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Saturday 20 October 2012

Fake Intel Core i7 CPU

Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - Perfectly Normal?

Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – Perfectly Normal?
From the outside the box looks perfectly normal… right?

Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - Label
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – Label
Zoom in on the label, and you see some of the problems immediately. What exactly is a “sochet,” anyway? (And the Intel logo is stamped into the hologram at the upper-left.)
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - Back of Box
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – Back of Box
The back of the box. Note that this CPU supports Hyper.Threading.
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - Back of Box 2
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – Back of Box 2
Another look inside the box, showing the “heat sink and fan” inside.
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - Box Opened
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – Box Opened
A closer look at the fan and heat sink. It would be pretty hard to use this molded plastic unit for anything. And the manual? Unsurprisingly, a sheaf of blank pages stapled together.
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - "Heat Sink"
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – “Heat Sink”
A closer look at the molded plastic “heat sink” included in the box.
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - "Processor" Front
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – “Processor” Front
From the top, the processor in the package looks totally legit.
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU - "Processor" Rear
Fake Intel Core i7 CPU – “Processor” Rear
The underside of the processor is somewhat less convincing however. Is that lead?








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