Easy fraud... CPU seal from intel BAD

[sy5tem]

hello


i just received my i7 2600k from NCIX. (not that i doubt them) and i just found that the boxing of processor is quite deficient , i mean i can remove the "factory seal" sticker with ease this mean that anybody malevolent could at any online store replace the CPU inside the box without anyone knowing.

its quite disturbing that a company reputable as intel would release those nice to the eye box with hologram sticker just to have a bad seal on the other side of the box wow! its like having 2 guard at the front door requiring thumb print to come in , while the side windows would never be locked lol.

the C2D and C2Q ad better seal stickers .... i wonder does AMD as week boxing as well? and is intel only ad this bad sticker on sandy bridge i7?

 

[cadaveca]

meh, cpu is in a window. I kinda thought the same thing, but it's not like there's another CPU they could put in that box...they'd get caught fairly quickly.

 

[copenhagen69]

do you have a picture of what you are talking about?

 

[newtekie1]

hello


i just received my i7 2600k from NCIX. (not that i doubt them) and i just found that the boxing of processor is quite deficient , i mean i can remove the "factory seal" sticker with ease this mean that anybody malevolent could at any online store replace the CPU inside the box without anyone knowing.

its quite disturbing that a company reputable as intel would release those nice to the eye box with hologram sticker just to have a bad seal on the other side of the box wow! its like having 2 guard at the front door requiring thumb print to come in , while the side windows would never be locked lol.

the C2D and C2Q ad better seal stickers .... i wonder does AMD as week boxing as well? and is intel only ad this bad sticker on sandy bridge i7?

I've noticed this on several recent CPUs I've purchased from Intel. I think at some point they must have going through a pretty warm area and it gums up the glue on the sticker making it come off easy(sort of turning it into something like the glue used on post it notes).

The good thing is that if you buy it from a reputable company like NCIX or Newegg, and it turns out it isn't the CPU you've order, then they will almost certainly exchange it.

meh, cpu is in a window. I kinda thought the same thing, but it's not like there's another CPU they could put in that box...they'd get caught fairly quickly.

I wouldn't be so dismissing, it has happened in the past: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/03/05/newegg_selling_fake_intel_cpus It wouldn't be that hard to fake it close enough that a quick glance by a packaging person on the line would never notice.

 

[sy5tem]

sticker " closed"



sticker "open"





im saying that we live in a world where we need chip on our debit card and password on our credit card .... lol then we buy 300$ metal piece that can be used for a while o/c and overvolted to instability hell , then gently sold back....! (im am not saying i received such thing, im just saying its easily posible)

 

[micropage7]

it looks depend on many things, like quality of glue, how they handle it, the box finishing how they store it
but i guess if you buy something just make it sure you double check it again

 

[95Viper]

I've noticed this on several recent CPUs I've purchased from Intel. I think at some point they must have going through a pretty warm area and it gums up the glue on the sticker making it come off easy(sort of turning it into something like the glue used on post it notes).

Yep, the last two I have gotten were the same way... they peeled off easily.
Maybe, they went with a different vendor and that vendor is using a different product.

it looks depend on many things, like quality of glue, how they handle it, the box finishing how they store it
but i guess if you buy something just make it sure you double check it again

+1 agreed

Always check.

 

[CDdude55]

I had an EVGA X58 board shipped to me from Amazon years back with the sealing sticker cut off most of the way, but as long as the actual part is in there and it works, i don't give a damn.

There's nothing special about the stickers, so inevitability you'll find some with a loose sticker or maybe even none at all.

 

[sy5tem]

I had an EVGA X58 board shipped to me from Amazon years back with the sealing sticker cut off most of the way, but as long as the actual part is in there and it works, i don't give a damn.

There's nothing special about the stickers, so inevitability you'll find some with a loose sticker or maybe even none at all.

[not true] well i sell you this i7 (i just overvolted it with 10 bazilion volt ,. it doesn't show outside) its only 250$ !!!.... [/not true]

if i look at me c2d and my c2q if i try to peel of stickers part of it stay behind (just like the video store sticker that leave a VOID when you remove it)


so yeah i guess intel as been using cheap glue or their cpu as passed trough a very hot spot !

 

[qubit]

The good thing is that if you buy it from a reputable company like NCIX or Newegg, and it turns out it isn't the CPU you've order, then they will almost certainly exchange it.

Exactly, +1 Reputable or nothing. Amazon is ace in this respect.

That thing is so cleanly restickable, that I reckon Intel simply cheaped out on the stickers in the name of profit. Yes, I know it sounds incredibly petty and short sighted, but these big companies never cease to amaze me.

 

[sy5tem]

Exactly, +1 Reputable or nothing. Amazon is ace in this respect.

That thing is so cleanly restickable, that I reckon Intel simply cheaped out on the stickers in the name of profit. Yes, I know it sounds incredibly petty and short sighted, but these big companies never cease to amaze me.

hehehe thats true aaaaaaaaaaaaamzaing 1/3 of a cents X 5 million ! rich boi! LOL

 

[Spectrum]

that article about the i7-920s was rather worrying and intriguing...
but being receiving a counterfeit processor from a reputable company like scan would only mean you have to wait a couple more days as you'd get a new, real one shipped straight out to you

 

[sy5tem]

that article about the i7-920s was rather worrying and intriguing...
but being receiving a counterfeit processor from a reputable company like scan would only mean you have to wait a couple more days as you'd get a new, real one shipped straight out to you

yes probably unless the company tell you that YOU did the swap!

and some person buy without this knowledge they buy from ebay and other places they can get ripped off.

in the end im saying that because intel decided to go with cheap sticker some people can and probably will get ripped off!

 

[niko084]

Windows there for a reason guys, use it.

Maybe Intel should put something on it, CHECK YOUR CHIP THROUGH WINDOW!
May even cut down on the fakes that do occur.

 

[LDNL]

Thats just pathetic. My 920 and 760 boxed had a good 2-3 inch sticker

 

[newtekie1]

Exactly, +1 Reputable or nothing. Amazon is ace in this respect.

That thing is so cleanly restickable, that I reckon Intel simply cheaped out on the stickers in the name of profit. Yes, I know it sounds incredibly petty and short sighted, but these big companies never cease to amaze me.

That is clearly the case. Just looking at the sticker you can tell the are cheaping out, in fact they are cheaping out on the packaging all over in general compared to their old packaging.

The processors used to come with a protective plastic back covering the pins, in a clamshell. Then they stopped using the protective black plastic backing and just shipped them in a clamshell.

The old "Factory Sealed" sticker used to cover pretty much the entire length of the flap, now it barely covers 1" of the opening.

They have said that the packaging cuts were to help the environment, but I bet the fact that it helps their wallets plays a big factor in it too.

Windows there for a reason guys, use it.

Maybe Intel should put something on it, CHECK YOUR CHIP THROUGH WINDOW!
May even cut down on the fakes that do occur

As I posted evidence of before, having the Window doesn't help. The last set of frauds that rolled out were still using the old packaging that had a window for the heatsink as well, and they were done well enough that most people wouldn't be able to tell just by looking through the window, especially not if it just showed the processor. They looked real enough through the windows.

 

[sy5tem]

Windows there for a reason guys, use it.

Maybe Intel should put something on it, CHECK YOUR CHIP THROUGH WINDOW!
May even cut down on the fakes that do occur.

still doesn't prevent busted chip to be re-packaged