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eddie456
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_ 		1. December 2008 @ 23:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I was just wondering.. What does the retail version have that the OEM doesn't?? I was thinking on getting a 500Gb Western Digital Hard Drive.. Does it make a difference...?
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krj15489
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_ 		2. December 2008 @ 00:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the retail comes with a sata cable, a longer warranty and a nice box. oem comes wrapped in antistatic bubble wrap with nothing else. the advantage of oem is that is is cheaper. i buy all my drives oem.
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eddie456
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_ 		2. December 2008 @ 10:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
But don't you need the sata cable...?
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_ 		2. December 2008 @ 11:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes, but people building new PCs also get new motherboards, and motherboards come with free S-ATA cables, so they don't need any to come with the hard drive.
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eddie456
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_ 		3. December 2008 @ 00:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OMG that helped a lot... thank you very much :)
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