Newegg ships Fake i7 920s

[JackVancouverBC]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/...e-i7-920-cpus/

They accidentally shipped a reported 300 "Demo Boxes" to customers. They even mentioned that NCIX double-checked and they said theirs were clean.

How will this be handled? Refunds or shipping a real processor?

[Zen00]

Saw that from their Twitter. Thought it was pretty funny myself, would have been even better if this happened one month from now.

[geekkyyy]

sure glad i bought a i7-860 from frys.i got to look at if first before i paid

[zirik]

this is getting ugly. two sites already got take down notices from the companies involved with the fake processors.

http://www.techeye.net/business/comp...el-cpu-reports

here is what started it all.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1500534

and more from other sites that confirm the fake products being sold.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...Intel-Core-i7s

what i am not surprised is how this did not seem news worthy for pcper.com. after all, newegg is a sponsor of this site.

[Zen00]

Latest from Newegg.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/newegg...n/400548248571

[geekkyyy]

wow, came from ipex, and everyone thought it wad d and h. not that i care much about who supplies newegg, as long as i get the proper product....there is definitly someone , somewhere, dealing in theft here...someone that has access to intel boxes, and can switch products somewhere. no wonder d&h was shouting foul

[RatboyX]

what i am not surprised is how this did not seem news worthy for pcper.com. after all, newegg is a sponsor of this site.

That doesn’t shock me at all PCP has always had more journalistic integrity than some [O]ther sites.

Hey Guys been a while

[Windrunner]

I thought newegg stopped sponsoring PCper awhile ago?

[zetachi]

ouch Nice jab at NewEgg

[zirik]

haha! nice cap.

[notdrugged]

Wow, that's irrepairable damage. Oh, well, who cares. I'll probably still buy from them. I don't really think any retailer is immune from unknowingly obtaining counterfeit products. Pretty damn funny.

[/\/\adGamer]

superbiiz rocks !

[PerfectShot]

Fake, as in, they won't run or they'll run but not at the advertised speeds?

[curlysir]

Fake, as in, they won't run or they'll run but not at the advertised speeds?

Fake as in, non-functional with fake plastic (or something like that) heat sink with decal for fan!

[Windrunner]

Yeah, fake as in they're meant to be put out on store shelves, a customer picks it up, takes it to the counter, and they exchange it for the real product at checkout.

Since newegg has no retail presence they'd have no need for these and they wouldn't scan for them, but you'd think that the discrepancy in shipping weight would have let them know that something was up. Unless these were just blank CPUs with real HSFs in them, in which case they had no way of knowing.