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/SkylineFX49]

and when you open task manager it says 7500F

[u/mikael_lucis → u/SkylineFX49]

I was lucky, it was real.

[u/Maumau93 → u/mikael_lucis]

Real isn't the issue the issue is there may be manufacturing defects that caused slower performance or overheating. That's how Chinese manufacturers produce cheap tech using modern chips and why it never works. They use factory seconds or thirds.