Here’s the wildest fake CPU I’ve ever seen — and it was sold on Amazon
Would you be fooled by a 14-year-old processor in a new box? Scammers are getting more brazen with their fake CPU deceptions.
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Reuse that old CPU to stop it becoming e-waste
Selling your outdated GPU after upgrading to a newer model may seem tempting ... Which you decide to build is partly informed by the old CPU that you're planning to use, because it depends ...
Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait
You may be aware that this isn’t just any old processor, but Intel’s very first chip, and indeed the first commercially ...
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 Amazon for processor testing purposes. Good for them! Upon opening the box, h ...
Amazon customer receives fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D, turns out to be decade-old AMD CPU
We've been reporting stories about Amazon customers receiving fake processors since 2017. It still occasionally happens, as discovered by Aris from Hardware Busters. He bought a ...