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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.

  3. 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..

  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Re:No way was this an accident by Knara · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  8. 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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  9. 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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