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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. That's Fremont. by pspahn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Growing up in Fremont, it became quickly apparent to me that there are a lot of crooks there. Seeing that IPEX was based there does not surprise me. On the edge of Silicon Valley, huge foreign population, a lot of well-educated people, and most of all, the opportunity to rip people off.

    I hate to be stereotypical, but I would wager my home desktop that I could profile these cons with a pretty good degree of accuracy.

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  2. Re:Ebay by AnotherUsername · · Score: 0, Troll

    Watch out, the real fraudster might try to sue you for patent infringement...

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