My friend Aris from hwbusters.com / Cybenetics just experienced a story that can probably serve as a prime example of the absurdities you can encounter when you think you’re safe in the civilized world of online ordering. For the upcoming test of the 9950X3D, Aris needed an additional Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. Since his only one was already firmly anchored in his GPU test system – had become an integral part, so to speak – he ordered a new one via Amazon Germany without further ado. The order was placed on February 25, shipped on February 27 and delivered on March 4. Everything was still in line with expectations.
After Aris had completed the benchmarks with the other processors, March 9 arrived – the day he finally opened the sealed packaging to insert the new centerpiece of his test system. But what was inside the box? Certainly not the expected 9800X3D. A quick glance was enough to realize that something was wrong. The heatspreader looked strange, the underside actually revealed pins (yes, pins!), and the lettering on the heatspreader was so amateurish that it screamed “FAKE!” from ten meters away.
That meant no 9800X3D for the planned test. But if you’re going to be cheated, at least do it in style – so I grabbed the camera, took photos and a video. After all, documentation is everything when it comes to exposing a fake.
Here are some shots of the “processor”. Especially nice: according to the imprint, it was “diffused” in both the USA and Taiwan, but ultimately manufactured in China. A fine example of the globalized art of deception. Of course, the comparison with a real AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU could not be avoided to illustrate the difference between reality and deception.
And the best part of the whole thing? This wasn’t a purchase from some shady third-party seller – no, the processor was ordered directly from Amazon and sold as new. Not a return from a customer who had secretly thrown an old chip into the package. No, the packaging was originally sealed, and my friend Aris was the first person to open it. This means that Amazon now has a serious problem, because someone somewhere in their supply chain has pulled off a flawless scam. Maybe Amazon should look into who they received this “processor” from – and get AMD on board directly.
If you peel off the bumbling print, you can see the original CPU! OMG…
In the meantime, of course, the return process is underway. However, it can take up to three weeks for a refund. Three weeks in which my friend Aris will be without the processor he needs – and three weeks in which Amazon will hopefully find out how something like this could have happened in the first place.
Source: hwbusters.com
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