Overclocker sold a die-less Core i9-14900K in China — product suffered from serious silicon deficiency

One of the world’s leading overclockers has fallen victim to a Chinese CPU scammer. They bought a non-retail packaged Intel Core i9-14900K which was stone dead and felt compelled to investigate further. Delidding the CPU revealed it had no die.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/overclocker-shows-off-die-less-core-i9-14900k-he-bought-in-china-product-suffered-from-serious-silicon-deficiency

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