Saw a CPU on Ebay listed as Kbx?

[The Kasafist]

Anyone know if the seller is just simply completely ignorant of is this differs from a regular K series? Example i7 4930K vs i7 4930Kbx? Never heard of such thing and just wondering.

 

[COLGeek]

Possibly refers to "box" as in the retail version (vs. the OEM version) of the CPU.

See here: http://www.starsurplus.com/viewitem.lasso?i=I7-4930KBX

 

[The Kasafist]

Possibly refers to "box" as in the retail version (vs. the OEM version) of the CPU.

See here: http://www.starsurplus.com/viewitem.lasso?i=I7-4930KBX

Lost again so what is the big diff between Retail and OEM. I have noticed there are ES versions of Intel CPU which are not for re-sale (even though they still show up on EBay anyway) and the official release one's (on the Intel website) are the OEM one's. So how does the retail version differ from the OEM one's at that point?

 

[COLGeek]

Retail vs. OEM CPUs carry different warranties (OEM is usually shorter and it can be impossible to RMA an OEM CPU in some cases). Retail CPUs usually ship with a heatsink as well (OEM does not).

Performance wise, they are identical.

 

[The Kasafist]

Retail vs. OEM CPUs carry different warranties (OEM is usually shorter and it can be impossible to RMA an OEM CPU in some cases). Retail CPUs usually ship with a heatsink as well (OEM does not).

Performance wise, they are identical.

Thanks a bunch COLGeek much obliged for clearing that up for me. I will keep this information in mind in the future!

 

[COLGeek]

You are most welcome. Have fun!