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04-06-2007, 11:21 PM
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OEM or Retail Hard Drive: Is it worth the price difference?
Hey guys, as I continue looking for the parts to my new and first build, I have a new question...
Is it worth it to get a Retail version HDD over an OEM? Is retail really worth the price difference? Thanks, Chris |
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04-06-2007, 11:30 PM
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If you are building your own system OEM drives are the way to go. There's no point to buying a retail boxed hard drive because everything you need comes with the motherboard.
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04-07-2007, 09:58 PM
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oem, ive bought a retail case, it was broken,. bought from the same place same item OEM, got it without defects
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04-07-2007, 10:09 PM
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But yeah, OEM is definitely the way to go for drives... no reason to spend extra for cables you already have and a manual that you won't read. |
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04-07-2007, 10:13 PM
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Go OEM... It's pretty rare you need the stuff that comes with a retail... Perhaps if you have some non-standard computer with short cables, or IDE cables with single ends(and you want a master/slave setup)
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04-08-2007, 12:07 AM
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chances are you don't need to cable that comes wiht it because the motherboard will have 2, and if you already know how to install a drive you wont need the instruction manual.
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