[STEAM][PRESS]Watch out, there are fake Intel CPUs about

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Intel CPU packages, specifically the Intel Core i9 14900K, have been found on ***** in China that are completely missing a silicon chip underneath their heatspreader. The CPUs were being sold as "loose" chips packaged only in a clear plastic container, but with a legitimate-looking security sticker suggesting they were the real deal.

However, once one buyer got what should have been one of the

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s home and tried to use it they found the supposed

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CPU didn't work at all. Upon further investigation, including the removal of the heatspreader, they discovered the complete lack of an actual CPU **** - there wasn't even a fake **** or blank slice of silicon. Just thin air.

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