OEM products typically have a shorter warranty, such as CPUs and Hard drives. Because to save money, the company selling them (like Dell) gives the warranty instead of the manufacturer. If you buy one of these parts from a store like Fry's, you get the 1 year warranty.
Retail products come with a full warranty.
Example: Intel OEM CPUs have a 1 year warranty and no fan or heatsink. Retails ones do and have a 3 year warranty.
Also, with hardware such as video cards, you might get a dumbed down model (better memory, software bundle on the retail version). It all depends on your needs.
XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz)
-A13 BIOS
-384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM)
-Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K SP2/ WXP Pro
-Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card
-Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD
-Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1
-Dell P991 Monitor
-Toshiba CDR/DVD
-WinDVD
-Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card (VORTEX 2 4.06.2048 reference drivers from Vortex of Sound for W98/ native W2K and WXP drivers on other OS')
-U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem
-Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem
-Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set
-Intel Create and Share Camera
-Logitech Mouseman Wheel
-Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external)
-HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a)
-CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner with USB
Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000
Nvidia Reference Chart (third party not mine):
http://65.68.55.12/inetpub/ftproot/nvidia_gf_reference_chart.htm How to Clean Out Old Nvidia Drivers:
http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/geforce/3.shtml Old Nvidia Drivers Directly from Nvidia:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011116_3872 Last set of Montego drivers available:
http://www.vortexofsound.com/download.htm
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February 2nd, 2002 07:00
OEM products typically have a shorter warranty, such as CPUs and Hard drives. Because to save money, the company selling them (like Dell) gives the warranty instead of the manufacturer. If you buy one of these parts from a store like Fry's, you get the 1 year warranty.
Retail products come with a full warranty.
Example: Intel OEM CPUs have a 1 year warranty and no fan or heatsink. Retails ones do and have a 3 year warranty.
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February 2nd, 2002 16:00
XPS-R450 to XPS-R1000 (Intel P3 1GHz)
-A13 BIOS
-384MB RAM (2 Crucial and 1 Dell TI OEM)
-Triple Boot W98 1st Ed/ W2K SP2/ WXP Pro
-Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HD on Promise (Maxtor branded) ATA100 Controller Card
-Maxtor 17GB 5200 RPM HD
-Hercules GeForce2 MX-400 32MB (14.41 drivers on W98/21.83 on W2K and WXP) with DX8.1
-Dell P991 Monitor
-Toshiba CDR/DVD
-WinDVD
-Turtle Beach Montego 2 Sound Card (VORTEX 2 4.06.2048 reference drivers from Vortex of Sound for W98/ native W2K and WXP drivers on other OS')
-U.S. Robotics 56K v.90 Hardware Modem
-Netgear FA310TX NIC for DSL with Westell Modem
-Altec Lansing ACS495 Speaker Set
-Intel Create and Share Camera
-Logitech Mouseman Wheel
-Iomega Zip Plus 100 (external)
-HP LaserJet4L (purchased in '93 and still kicks a)
-CyberPower1250AVR (670 watt) UPS/Line Conditioner with USB
Favorite Game: MSFT NBA Inside Drive 2000
Nvidia Reference Chart (third party not mine):
http://65.68.55.12/inetpub/ftproot/nvidia_gf_reference_chart.htm
How to Clean Out Old Nvidia Drivers:
http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/geforce/3.shtml
Old Nvidia Drivers Directly from Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011116_3872
Last set of Montego drivers available:
http://www.vortexofsound.com/download.htm