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I know the policy on not advertising competitors, but this is far from an advert.
I ordered the cheapest Xeon V3 I could find, so I could flash the BIOS on my nice new Asus X99-m WS I got second hand unused, to use it with a V4 xeon with more cores than I have T-shirts.
Got the E5-2603 V3, it arrived yesterday, I just got back this morning, opened the box and found this:
http://puu.sh/qcBQq/6a783ac4f0.JPG
This scrubbed clean heatspreader on a CPU significantly smaller than an LGA2011-3 xeon. Something very fishy...
So turn it over and found this:
http://puu.sh/qcBJE/fb4a99dcd1.JPG
That is the underside that has 3 globs of SUPERGLUE sticking it to the clamshell, with some still covering the pins. Don't miss the 2 resistors that are stuck in the superglue, that have popped off the top of the column of 6 far right bottom!
Had a look at the Heatspreader again, and could just make out some text:
http://puu.sh/qcC4n/bb5b009018.JPG
------------------ G1840
SR1VK 2.80GHz
VIETNAM
This is a Celeron!
http://ark.intel.com/products/80800/Intel-Celeron-Processor-G1840-2M-Cache-2_80-GHz
So, now to ring Amazon, because someone has bought this and returned it for a refund and given them back a probably dead (certainly now with those missing resistors) Celeron and kept the Xeon!
I find it odd that he would do this with the cheapest, slowest Xeon though
So, that's your daily dose of Fraud. ONS recently said Fraud accounts for more than half of all crime, ranging from card skimming, to promising the NHS £350m
I ordered the cheapest Xeon V3 I could find, so I could flash the BIOS on my nice new Asus X99-m WS I got second hand unused, to use it with a V4 xeon with more cores than I have T-shirts.
Got the E5-2603 V3, it arrived yesterday, I just got back this morning, opened the box and found this:
http://puu.sh/qcBQq/6a783ac4f0.JPG
This scrubbed clean heatspreader on a CPU significantly smaller than an LGA2011-3 xeon. Something very fishy...
So turn it over and found this:
http://puu.sh/qcBJE/fb4a99dcd1.JPG
That is the underside that has 3 globs of SUPERGLUE sticking it to the clamshell, with some still covering the pins. Don't miss the 2 resistors that are stuck in the superglue, that have popped off the top of the column of 6 far right bottom!
Had a look at the Heatspreader again, and could just make out some text:
http://puu.sh/qcC4n/bb5b009018.JPG
------------------ G1840
SR1VK 2.80GHz
VIETNAM
This is a Celeron!
http://ark.intel.com/products/80800/Intel-Celeron-Processor-G1840-2M-Cache-2_80-GHz
So, now to ring Amazon, because someone has bought this and returned it for a refund and given them back a probably dead (certainly now with those missing resistors) Celeron and kept the Xeon!
I find it odd that he would do this with the cheapest, slowest Xeon though
So, that's your daily dose of Fraud. ONS recently said Fraud accounts for more than half of all crime, ranging from card skimming, to promising the NHS £350m
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