Fake Intel CPU's

[swifty_morgan]

Apparently newegg got their hands on some fake 920 processors. According to Intel they are rounding them up. Story: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus

Figures, I see it was posted a little earlier. Not going to remove it though. Others may have missed the posts as I did.

 

[ronss]

Apparently newegg got their hands on some fake 920 processors. According to Intel they are rounding them up. Story: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus

Figures, I see it was posted a little earlier. Not going to remove it though. Others may have missed the posts as I did.

apparently someone in the distribution chain did a switch, might even been someone working at newegg

 

[saaiello]

When you buy something off neweeg it comes from a number of different warehouses that dont only cater to newegg so it coulda been anybody.

 

[andy5174]

Newegg has nothing to be accused as long as they are willing to offer replacement or refund for those fake 920s.

However, I do think they should take more care of their merchandise source.

 

[shagrathdex666]

thanks for the news now i will double check when i order mine!

 

[ronss]

i just wonder what happen to newegg on this ,,,are they out 29,000 dollars

 

[ulysses35]

lol... will be easy to spot when you open the box. Damn I just bought 20 from newegg lol... 😉

 

[nukemaster]

No wonder it was not overclocking like it should. Those foam/sticker coolers just can't keep up 😛

The link states they are demo boxes, that would make sense. Kind of like those hallow camera demo units at the store. The spelling mistakes are still funny.

 

[malael]

newegg and cpus have a shady history i just bought one from them myself and it came without a plastic protector and my build wouldnt boot up i figured it was the cpu seeing how i got it in such a strange condition but hey atleast it wasnt that! =][

 

[ronss]

you would think the guys at new could see the box was open

 

[BadTrip]

See what happens when Intel subcontracts Global Foundries.