Overclocker sold a die-less Core i9-14900K in China — product suffered from serious silicon deficiency

One of the world’s leading overclockers has fallen victim to a Chinese CPU scammer. They bought a non-retail packaged Intel Core i9-14900K which was stone dead and felt compelled to investigate further. Delidding the CPU revealed it had no die. 

One of the world’s leading overclockers has fallen victim to a Chinese CPU scammer. They bought a non-retail packaged Intel Core i9-14900K which was stone dead and felt compelled to investigate further. Delidding the CPU revealed it had no die.