CPU SCAM: AMD Ryzen 9800X3D Counterfeits & Fraud

Episode Title: "CPU SCAM: AMD Ryzen 9800X3D Counterfeits & Fraud"
Content: Sponsor: Montech HS01 Pro on Amazon https://geni.us/UYLeZn and HS02 Pro https://geni.us/ABM9fEB One of our viewers got scammed with a fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU. The CPU didn't work at all, so we bought it from the viewer, confirmed it was non-functional, and then delidded the 9800X3D -- all to reveal there was never silicon to begin with. This interesting story digs deeper into ways to tell fakes and counterfeit CPUs apart, verification tools from AMD and Intel, and more. It's wild how good of a forgery this 9800X3D was. Learn about Amazon return fraud in our other video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYMdWqIPRWI Watch our coverage of fake Intel CPUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUi37kKdQIU The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Delidding Counterfeit 9800X3D 03:54 - Serious Effort 05:34 - Long History of Scam CPUs 09:48 - Rebadging vs Fabricating 11:13 - Ways to Detect This 18:38 - How AMD Deals with This 21:54 - Amazon Return Fraud 24:15 - Verifying CPU Authenticity ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing Andrew Coleman: Camera Tannen Williams: Writing, Camera


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