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Unboxing the Fake Intel Core i7-920

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the recognize-boo-yaka-shah dept.

SkinnyGuy writes "The only thing more remarkable than NewEgg shipping fake Core i7 CPUs to customers is getting your hands on one and checking it out. Apparently there are only a couple hundred of these things in existence and Gearlog somehow managed to get and unbox one. The images are fascinating."

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  1. Wow, newegg must be getting huge... by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    to have added a third g to their name.

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  2. Warning! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are saying the processor is actually made of lead, so the overclocking potential is dismal.

    That combined with the underpowered foam cooler relegates this processor to HTPC uses only.

    1. Re:Warning! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

      If the processor is made of lead, the cooler had better be cast from Melamine... I demand the authentic fake experience.

    2. Re:Warning! by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, the cooler can't be made of melamine.

      They used all that up in the baby food.

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  3. No way was this an accident by seeker_1us · · Score: 3, Funny

    The cpu "cooler." The misspellings on the box. This was fraud.

  4. Alphine Stereo for sale by e2d2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My friend once bought an Alpine stereo from someone. When we looked closer at the box it was actually "Alphine" with an h. Okay so typical story. The funny part was the box. It had a picture of a Lamborghini on it. But the one they took a picture of was actually a toy. You could see this when you looked close. They didn't even bother to use a real Lamborghini picture! Even that was a fake! We couldn't stop laughing for at least an hour. The lengths some people will go to dupe people, if they spent that energy on creating something with actual worth..

    1. Re:Alphine Stereo for sale by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Funny

      >They didn't even bother to use a real Lamborghini picture! Even that was a fake!

      Its like a movie where the killer is always giving the police hints on his next crime. The fraudster gave your friend at least two hints, but he still bought it. Even fraudsters have the occasional attack of conscience.

    2. Re:Alphine Stereo for sale by JumpDrive · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey if it works for the US financial system and government it can't really be that bad of a business model.

    3. Re:Alphine Stereo for sale by pspahn · · Score: 3, Funny

      They must have mistaken you for a real troll. The packaging was too believable.

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  5. Re:No way was this an accident by rock217 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The cpu "cooler." The misspellings on the box. This was fraud.

    Are you sure?

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  6. Re:No way was this an accident by amicusNYCL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, you think? That's some fine detective work. Tell me, was it the lead "processor" or the solid plastic "fan" that gave it away?

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  7. hey by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are they saying a picture of a fan does not provide the same level of cooling as a real fan?

    1. Re:hey by sconeu · · Score: 5, Funny

      That depends on if you're using an Intel Magritte or not.

      Ceci n'est pas une heat-pipe

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  8. How long before the first fake fake? by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, I bought a fake i7 on eBay, but it turned out to be real! What a ripoff!

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  9. Re:The irony here is... by istartedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    the fakes could become more valuable eventually than the real item

    At least until somebody starts faking the fakes.

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  10. Re:No way was this an accident by Knara · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's some darn good police work there, Lou.

  11. Re:The irony here is... by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least the lead used to make these things won't end up in childrens' toys or in baby food.

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  12. ROHS compliance by dziman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I seriously doubt these lead processors are ROHS compliant.

  13. Performance? by ventmonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    What, no benchmarks?

  14. Windows 7 - Primitive Edition by number6x · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windows 7 - Primitive Edition is certified by Microsoft to run on this processor.

    Keep an eye on the blogs for announcement of the Ubuntu lead-block remix for this real soon now.

  15. Re:No way was this an accident by hypergreatthing · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought he just bought an limited extreme performance edition, now with 50% more lead...

  16. CSI Sillicon Valley by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hmm. Mis-spellings on the box. A sticker of a fan. A solid block of metal for the CPU.

    I'd say the buyers were

    <removes sunglasses>

    mis-lead."

    YEEAAAAAAAAH!

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  17. Re:It's a sign of the forgery. by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eye don bee leaf any ting yu sey.

  18. i'm really disappointed in /. by 1a1n · · Score: 1, Funny

    how come no one has managed to blame microsoft for this yet?

  19. It's obvious what caused this by rMuD · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is a Clear and Unequivocal sign that Anthropogenic Global Warming is real, Please think of the Children.

  20. Re:fine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Plus hundreds of millions of dollars and ten years dedicated to create the pill.

  21. Re:The irony here is... by twoDigitIq · · Score: 1, Funny

    Irregardless of that fact, shouldn't his signature say ""whom cares?"?"

  22. Re:Did you hear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Honestly, id have pity on anyone that fucked my mom.