This Amazon-bought fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is actually a 14-year-old Bulldozer chip with a cheap sticker on it
YouTube channel Hardware Busters claims it purchased what looked like an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU from ... silkscreened logo ...
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Reports that when ordering a new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D from Amazon, a counterfeit product with a sticker was delivered
There have been reports of people buying AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D on Amazon only to find it was a fake with a sticker on top. The fake was shrink-wrapped in a box, making it look like it was brand new.
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Exposing a Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Amazon Shipped an AMD FX Chip With Sticker in IHS
A processor sold as the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D arrived in a sealed box that looked completely legitimate. However, when it was unwrapped, it was clear that something was off. Instead of the modern ...
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Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D bought from Amazon was actually an old AMD FX chip disguised by IHS sticker
Well-known hardware reviewers aren't immune to tech retail fakers, and to demonstrate this, Hardware Busters has shared images of a counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 ... the amazing IHS sticker peel image ...
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Amazon customer receives fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D, turns out to be decade-old AMD CPU
The latest incident involved a Ryzen 7 9800X3D ordered by a reviewer ... This was, of course, a sticker used to try to obscure the real identity of the CPU. Peeling it off revealed that what ...
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This Amazon-bought fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is actually a 14-year-old Bulldozer chip with a cheap sticker on it
Closer inspection (and a bit of fingernail prying) revealed that underneath the sticker lay an AMD FX 4100, a 14-year-old Bulldozer chip that can be found on the used market for around $10.