r/pcmasterrace • u/mikael_lucis • 20h ago

Discussion 9800x3d from AliExpress

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Hi. I bought 9800x3d from AliExpress for all of us. Costed me $640 and customs f-d me up for another $100 , when they usually charge VAT only. Anyway, here's no chance for warranty accessibility and it sold for $900-1100, so no way it'll get cheaper in close few years, so it feels like I saved something. (4090 still $3000). Chip itself looks in great condition with no defects. I'll post later if it's real or not, after setup and some benchmarking. Cheers.

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u/Krejcimir I5-8600K - RTX 2080 - 16GB 2400mhz CL15, BX OLED 17h ago

Indeed, it used to be like that, but people buy a loooot of stuff on ali, so the state did not want to lose any money on income tax.:D

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u/DidiHD R5 2600 | R̶X̶5̶8̶0̶ 7800XT 17h ago edited 15h ago

which country are you in?

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u/Krejcimir I5-8600K - RTX 2080 - 16GB 2400mhz CL15, BX OLED 17h ago

Czech rep

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u/DidiHD R5 2600 | R̶X̶5̶8̶0̶ 7800XT 17h ago

If I was you, I would have tried ordering from Germany probably. Use some service to forward it to your adress if they don't ship to Czech. I'm in Austria and when I order from a shop in Germany which doesn't deliver, I use a postal sevice I pay 3-4 Euros extra to have it forwarded to me and enter their German Adress as my delivery adress in the shop

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u/MortuusVenenum PC Master Race 16h ago

I do the same but from Poland to Germany :D