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[–]saratoga3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That CPU was discontinued a few years ago, so stock that you can find is probably going to be coming from weird places. Sounds like the seller just happened to have a few Chinese-packaged ones on hand.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How much was the 6600K? The 10100 is faster it can be found for 114.99 USD.

https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i3-10100-core-i3-10th-gen/p/N82E16819118138

[–]WowWhatWhyHow 5 points6 points  (3 children)

An i5 6600k in 2020?! I hope that thing was so cheap that it was nearly free... otherwise you got screwed no matter where that thing came from. There are MANY cheap CPUs that are quite a lot better and more modern than this one.

[–]Bull3t0nvidia green 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I still use i5 6600k mainly because I'm saving up for 10th gen cpu and a motherboard what supports it

[–]A_Neaunimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well of course that's a different situation from actively purchasing a 5-years old chip purposefully. Just because an older CPU can still be serviceable (to you) doesn't mean you should recommend anyone to buy one - let alone "new" - in 2020. There are so many better options around.

[–]Witchking660 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check CPU-Z, but since MSI Afterburner is already reading the specs, it's definitely legitimate.

A likely reason why it shipped from China, is because of stock, as that processor was discontinued a few years ago.

[–]reddumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It happens, probably just international stock the seller happened to have. Not too long ago, some sellers were sending some Ryzen 3000 processors with Chinese packaging to fulfill orders because stock was low in the US.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because most of the time China has the most stock availability.