Here’s one Japanese store’s enterprising method of selling broken Intel chips — for less than $5

Apr 26 2024 by ReadWrite

 

Would you like to get your hands on an Intel CPU for less than 5% of its full cost? Of course, you would.

Too good to be true? Almost. This story centers on an enterprising electronics store that is selling chips from a Gacha machine. Instead of dispensing a small plastic toy in an egg-shaped bubble, this one provides you with a handy piece of Intel hardware.

As detailed by YouTuber Sawara-San, for the modest sum of 500 Yen (roughly $3.25), you can walk away with a CPU, or as many as you...

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