Tech YouTuber Roman Hartung (aka “der8auer”) just pointed out in one of his recent videos that elaborate CPU fakes are currently in circulation, and he personally came across a counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 ...

Beware of fake AMD Ryzen processors out there in the wild. In a recent video, German YouTuber der8auer tore down a fake Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU passed to him by one of his viewers and explained what ...

Great, so now people have to be careful when purchasing AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processors with a new scam exposed by Der8auer. The scammers are selling 7800X3D CPUs with fake heatspreaders, and empty ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has become a popular choice for gamers, thanks to its excellent mix of performance and price. This high demand has caused the initial stock to sell out quickly. However, some ...

TL;DR: A user ordered an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor from Amazon but received a fake AMD FX-4100 instead. The fake CPU had pins, unlike genuine AM5 processors. A user has ordered AMD's new Ryzen 7 ...

WTF?! Counterfeiters are always looking for new ways to dupe unsuspecting buyers. Most recently, popular tech YouTuber Der8auer shined a light on one such scam ...

AMD's new Ryzen CPU is popular, but that's got a downside -- scammers are showing up online to bilk people out of their cash by relabeling cheap Celerons as AMD processors. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

For a moment, it looked as though AMD was about to unleash a killer new 16-core X3D CPU just for gamers, but a renowned tech leaker has now claimed the rumored chip is "fake," which tallies with what ...

Facepalm: It seems that the old counterfeit CPU trick is still around, and once again the fake chip has come from Amazon. The victim purchased what appeared to be a Core i9-13900K, only for it to ...