Can anyone tell me what to look for when buying a processor?

[lemon]

Originally posted by TimmiT
Not really stupid, if you dont know.

The voltage for the items within your computer are regulated by the PSU, and are standard (as in the same range, not that you can't tweak to be different).

The US and UK diff come into play with the AC electricy out of the wall. There you are dealing with two different voltages. This will only effect the portion of your rig that plugs into the wall - the PSU. The PSU will be made for either one or the other, and will put out the same voltages to your computer, what ever side of the Atlantic you are on.

Good to know.

Does this mean it's fine to buy a hardware component from a non-UK site when one sees a burgain? (Excluding Vat, Deliv, and of couse, scam)

Thanks Tom.

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by lemon
Good to know.

Does this mean it's fine to buy a hardware component from a non-UK site when one sees a burgain? (Excluding Vat, Deliv, and of couse, scam)

Thanks Tom.

You might as well..... the internal components are all the same in both conties.....
generally its only the manuals that change......


But as you say... its prolly gonna be cheaper after deliv, tax etc etc....

[dgr]

Originally posted by fondie
it is retail CPUs that come with the 3 year waranty, and OEMs with a 1 year, if your CPU isn't DOA though there isn't much that can go wrong with it unless there is a bit of user input to help it on it's way, which will have voided your waranty anyway.

it is possible to turn sigs off, it's not much bigger than most other people though, so maybe that's your best course of action if mine is too big for you.

sorry, you are correct.

but:

your retail warranty is void if you do not use the hsf it came with. the oem ones can be used with any hsf...

dgr