Intel customer bemoans CPU RMA process — furious owner says Intel claims brand new Core i9-14900K chips purchased from Amazon and Micro Center are fake

Intel says that a Reddit user’s RMA claims were counterfeit products, threatening to destroy them if the user goes through with the returns. In the meantime, Micro Center and Amazon accepted the defective Intel chips and gave a refund despite the CPUs already falling out of the return window. 

Intel says that a Reddit user’s RMA claims were counterfeit products, threatening to destroy them if the user goes through with the returns. In the meantime, Micro Center and Amazon accepted the defective Intel chips and gave a refund despite the CPUs already falling out of the return window.