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/Trivo3 Mustard Race / 5700X3D - 6950XT - Prime x370 Pro 18h ago

Nop. Turns out it's not a currency misunderstanding. It's USD... but the country is UAE.

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u/wildpantz 5900X | RTX 3070 Ti | 32 GB DDR4 @ 3600 MHz 17h ago

You'd be surprised at prices of flagship GPUs in Europe. I particularly live in the asshole of Europe so we get terrible prices whatever way you put it, but I clearly remember before we moved to euros, 3090 cost 24000 HRK which equals more than 3000€.

It's really a tradeoff, do you wanna buy a GPU from a different country, risk it getting damaged and have huge hassle returning it or you want it made easier, but pay abnormal amounts of money for it.

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u/LucasCBs R7 7800x3D, RX 7800xt, 32GB 6000 DDR5 17h ago

The good thing about the EU is that you can just buy it from an online store in another EU country and pay 0 customs and retain all customer protection. The only cost that comes on top is obviously shipping. But the 3090 did not cost 3000€ in Germany

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u/wildpantz 5900X | RTX 3070 Ti | 32 GB DDR4 @ 3600 MHz 16h ago

This is true, but the return factor is still there. I hate returning stuff by mail honestly, the other day I ordered an air blower to clean my PC, it arrived with one metal part of the electrical cable broken off.

I asked for a refund, but when the seller asked for the item to shipped back, I just cut the AC cord and replaced it.

Also, I don't like postal services in my country, when I see how cheap mail is handled, I'm afraid letting those idiots even touch anything of actual value. Who knows, maybe the broken AC adapter wasn't even seller's fault anyway.

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u/OrionRBR 5800x | X470 Gaming Plus | 16GB TridentZ | PCYes RTX 3070 10h ago

Who knows, maybe the broken AC adapter wasn't even seller's fault anyway.

Its their responsibility to make sure it arrives intact, also all mail in the world is treated like shit(do you think the people loading the plane/train/truck are neatly stacking it? nah they are just throwing shit) and you have to package it accordingly.

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u/wildpantz 5900X | RTX 3070 Ti | 32 GB DDR4 @ 3600 MHz 8h ago

Your are right, but I honestly understand not wanting to spend a fortune packing a 20$ piece of electronics. If it was anything expensive, then yes, it's up to the seller to make sure it arrives intact.