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Originally posted by billege
OEM means no heatsink, no fan. It's like whitebox, a synonym for OEM. Whitebox software is a disk in a sleeve. Usually cheaper. OEM is the product, and that's it buddy. No cables, no cute one step start guides, just the hardware.
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An OEM Pentium 4 comes with the Intel heatsink/fan in a minimal plastic container. A retail Pentium 4 comes with the fan, some documentation or something, and better packaging. OEM CD and DVD drives come with an audio cable and sometimes software, in an anti-static bag. So it is not just the bare hardware, just what you really need to get started.
At least that's how it is at the computer store I work at.