Brand New 4790K - contact pad has dark spot and other unusuals...

[formula428]

I just bought a 4790K to replaced by 4570 in hopes of getting a few more years. I bought from Newegg and noticed a few things:

1 contact pad has a dark spot
The heatsink in the box was incredibly dirty on the thermal grease
The manual had a Celeron instruction (???)

Should I be worried, or just plug the CPU in?

Here's pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/144671406@N04/?

 

[SubaruWRX244]

Seems a bit weird if your purchased all this new from Newegg. I would contact them and tell them your issue. However you can try the new parts too!

 

[Supahos]

Sold and Shipped by: Corn Electronics
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I don't think you actually bought it from Newegg... That being said if the top of the processor actually says 4790k you're probably okay...

 

[SkyNetRising]

Get aftermarket cooler for your new cpu. i7 with stock cooler runs rather hot.

 

[formula428]

how about the dark spot? should i try and clean it?

 

[Supahos]

Absolutely do not try to to clean anything other than the top (heat spreader) on a cpu

 

[SkyNetRising]

how about the dark spot? should i try and clean it?

You can try cleaning it with eraser. Just be very careful. Don't touch surface mounted capacitors.

 

[formula428]

The seller was Corn Electronics thru Newegg.

 

[Supahos]

Those chips are all tested before leaving the factory. Probably had something on it when put in package and got discolored in the 5 years since it was packaged

 

[formula428]

www.flickr.com/photos/144671406@N04/?

 

[formula428]

Can you guys see the photos? Does it look like a burnt spot?

 

[SubaruWRX244]

The cooler thermal paste and contact plate look a bit ruff. Also try out the i7 and see if it works. However I'm suprised you actually saw that damage to the CPU. That is damage that shouldn't be there....

 

[formula428]

I'm an inspector for manufacturing plant, so I'm kind of used to looking for very small imperfections. I first thought it was on the plastic container, but then opened up the cpu package and realized it's on the chip.

The thermal paste has dirt in it (or FOD, foreign object debris, as we would say in the plant). I'm trying to remember back when I bought my i5...didn't intel put a plastic container over the heatsink? My Ryzen 2600 certainly did. And this one was just out in the open next to the cardboard...seems kind of strange to me. Yet the box was sealed, and an i7 shipped with a Celeron manual...?

 

[SubaruWRX244]

I'm an inspector for manufacturing plant, so I'm kind of used to looking for very small imperfections. I first thought it was on the plastic container, but then opened up the cpu package and realized it's on the chip.

The thermal paste has dirt in it (or FOD, foreign object debris, as we would say in the plant). I'm trying to remember back when I bought my i5...didn't intel put a plastic container over the heatsink? My Ryzen 2600 certainly did. And this one was just out in the open next to the cardboard...seems kind of strange to me. Yet the box was sealed, and an i7 shipped with a Celeron manual...?

Very sketchy. If it were me I would return