Unboxing the Fake Intel Core i7-920 257
SkinnyGuy writes "The only thing more remarkable than NewEgg shipping fake Core i7 CPUs to customers is getting your hands on one and checking it out. Apparently there are only a couple hundred of these things in existence and Gearlog somehow managed to get and unbox one. The images are fascinating."
Re:No need to defend NewEgg (Score:5, Informative)
Re:No need to defend NewEgg (Score:3, Informative)
Re:IPEX to blame? (Score:3, Informative)
Another reason is that Intel won't sell to stores smaller than, say, Amazon because they don't want to ship less than a truckload.
A good chunk of the "distributer overhead" covers the customer service, accounts receivable, and other staff that Intel doesn't have to handle, as well as the logistics to cover warehousing & shipping SKUs smaller than pallet size.
If they took over distribution to stores, prices wouldn't fall as much as one might think because Intel would take over those functions and charge accordingly.
Re:The irony here is... (Score:3, Informative)
Rarity alone does not cause higher prices. Demand is also required. The unexpected part is that there might turn out to be collector demand for these.