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Ryzen robbery: fake processors reportedly being sold on Amazon

Scammers are cashing in on the popularity of AMD`s fresh Ryzen processors, with reports of fake CPUs being sold on Amazon.

There`s nothing fresh here in actual fact – there`s been a long and unfortunate history of selling cheap processors in the packaging of more expensive models – and in this case, as PC Gamer reports, there have been several incidents where customers have ordered a Ryzen seven 1700 CPU on Amazon and have received an Intel Celeron chip instead. Continue reading →