This Amazon-bought fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is actually a 14-year-old Bulldozer chip with a cheap sticker on it
Closer inspection (and a bit of fingernail prying) revealed that underneath the sticker lay an AMD FX 4100, a 14-year-old ...
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Here’s the wildest fake CPU I’ve ever seen — and it was sold on Amazon
AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D ... the scammer printed a fake 9800X3D label sticker and slapped it onto another CPU. And not just another AM5 CPU, as we’ve seen with some scammers ...
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Exposing a Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Amazon Shipped an AMD FX Chip With Sticker in IHS
The case of the misrepresented processor is a useful lesson for hardware gurus in verifying online purchases. A processor ...
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Another fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D was sold on Amazon — this is a reminder to check your hardware
and actual shape of the CPU's lid — the real Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a cutaway lid rather than a full square, as seen on the fake ...
Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D bought from Amazon was actually an old AMD FX chip disguised by IHS sticker
A TechTuber and hardware reviewer has shared images of a counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and its packaging - bought new and ...
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Make sure you update your AM5 motherboard for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D
and despite the Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor being an AM5 model that should have been good to go, the dang thing wouldn’t boot without a BIOS update. That’s a headache and a half if you don’t ...
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Ryzen 9 9950X3D: AMD's top AM5 model almost available at RRP
AMD's market launch of the 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X went refreshingly smoothly. Both processors are available from several German retailers. However, most of them are not ...