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A Bizarre Story: Newegg, Fake Core i7 Processors and a Cease & Desist Order

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I forgive the dude’s overly snide narration because he just received a fake Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg. A Newegg supplier, D&H Distribution, sent them 300 fake processors in a batch of 2000. And threatened sites who reported it.

Several people received demonstrably fake Core i7 processors from Newegg, like the guy in this video, and reported it into HardOCP’s forums. Newegg’s been immediately replacing counterfeit processors with legit ones, but the whole thing’s still pretty fishy. They're blaming one of their suppliers, D&H Distribution for sending them the bad chips.

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