New fear dropped: Amazon scammer seems to have delidded an $889 AMD chip, transplanted it on old Intel chip, and got it through return inspection
November 4, 2026
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New fear dropped: Amazon scammer seems to have delidded an $889 AMD chip, transplanted it on old Intel chip, and got it through return inspection

The Fridge04 mins

watercooling from r/watercooling/comments/1x724mr/two_different_versions_of_amd_9950x3d2_dual I’ve never been stung by Amazon, but I’ve heard enough stories for it to be a worry. Amazon can take returns and list them again as new products if they pass inspection, which can open the door for scammers if something slips through inspection. And it’s tales of this happening with expensive components that…

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The Borderlands cup overfloweth with a huge sale—1-3, The Pre-Sequel, all their DLCs, and one very good Telltale game are available for $36

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The Borderlands series is having a massive stonking sale, and regardless of your opinions on some of Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s recent—er, let’s just call them ‘online moments’—the sale is downright generous. For starters, Borderlands 2 was made straight-up free yesterday. If you are at all a fan of shooters, looters, or either genre, you…

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Path of Exile 2 director says GGG is learning from its mistakes while supporting 2 games at once: ‘If you want to lock the date, you can’t lock the features’

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When Grinding Gear Games first announced Path of Exile 2, it made a promise: PoE1 wasn’t going anywhere, and development on both titles would continue in parallel. Ten months after the last Path of Exile league, it’s clear that the studio bit off a bit more than it can chew, but game director Jonathan Rogers…

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Wanderstop review

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Need to know What is it? An adventure about a fallen warrior running a cozy tea shopDeveloper: Ivy RoadPublisher: Annapurna InteractiveReviewed on: Intel i7 9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? NoSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Steam Go to therapy. That’s the message I received in Wanderstop, a narrative adventure about a troubled warrior running a tea shop….

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