User discovers brand-new Core i9-13900K turns out to be a 13700K with swapped IHS

[HomerJ]

stumbled across this, maybe worth keeping an eye out if you plan to buy a new cpu from an online marketplace

User discovers brand-new Core i9-13900K turns out to be a 13700K with swapped IHS - VideoCardz.com

IHS swapping scam targets 13th Core Gen series buyers Redditor finds its brand-new Core i9-13900K processor has a different die underneath. The IHS (Integrated Heatspreader) swapping scheme is a well-known issue, affecting a variety of CPUs, typically targeting high-end Core i9 models, which...

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[TonyCarter]

 

[TonyCarter]

In some ways, you'd claim receiving a 13700K instead of a 13900K was a better outcome

 

[SpyderTracks]

stumbled across this, maybe worth keeping an eye out if you plan to buy a new cpu from an online marketplace

User discovers brand-new Core i9-13900K turns out to be a 13700K with swapped IHS - VideoCardz.com

IHS swapping scam targets 13th Core Gen series buyers Redditor finds its brand-new Core i9-13900K processor has a different die underneath. The IHS (Integrated Heatspreader) swapping scheme is a well-known issue, affecting a variety of CPUs, typically targeting high-end Core i9 models, which...

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I'm afraid this is a user not understanding how amazon marketplace works.

It's been mainstream news that a lot of scammers have been doing this for a while

If you read the subreddit, he didn't buy it direct from Amazon, it was from a marketplace seller and was far cheaper than its value.

Basically, user should have known it was a scam just from the listing, and videocardz should have specified that in the article and not sensationalised it.

The fact it also took him 6 months to work out it wasn't an i9 suggests they're not very computer savvy also as initial benchmarks and stresses would have shown this as soon as they first tested the pc aside from that all temperature programs and system info correctly listed it as a 13700k.

I have zero sympathy.