Reported fake Intel CPU sold at Newegg (first build ever - i7 920)

[L.C.]

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636484

 

And... (Please at least read the first page, if not skim through all 7+ pages of that thread before watching video, otherwise the you might not pickup on some parts of the video. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrAOQ4TzQc

[PoLiX]

300 / 2000 in a shipment, wow.

[Samapico]

holy crap.. just read the first few posts yet... How the hell could they have let that through

[Shock]

Wowwwww. I wouldn't know what to think if that happened to me.

 

Glad I decided to stick with AMD on my build. Not to mention, I think the Phenom II series of AM3 processors is right up there with the i7 in terms of speed.. also much much cheaper.

[Samapico]

http://www.techeye.net/business/company-threatens-journalists-over-fake-intel-cpu-reports

 

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636789

 

 

The plot thickens

 

 

This might make the news, guys

It might be a very large-scale counterfeit scheme. They had 300 in that shipment at newegg... how many more will be reported elsewhere?

[L.C.]

NewEgg terminated their relationship with the supplier responsible. (It wasn't D&H.)

[Samapico]

Newegg has released a statement that sheds some light on the fake processor story we have been following since Friday:

 

"Newegg is currently conducting a thorough investigation surrounding recent shipments of questionable Intel Core i7-920 CPUs purchased from Newegg.com.

 

Initial information we received from our supplier, IPEX, stated that they had mistakenly shipped us "demo units." We have since come to discover the CPUs were counterfeit and are terminating our relationship with this supplier. Contrary to any speculation, D&H Distributing is not the vendor that supplied us with the Intel Core i7-920 CPUs in question..."

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636860