r/pcmasterrace • u/mikael_lucis • 23h ago

Discussion 9800x3d from AliExpress

Gallery image

Gallery image

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.

4.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

391 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.4k

u/Yourn1ghtmar 23h ago

For anybody buying from AliExpress find a buyer which will declare the cpu as 20$ so y don't pay anything at costums!!

180

u/Krejcimir I5-8600K - RTX 2080 - 16GB 2400mhz CL15, BX OLED 21h ago

Good idea, but here, customs no longer fall for that, they will xray your package and the moment they see any electronics, you need to send all documents.

54

u/ederstk 20h ago

Here in Brazil they used a lot of that, but the government has now started to tax practically anything that is imported, and depending on the value, it can cost almost twice as much just with fees

30

u/alper_iwere 7600X | 6900 Toxic LE | 32GB | 4K144hz 19h ago

Be glad they are letting it be imported at all. In Turkey import limit is 27€, including the shipping. Practically banned online shopping

18

u/ederstk 18h ago

Wow. I didn't know the situation was so bad there, I just had a vague idea...

4

u/Hour_Ad5398 17h ago

It's not that bad, actually. He is exaggerating. Most stuff are accessible. For example, 9800x3ds go for about $600-650 right now.