Fake Intel CPU's! Have you been affected?

[mikee]

do these fake chips even work or are they just dummies? I could understand if someone sold them as intel clones but not trying to sell as the real thing. The blank book should send up a red flag in any sensible person's mind. I'd personally buy one if they were marketed as clones and were under 100$. Also I wonder if there were any benchmarks or comparisons to the real i7

 

[CBrooks]

do these fake chips even work or are they just dummies? I could understand if someone sold them as intel clones but not trying to sell as the real thing. The blank book should send up a red flag in any sensible person's mind. I'd personally buy one if they were marketed as clones and were under 100$. Also I wonder if there were any benchmarks or comparisons to the real i7

From what I read there weren't even pins on the chips.. lol

 

[foothead]

It was aluminum with a grid carved into the bottom with a file.

so sorta.

 

[Ð88]

http://www.dailytech.com/Newegg+Counterfeit+CPU+Mess+Finally+Resolved+/article17851.htm

Don't worry. We're all safe again.

 

[Bahawolf1]

I was wondering why my heatsink looked strange...