Tech YouTuber Roman Hartung (aka “der8auer”) just pointed out in one of his recent videos that elaborate CPU fakes are currently in circulation, and he personally came across a counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 ...

Beware of fake AMD Ryzen processors out there in the wild. In a recent video, German YouTuber der8auer tore down a fake Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU passed to him by one of his viewers and explained what ...

Great, so now people have to be careful when purchasing AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processors with a new scam exposed by Der8auer. The scammers are selling 7800X3D CPUs with fake heatspreaders, and empty ...

TL;DR: Increasing reports reveal counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors sold online, with detailed investigations exposing fake chips lacking genuine components like chiplets and solder points.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has become a popular choice for gamers, thanks to its excellent mix of performance and price. This high demand has caused the initial stock to sell out quickly. However, some ...

WTF?! Counterfeiters are always looking for new ways to dupe unsuspecting buyers. Most recently, popular tech YouTuber Der8auer shined a light on one such scam ...

AMD's new Ryzen CPU is popular, but that's got a downside -- scammers are showing up online to bilk people out of their cash by relabeling cheap Celerons as AMD processors. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

For a moment, it looked as though AMD was about to unleash a killer new 16-core X3D CPU just for gamers, but a renowned tech leaker has now claimed the rumored chip is "fake," which tallies with what ...

Facepalm: It seems that the old counterfeit CPU trick is still around, and once again the fake chip has come from Amazon. The victim purchased what appeared to be a Core i9-13900K, only for it to ...