OEM vs. Retail

If i’m building my own which should i go with oem ot retail, what are the pros and cons and whats the difference
Answer #1
OEM or Retail what…and what are you building ??
Answer #2
I prefer an unopened Retail motherboard or cpu because I don’t trust sellers of OEM…
Answer #3
im getting it from tigerdirect.com and im building a computer
Answer #4
If you trust the seller then it’s a matter of accessories with the mobo (do you really need them) and a fan that comes with the retail cpu. That’s all I’m aware of.
Answer #5
also should i go with 4 sticks at 1gig each or 2 sticks at 2gigs each does it matter?
Answer #6
If the motherboard allows it I would prefer two of the 2 GB sticks.
Answer #7
ok
Answer #8
what does OEM mean? and whats the difference between OEM and retail?
Answer #9
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer and usually comes with little documentation, drivers, software and the frills that come with Retail products. Apart from that they are identical. Some OEM stuff, such as hard drives offer longer warranties. The price is usually a fair bit lower.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer
Answer #10
If the motherboard allows it I would prefer two of the 2 GB sticks.
That would probably be best for dual chan mode…
Also you will need XP x64 or better for 4GB of ram,we are told
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-009033.htm
Answer #11
^^^^yea i know about that bout i was wondering which would be better 2 2gig sticks or 4 1gig sticks either or the sticks will be running at 800mhz