How do I go about binning?

[Lays]

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)

[K404]

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

[Lays]

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.

[K404]

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.

[Splave]

amazon prime lol

[Lays]

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?

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

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.

[zzolio]

In Denmark the shops will ban you if you bin a lot of CPUs this way but a few is not an issue

[websmile]

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^^

[Lays]

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?

[Lays]

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.

[Splave]

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

[Lays]

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.

[buildzoid]

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

[K404]

I've never heard of that site before and WHOA! at the exponential price jumps!

[Lays]

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.

[ObscureParadox]

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.

[Lays]

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.