Oem Hardware
<div class="IPBDescription">what does this mean?</div> ive recently been searching out hardware to build a new pc and i noticed that most of the products i plan on getting are OEM. the OEMs include my
-harddrive
-disk drive
-motherboard
-and cd/dvd-rom
im not too sure what this means. does it mean that they wont come with the cords that hook up to the power supply?
by the way my rig, costing about $820 (accessories included. real cheap!), will include
1024 ddr400 mushkin ram
80 gig 7200rpm harddrive
2.26 ghz processor
and a geforce 6800nu, which hopefully will be good
-harddrive
-disk drive
-motherboard
-and cd/dvd-rom
im not too sure what this means. does it mean that they wont come with the cords that hook up to the power supply?
by the way my rig, costing about $820 (accessories included. real cheap!), will include
1024 ddr400 mushkin ram
80 gig 7200rpm harddrive
2.26 ghz processor
and a geforce 6800nu, which hopefully will be good
Comments
edit: gah, I'm too slow...
it's pretty much the cake without the frosting (everything that everyone said basically)
There's nothing bad with OEM everyone buys some and no-one sues you for it. Otherwise I know whole streets of shops that would close down.
Yup
Like for example my asus radeon 9800 pro (I like asus <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) Came with like 3 free games/ extra software/ lcd->crt hookup/ video hookup boxxy thingy/ other extra stuff. But if it were oem all it would come with is the graphics card and the drivers.
Indeed. And web sites too. You don't see OEM stuff at big chains like Best Buy or CompUSA, but for small stores its practically the only way they compete. And some hardware only comes in OEM form. There's nothing wrong or illegal about OEM hardware.
In fact, sometimes OEM is a lot better way to go, especially for graphics cards that like to include free copies of crappy games you don't need/already have (which raise the price of the card). OEM's are cheaper due to 1) less warranty (there usually IS a warranty, but its not as long as the retail box would be) 2) no extras
Up above someone said OEM hardware doesn't include drivers, and that is incorrect (unless its something that really doesn't need drivers but traditionally comes with a disk anyway, like a hard drive or a cd-rom). Every OEM motherboard, sound card, and video card I've ever bought has came with the needed drivers, cables, and etc.
That's a terrible video card choice for several reasons:
1) The processor is going to be a huge bottleneck for the vid card (unless that's an AMD, which I'm almost certain it's not)
2) Right now it's a really bad time to buy any vid card, in the near future there will be more choices in the top of the line cards and mid range cards will drop down in price
3) If you're paying $800 for a computer I'm guessing you don't have a quality power supply which you're going to need with that card
I disagree. Now is probably the best time in YEARS to get a card. Yes prices suck, but the leap in performance over the last generation for both ATI cards and NVidia cards is tremendous.
And as far as the whole "wait 6 months" thing goes, its always like that. If he waits 6 months for whatever is gonna be pwn, he'll be told to wait 6 more months because something even MORE pwn is coming.
with OEM you might not get the manuals
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That's why god invented online pdf's
You only need the manual for jumper settings anyways.
I don't think I've ever bought a hard drive/floppy drive/CPU that <i>wasn't</i> OEM, I mean why the hell do you need a Retail Boxed CPU when its just going to get its packaging torn open and buried inside your PC anyway ;D