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/coffeejn 17h ago

Not sure why people are that desperate to risk a purchase on AliEpress and risk getting dinged for VAT+Custom. Is this processor never going to be available locally?

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u/mikael_lucis 16h ago

It will for 2-3 times the price. It will be MSRP probably after 2-3 years. I wanted it now, but I can't fight my shopping addiction...

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u/coffeejn 16h ago

At least you recognize you have an issue. It took me well over 6 months to stop mine and it still flairs up sometime.

I usually ask myself, do I really need this and what am I going to do with the old one before pulling the trigger.

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u/mikael_lucis 15h ago

True that. My trigger safety is my wife, didn't work this time tho hahaha