Fake Intel CPU packages, specifically the Intel Core i9 14900K, have been found on sale in China that are completely missing a silicon chip underneath their heatspreader. The CPUs were being sold as “loose” chips packaged only in a clear plastic container, but with a legitimate-looking security sticker suggesting they were the real deal.
However, once one buyer got what should have been one of the best gaming CPUs home and tried to use it they found the supposed Intel CPU didn’t work at all. Upon further investigation, including the removal of the heatspreader, they discovered the complete lack of an actual CPU die – there wasn’t even a fake die or blank slice of silicon. Just thin air.
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