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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat processor, terrible packaging.
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2018
As for the CPU itself, it's running really well with no snags. Decent price to performance ratio as well.
Let me preface this next part by saying that I normally don't even mention packaging in my reviews. Usually it's good enough to get the product to me undamaged, and I can easily remove my product and recycle the packaging. That was not the case with this CPU.
The outer Amazon package showed no damage, and neither of the other two items shipped in the same package were damaged. The outer shell of this box also showed no damage, and the seals and shrink wrap were still intact. On the inside of this box, there is a large empty area where an HSF assembly would go if this came with one, which I was not expecting anyway, but I was surprised to see that the hole was completely empty. There was no styrofoam or cardboard to support it, however, there was an inner cardboard shell around the empty space that kept the plastic holder for the CPU in place well enough. The plastic holder was the main issue here. It seemed as though it was an eighth of an inch too small for the CPU. I understand that tolerances are a thing, but this is quite large considering what it's holding. In all of the processors I've ever bought before, there's also a piece of foam in the plastic for additional protection of the pins. There was no foam in this holder. As a result of the plastic holder being too small, and the lack of foam, two pins were bent before I took the CPU out of the plastic. I was able to bend them back, and put the CPU in my motherboard, though, and it's working fine, but AMD really needs to step up the quality on the packaging.
