What's the difference between cel300a and cel300a "sl32a"?

[Overgrown Midget]

[Russ]

300 is the speed of the processor, the "A" means it has 128K L2 cache. SL32A is the sSPEC number. Each Intel processor has a different sSPEC number designating the packaging type.

SL32A is Boxed Retail. SL2WM is also a 300A and is the OEM version, although Intel is now boxing these up also.

Russ, NCNE

[Overgrown Midget]

Thanks for the reply, but as bad as I hate to say it I don't know the difference between OEM and retail! What are they? Why is retail more expensive than OEM? Thanks for any illumination on this for me.

[shocker]

The retail version comes with a heatsink and fan attached...and a nice 3 year warranty.

The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) is a raw CPU, no fan, no pretty box and a much shorter warranty. My OEM version came with a 90 day warranty. As far as computers go, gee when it's 90 days old it's junk anyway.

Actually at $79 bucks, it's a disposable CPU!