It's crazy to think that a guide like this is even necessary, but techARP does a good job editing the initial Hardspell guide that covers everything you need to know to tell the real thing from a fake.

"It has been reported that each set of fake packaging only costs US$0.43 while the cooler costs less than US$1.50. In total, it only costs these people less than US$2 to repackage the processors. This gives them an additional profit margin of US$13 per processor."