Fake intel 920's?

[WoodButcher]

Newegg Selling Fake Intel CPUs
Did you just order an Intel Core i7-920 CPU from Newegg? Have you opened the box yet to check and see what is inside of it? We highly suggest you do.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus

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Markfw900

 

[ImDonly1]

Big thread on this in off topic.

 

[Rubycon]

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6422425

 

[zagood]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2056392

 

[Dadofamunky]

OMG that is wild. Lotta workwent into faking a $250 processor, so it looks like a pretty organized operation that may have stolen hundreds of CPUs. Faking that heatsink with a block of wax took some effort, so it's certainly much mroe than one instance. I hope NewEgg is being vigilant about this, that's a really serious problem.