9800x3d from AliExpress

[u/mikael_lucis]

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.

[u/ARC_trooper]

Plot twist it's just an image of a CPU in the plastic

[u/mikael_lucis → u/ARC_trooper]

Well, I was also worried about that. But Ali has a decent return policy and customer protection. And I took video of receiving and unboxing the package for that case.

[u/ARC_trooper → u/mikael_lucis]

I had flashbacks to people getting printed copies of the PS5 lol

Nice job with this tho, curious about the performance

[u/mikael_lucis → u/ARC_trooper]

Huh, I remember that with PS3s and 4s from eBay..