrive on Monday, so I hope I get the CPU soon after. Maybe I should have gone with ZZF or Newegg instead. Thanks for your comment.

 

[Denver_Stalker]

Newegg would have been a better choice. I have been shopping with them for about 4 years now. And they have never let me down. Even if it was my fault, they replaced my item (As long as I was choosing my words carefully.) and service was always excellent. I hope it all works out for you!! AND MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[trdexalbee]

yup i wouldve just bought from newegg. at least i know i wont be getting a use part when i paid for a new one! good luck with your exhange.

 

[endyen]

You do know that you got a s940 opteron, and not one of the s939 chips right? The C after 144 means s940. If you want a 939 chip, it will have a D instead.
There also seems to be 1 to few chacters in that line.
For instance a OSA144DMX5BN would be socket 939 (D) v-core of 1.3 (M) have a max case temp of 95c, (X) and have a meg of cache (5)

 

[Max_C]

I just called mwave, and after waiting for about 15 minutes on the phone, they said that they will send me a rma in the email and a new cpu should be sent out within 24 hours. The lady was kind of rude and a bit rushed, does not sound very reassuring to me. Let's see if they will follow through with the promise.

My motherboard is scheduled to arrive on Monday, so I hope I get the CPU soon after. Maybe I should have gone with ZZF or Newegg instead. Thanks for your comment.

ZZF (formerly GoogleGear.com) and NewEgg are both fine choices. I've dealt with both of them for years and have purchased thousands of $$$ of parts from each. They both have excellent prices, too. What I normally do when I want to build a PC is spec out all parts (except the case) on each web site, shipping included, and then go with whichever is cheaper. For me, 4 out of 5 times it's ZZF because of their free 2nd day shipping policy on light items. I don't spec the case because I can normally get that cheaper elsewhere. For example, I just built a PC 2 weeks ago. I got all the parts from ZZF and the case from www.c-source.com It's a nice Antec SLK3800B case with 400W power supply. It was $90 with free shipping.

Max.