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darksmart

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Recently bought a Ryzen 9800x3d from flipkart. Turns out to be a fake one with bent pins Yes, a ryzen 9800x3d with pointy pins. Thankfully it was an open box delivery and i checked in hands of delivery person. However, the cpu had proper qr code passing amd authentic test, left right changing hologram sticker. Please beware while buying online.
 

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darksmart said:
No seals were tampered. The delivery person opened it in front of me. The front of cpu even had serial number matching with that over qr code on seal.
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I see. This is just out of curiosity and for future reference. As you can see the CPU before taking out of the box, is 9800x3d printed on the IHS?
 
Same issue with my Amazon order - and this was an Intel SkyLake 6th gen i5 CPU so you can imagine this has been happening for so many years! - at that time I only realised the issue next day - they replaced no questions asked though - perhaps due to my lengthy uneventful purchase history with them.
 
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We are at undeclared war with China, so be aware while buying anything online from Chinese Websites or websites that selling chines made goods.
Vietnam, Malaysia etc. too flooded with Chines Company working from there and they too (Chines company in these or any part of world) can try to harm Indian Economy/online market etc.
So don't just careless reading Made In Vietnam/Made in Malaysia etc., on pack, strictly buy from near by old, reputed & trusted shops with proper GST Number Invoice.
Since long I personally stop buying Huawei & ZTE hardware.
 
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