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Intel warranty for a second hand CPU

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So I bought a 13th gen Intel CPU off ebay a few months ago. Now it started misbehaving - blue screens in a clean Windows install, restarts when running Cinebench (while temps stay under 90°C). The CPU hasn't been overclocked or overvolted, always had a 240mm water cooler on. Intel warranty says:

Intel does not honor warranty requests for used, gray-market, second-hand, gifted, or products purchased from other than our authorized distributors or resellers.

It looks like I'll have to throw it away, despite it's supposed to have a 3 year warranty. I think I'll go AMD for my next build...
 
Thanks for the ideas guys.

The problem is definitely the CPU (I know that's very rare).

I don't want to abuse the system. Plus Intel may check with say Amazon if a given order number is valid.
 
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