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CPU weld in middle broken off, will it still work?

I got a 5960x from an eBay seller that had a re-etched heat spreader. With a YAG laser or similar it’s possible, CO2 would require messing about with ceramic spray and probably isn’t worth it. Either way re-marked CPU’s and outright fakes are common, just like the GPU’s from China with fake bios details added. The good news is where the seller has deliberately sought to misrepresent the product you will likely get your money back with minimal agro (other than in my case the seller offering to burn my house down). Got to love eBay ;)
 
muziqaz said:
I had a closer look, I don't think ebay listing is even 7980xe, as it looks very different from actual 7980xe.

Look at the underside photo of ebay listing:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core-i9-7980xe-Sr3rs-2-60ghz-/173641439538?nma=true&si=hkFeeHbHQmsZSi2LVaecV9peYJo%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

and now look at the photo of phoronix photo:
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-7980xe-extreme&num=1

Phoronix shows chip centre a lot more populated with capacitors than what ebay listing shows
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aah man you are right!!!

a failed delid attempt, not a 7980, the seller must have known this, the pictures of his finger nail holding the cpu was disgustingly dirty, the cpu back side is also heavily worn out, which hides that actual make of the cpu, also the corner of the cpu caved in abit, im pretty sure the buyer who lost his money will make a claim, lol and the seller offered to send me more pictures haaa i really thought it was real until OCUK detectives discovered the truth...
 
That looks a lot like an Ivybridge-E chip. The hole in the heatspreader also says that it's a soldered part.
 
muziqaz said:
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You mean the centre capacitors? Pretty sure chip is dead once one of them falls off or is chopped off
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Capacitors are generally in parallel so you'll just lose some capacitance if one gets knocked off. It's for voltage smoothing so you may find the chip works but loses overclocking potential or needs a higher supply voltage.
 
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