But if you need a quick summary, the scammer printed a fake 9800X3D label sticker and slapped it onto another CPU. And not just another AM5 CPU, as we’ve seen with some scammers swapping CPU lids.

Late last week, the first claims surfaced that Newegg had sold fake Intel processors after at least one customer posted photos and other information of the allegedly fake products, to the Internet.

This older chip was once compared to Intel’s Core i3-2100 ... even more inconsistencies with what was advertised. The fake processor had a different physical layout, with pins instead of ...

WTF?! It appears that Amazon still sells the occasional CPU that turns out to be a fake. The latest incident involved a Ryzen 7 9800X3D ordered by a reviewer for a test system that was actually an ...