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Newegg sold counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs
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Re: Newegg sold counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs
#22More (full-res) pictures: http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1035412736&postc...
Do these photos support the claim that the boxes were just demos shipped mistakenly, or that they were indeed counterfeits that were inserted into the supply chain? Thoughts?
I think the evidence is pretty convincing that they were counterfeits created by people with no connection to Intel.
Putting the CPU/heatsink aside - If you wanted to ship a demo unit, wouldn't you just use the exact same box that you're already producing thousands of in the factory and slap a "demo" sticker on it? Even if you made a separate demo box, there's no reason that the boilerplate text wouldn't just be a copy/paste. It's obvious that someone not familiar with English and French manually copied the text (the French text is even worse than the English; the accents are missing pointing in the wrong direction).
Re: Newegg sold counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs
#23Video of a pseudo unboxing of the fake i7 box / demo unit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54tDqM5-6RU
...and a little bit of commentary from another customer who received a fake/demo i7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmEgSg9m89U
Re: Newegg sold counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do these photos support the claim that the boxes were just demos shipped mistakenly, or that they were indeed counterfeits that were inserted into the supply chain? Thoughts?
I think the evidence is pretty convincing that they were counterfeits created by people with no connection to Intel. Putting the CPU/heatsink aside - If you wanted to ship a demo unit, wouldn't you just use the exact same box that you're already producing thousands of in the factory and slap a "demo" sticker on it? Even if you made a separate demo box, there's no reason that the boilerplate text wouldn't just be a co…
I was thinking the same thing. The poor English, and the even worse translations, seem like a dead giveaway that these are definitely the worst of the worst: FAKE DEMO UNITS! The world will implode in 5.4.3.2.1...
Re: Newegg sold counterfeit Intel Core i7 CPUs
#25the news is that newegg is aware of a shipping error that occurred with certain recent orders of the Intel Core i7-920 CPU. After investigating the issue internally it appears one of our long term partners mistakenly shipped a small number of demo boxes instead of functional units.
This is kinda scary, there should be seal wrap , like asprin, to ensure that the product is correct.