"New Pull" Hardware ?

Id like to know what people think of "New Pull" hardware.

Ive been shopping around for an older Intel P4 Northwood CPU.

The CPU Ive been looking for Ive seen advertised as a "New Pull" OEM.

As far as I can tell "New Pull" means Used. Of course retailers like to
say its "like brand new" or been barely used and of course they dont
want to quantify "how used" these CPU's are.

What has your experience been with these items?

Basically you have 7 days from the invoice to verify it works to get
your money back. That basically means you have 1 or 2 days to stick it
on your board since UPS ground takes up to 5 days.

Is there Free BENCHMARK software you can use to run a CPU through its
paces to verify its running OK? Anything you would recommend?

Are there any online charts to compare benchmark results against?

Whats your experience been with OEM hardware and Warranties?

Ive seen online information saying the Intel OEM CPU's are warrantied
from 30-90 days. Ive also seen information saying that Intel OEM CPU's
are not warrantied unless you send a matching heat sink and fan along
with the CPU. Is this True?

This is my first build so Im trying to figure out whats what.

Thanks for your input.

Teknowbabble

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