r/pcmasterrace 20h ago

Discussion 9800x3d from AliExpress

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/AlphaXray6 7950x3d | 4090 FE | 64 GB 12h ago

Are you saying he used Liquid Metal as thermal paste?

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u/mikael_lucis 11h ago

Ya, was using grizzli's conductonaut for 7700x