In the pictures below the genuine CPU is on the right (supplied by Light Computers) and the fake is on the left

 

The fake CPU can be identified in this picture by the text on the black label. On our genuine CPU the text is bright white and positioned nearer to the bottom of the label. On the fake the text is nearer the top of the black label and is also a yellowish colour.

Look at the black AMD label in this picture. The genuine shows an original single layer label from AMD. The fake shows a second layer counterfeit label over the original creating a step effect.

This picture shows a fake set of L3 bridges on the fake CPU. Note how the L3 bridge cuts differ from the genuine chip's L3 bridges (These are the black indentations on the chip). This shows that either the cuts on the fake chip have been done manually, or some surface cleansing has been done to create this difference.

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