Valorant Ban Report Raises Questions for Secondhand CPU Buyers

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A buyer says Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat locked their used Ryzen 7 5800X3D after the earlier owner was flagged for cheating in Valorant.

Quick Report

The buyer of a secondhand Ryzen 7 5800X3D says Valorant blocked the game at launch and Riot support attributed the restriction to cheating by the person who previously owned the processor. The Riot anti-cheat lead disputed claims that the motherboard and storage were also banned, saying hardware bans last up to four months and apply to the affected game.

Riot has not explained how Vanguard identifies the processor, and a CPU does not expose a unique serial number to Windows. A firmware TPM is one possibility, not a confirmed mechanism; the reported ban should therefore not be treated as proof that a particular component was uniquely identified.

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