It’s not often that a reputable retailer is duped into passing on dodgy goods to customers, but it seems that Newegg managed to end up with counterfeit Intel Core i7 920 CPUs in its supply chain.
HardOCP broke the story: After talking to several sources on this, it seems that Newegg was in fact selling counterfeit Intel processors.
A fake Intel Core i7-920 was delivered to the hands of HardForum user Vincent Waller in Oregon, AKA “Nix.” He reported his find to other HardForum users Thursday afternoon. I have to say that the demo boxes argument is a weak one. The typos on the box, the genuine-esque label and the fakey manual inside the box seem to rule out this being a demo box in my opinion. Someone’s gone to a lot of trouble to make this seem like a genuine CPU right up until you open the box!
There are more reports of fake CPUs over on Overclockers.
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