Lays Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Somewhat new here, hi everyone. Had a question, how do I go about binning? I live near a Fry's electronics, do I just continuously buy, test, return until I get a good chip? Are there better ways of doing this? CPU in question will be a 5820k. (I know I can buy from silicon lottery, but I have limited funds, and the CPU I'd like from him costs to much for it to make sense for me when I could in theory do it at Fry's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Either pick a MHz point and see which chip will do it at the lowest voltage, or fix the voltage and see what MHz a CPU will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Either pick a MHz point and see which chip will do it at the lowest voltage, or fix the voltage and see what MHz a CPU will do Sorry I may not have been clear, I meant what method do I do to get the chips. I know the part about testing the chip, just not how to go about getting chips without losing lots of cash from returning them or selling the bad ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Oh! Sorry. Either get good enough at OC to get a reputation that a local shop with large stock can make use of, be very good friends with someone who is connected to a large shop, or buy as many as you can, keep the best, sell the rest and repeat until you strike gold or run out of available cash. Or:..... Reputation, connections or money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splave Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 amazon prime lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 amazon prime lol Out of curiosity, what would my reason for returning them be? That I'm just not happy with the performance, or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0ud_sil3nc3 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Fry's and Amazon Prime, and might as well add Microcenter to the list. All three will give you cash back within a set time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzolio Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 In Denmark the shops will ban you if you bin a lot of CPUs this way but a few is not an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators websmile Posted May 19, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 19, 2015 Not only hardware shops will ban you - in germany amazon banned a lot of customers lately for return rate that was too high - shops did the same, no idea how this is handled elsewhere^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Fry's and Amazon Prime, and might as well add Microcenter to the list. All three will give you cash back within a set time frame. On microcenter's return policy it says it must be in "new condition" which means I couldn't open the box, right? Also for amazon's return policy it says this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/sp.html?s=A2X611LEQI9ZC1&mp=&oid=&t=returns • CPU / Memory / Refurbished Products All OEM Processors, Memory, and refurbished computer products carry a 7 day refund policy. • Non-Returnable Items Due to manufacturer's policies, Skque Products cannot accept refunds or returns on All Software, Cell Phones, Game Titles, Retail Boxed Processors, Notebooks, Blank Media and Blank Cartridges, Camcorders, Printer Cartridges, Notebook Batteries, Liquid Cooling Products, Minolta, QMS, Cisco, IBM, Sony, Intel, Tektronix, NEC and Hewlett Packard products. Defective merchandise can be returned to the manufacturer directly. Wouldn't that mean me buying a retail boxed 5820k, I can't return it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Good news, I talked to an amazon rep and they said I can return it within 30 days. It's weird that the rep told me one thing, and that their policy says another though. I guess only one way to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splave Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 yep 30 days, just dont be d-bag about it. Like I bought 10 g3240s from them, I returned 5 and found a way to sell the other 5 instead of sending them all back to amazon. Also between my wife and I, think we spend about 20k a year on amazon Also I dont have a frys near by but I do know that even if you return something sealed they open it to check it, sent a shiver down my spine when I watched them do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 yep 30 days, just dont be d-bag about it. Like I bought 10 g3240s from them, I returned 5 and found a way to sell the other 5 instead of sending them all back to amazon. Also between my wife and I, think we spend about 20k a year on amazon Also I dont have a frys near by but I do know that even if you return something sealed they open it to check it, sent a shiver down my spine when I watched them do it Thanks! I'm loving the community around here so far, takes awhile for responses, but they're always good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildzoid Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 You could also just buy prebinned chips from here: http://siliconlottery.com/collections/all. The owner told me new stock is coming in next week so you might be able to get one of the 4.7GHz 5820Ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K404 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I've never heard of that site before and WHOA! at the exponential price jumps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 You could also just buy prebinned chips from here: http://siliconlottery.com/collections/all. The owner told me new stock is coming in next week so you might be able to get one of the 4.7GHz 5820Ks I can't justify the prices if I can bin them myself from amazon for free essentially, otherwise I'd do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObscureParadox_3XS Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I can't justify the prices if I can bin them myself from amazon for free essentially, otherwise I'd do it. As others have suggested above, do it in moderation, don't do it to the extent that you will be banned from buying from them again. Sometimes it can be better to sell some CPUs if they are above average clockers as good 24/7 chips. People will pay the premium for good clockers, you just need to find your market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lays Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 As others have suggested above, do it in moderation, don't do it to the extent that you will be banned from buying from them again. Sometimes it can be better to sell some CPUs if they are above average clockers as good 24/7 chips. People will pay the premium for good clockers, you just need to find your market. I'll ask him if he can go cheaper on one of the 4.7 chips when he gets stock, I have a buildlog with 45,000 views and I think if I gave him a shout-out & mentioned him in the thread a few times as well as say he's a contributor with his banner & link to his website, he may cut me a deal. Not sure though, as 45,000 views I guess isn't all that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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