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Buyer discovers DDR4 chips disguised as DDR5 under Kingston FURY heatsink (videocardz.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh wow. Someone really put the effort into this scam. Imagine putting the engine of a fiat punto into a ferrari.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    I mean, surely they'll notice pretty immediately when the DDR4 just straight up doesn't work with their DDR5 CPU and motherboard. The electrical connections aren't the same!

    Frankly, I don't see why they bother with actual chips (DDR4 or otherwise) at all. If it's not going to work anyway, why not just glue on rectangles of plain black plastic?

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