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CPU with broken capactitor

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Proxyep

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I bought a i7 3820 from eBay, it was advertised as working but it's missing a capacitor. thing is it is working so he's hiding behind the fact that it was advertised as used with quote :Used: The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended.

thus the missing capacitor is cosmetic, does anyone have any sort of proof to the contrary?
 
Proxyep said:
I bought a i7 3820 from eBay, it was advertised as working but it's missing a capacitor. thing is it is working so he's hiding behind the fact that it was advertised as used with quote :Used: The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended.

thus the missing capacitor is cosmetic, does anyone have any sort of proof to the contrary?
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It is not considered cosmetic if it pertains to functionality.

That said I would dispute it.
 
he obtained a statement from intel stating that if it works don't worry about it, i'm worried about the resale value of the item
 
Those capacitors aid in stability.

Unless you heard it from Intel yourself I wouldn't believe him.

Get refund or dispute. That's not wear but damage.
 
I bashed off two capacitors on my Intel 4770K when I hammer de-lidded it, and it works fine.

Though I had to pencil the gaps to bridge them before it would post, but I've got it running at 4.8ghz with 1.5v and it's stable. For ref, 4.5ghz is roughly average decent overclock for Haswell 4770K.

Make of that what you will.

:cool:
 
Yep, my 4770k is missing a couple of caps too (bought it like that, half price). It overclocks crap (4.2GHz @ 1.28V) but it's stable.

OP: Even if it doesn't affect performance, Intel will not honour any remaining warranty due to the damage so definitely worth a dispute or trying to get some compensation (partial refund?).

I also highly doubt that Intel would comment on the functionality of a damaged processor.
 
how is something that affects stability cosmetic damage?

On the original listing, did the seller specifically mention what type of damage it was?

If the seller never listed capacitor damage then its their fault, and thus false advertisement.
if the seller mentioned cap damage then its deemed your fault, as you agreed after you thoroughly read all parts of the listing.
 
Did you get it for a good price (a decent amount under what a used one normally goes for?)

If so, I wouldn't worry about it. If not, I would at the very least ask for a partial refund.

Are you actually planning on reselling it any time soon? If not, I wouldn't worry about the resale value anyway.

If it were me, I probably would just solder a new capacitor where the missing one is supposed to be.
 
I would imagine those capacitors are probably a stopgap for shitty power regulation on sub-standard motherboards. I'm guessing it will work fine on *most* motherboards but if you found one with poor power regulation, those capacitors might mean all the difference.

/idle speculation
 
mi7chy said:
Those capacitors aid in stability.

Unless you heard it from Intel yourself I wouldn't believe him.

Get refund or dispute. That's not wear but damage.
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ah those are the words I was looking for, thanks.
That is exactly how I feel but I couldn't find the words to express it.
 
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