Newegg Ships Fake Intel CPUs

rookietrucker · Mar 19, 2010

Newegg Ships Fake Intel CPUs, Gets Egg on Face

This story is just too wild to ignore: It seems has quite a bit of old egg on its face this week after it shipped customers "counterfeit" Intel CPUs that were more like movie props than actual working electronics.

Last week, a Newegg customer ordered an Intel Core i7-920 CPU, which retails for $288.99 at the site. But what he got was more than a little different.

IDG News' Sumner Lemon puts it rather drolly:

"The fake processor, sold as a standalone or 'boxed' chip, came with an instruction manual comprised of blank pages. In addition, [a] sticker on the outside of the box misspelled the word "socket" as "sochet" and other words on the box were spelled incorrectly -- subtle but clear indications that the contents inside were not genuine."

Subtle but clear -- you betcha.

Actually, it gets better (or worse, depending on your perspective). According to photographs posted at the HardOCP forums where the story originally surfaced, the "chip" came with a "heat sink" that was simply a blob of molded plastic. The CPU fan, visible through a cutout in the box's packaging, was a decal glued to the "heat sink." In other words, it was a picture of a fan, not an actual fan. The "chip" itself appears to be a piece of tin with perforations where you'd normally find circuits.

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Mark Kling · Mar 21, 2010

I always like the Sunday ads showing some guy on a riding lawnmower riding around cutting grass..... with the deck up.

Blue Screen · Apr 3, 2010

Unfortunately The Egg drop ships 90% of their inventory. (Merchandise is shipped from distributor to your door, Not shipped from New-Egg's warehouse.) Sounds like a disgruntled shipping clerk somewhere is enjoying his new CPU. The PC shop I work for orders parts from them all the time. In a world of (Cust.-No-Service) I have never been unhappy with their Service. Stay Safe Friends

statikuz · Apr 3, 2010

Blue Screen said: ↑

Unfortunately The Egg drop ships 90% of their inventory. (Merchandise is shipped from distributor to your door, Not shipped from New-Egg's warehouse.) Sounds like a disgruntled shipping clerk somewhere is enjoying his new CPU. The PC shop I work for orders parts from them all the time. In a world of (Cust.-No-Service) I have never been unhappy with their Service. Stay Safe Friends
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I don't believe this is correct unless you can cite something. I'm sure they do dropship some items but not 90%.

What's the point of their epic warehouses then?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/1945
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2531

TheRumRunner · Apr 3, 2010

April Fools?

statikuz · Apr 3, 2010

TheRumRunner said: ↑

April Fools?
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Haha no this was weeks ago - not sure why the thread got resurrected.

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