Is there any lettering/numbering or codes on the top?
Maybe somebody lapped the core and removed the tinting off of it? Seen some pictures of lapped cores and that's what they looked liked. But unless you bought if off someone second hand, I don't know why it would be like that, surely a retailer wouldn't do that - unless they are hiding something..
What speed is the CPU?
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