[techtalk] Would like advice on building system

[Wayne Mehl]

Yeah, I agree. The price difference is the same as the price for a good
fan. And you miss out on the cool AMD stickers. 

Wayne

AMD K6-2 400MHZ 3D (RETAIL BOXED) W/COOLING FAN (3 YEARS WARRANTY)
Detail Specs 
                                                                       
                $59.50



--- Amanda Owens <amowens at radonc.duke.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Wayne Mehl wrote:
> 
> > My two cents on building a system....
> >
> <snippage> 
> > 
> > $53.00 	AMD K6-2 400MHZ 3D OEM 
> 
> Just a note - if you can afford to get the AMD Chip-in-a-box, do so. 
> Often times, OEM chips will not come with a cooling fan, which the 
> AMD-in-a-box does come with, and AMD's got a 3 year warranty from AMD
> 
> itself, as opposed to 90 days - 1 yr on any of the OEM chips I've
> seen. 
> You also get a neat nifty 'AMD Inside' sort of sticker to go on the
> front 
> of your machine. :)
> 
> I've gone both ways relatively recently - chip-in-a-box and OEM
> (which 
> the retailer actually put together for me), and I much preferred the 
> chip-in-a-box experience. And the 3 year warranty is *very* nice.
> 
> Mur!
> 
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