Question How to find an open boxed AM4 CPU got used or not

[dadashali]

I have to buy an Open boxed AM4 CPU that seller said it doesn't got used but how can i find he said the truth or not?

 

[richiestang_78]

There isn't. Unless you can see thermal compound on the CPU there is no other way of telling if the CPU was used in a system outside of physical damage/marks to the chip.

 

[Rodrigodrt]

only by physically checking it for thermal compound residue, also, funny thing but im not sure if the pins for that cpu is on the motherboard or the processor lol ! i know mine is on the motherboard, so if thats the case your cpu should have no pins but if it was used the gold contact points will have small "contact" marks from the mobo pins, that tells you...

uh... nothing much u can do..

 

[dadashali]

Ya the matter is that CPU is not in my hand and I can't check it pins got marked or not ... however I'm not sure about that marks on CPU pins on the AMD platform. On intel platfrom it would be easy to find marks on the back of cpu...

 

[Rodrigodrt]

Ya the matter is that CPU is not in my hand and I can't check it pins got marked or not ... however I'm not sure about that marks on CPU pins on the AMD platform. On intel platfrom it would be easy to find marks on the back of cpu...

aint nothing you can do m8, no smeary thermal compound, aint much else you can do to identify as cpus can be slapped in and removed witout any marks

 

[drea.drechsler]

Ya the matter is that CPU is not in my hand and I can't check it pins got marked or not ... however I'm not sure about that marks on CPU pins on the AMD platform. On intel platfrom it would be easy to find marks on the back of cpu...

I'm not even sure marks on CPU pins (AMD) or contact pads (Intel) would be proof it was used by a previous owner because manufacturing test equipment would leave light marks of their own. If clean, you really can't tell if any open / unsealed box CPU has been used or not. I'd want the same discount as I'd get for used unless it's from a reliable retailer and accompanied with a money back refund (they pay shipping) if DOA. And the seller's warranty should last a few weeks at least and not rely on mfr's warranty alone.

 

[SamirD]

What is your concern? That is won't be under factory warranty? That it's a fake? There's way to resolve these issues without it being new. And being new doesn't absolve these issues either (as fakes ones are typically new).