Buying used PC hardware generally comes with the usual risks: worn components, hidden defects, or questionable overclocking history. Apparently, you can now add inheriting someone else’s anti-cheat ban to the list. A German PC gamer recently purchased a second-hand AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D through Kleinanzeigen — a German online classifieds marketplace — only to discover that the processor had reportedly been blacklisted by Riot Games’ Vanguard anti-cheat system because its previous owner had cheated in Valorant. According to the buyer, the CPU itself worked perfectly. The trouble started after launching Valorant, which immediately kicked them out despite the game working […]
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