Good price from a local distributor for the 9800X3D.
Better IMHO than gambling with an AliExpress or Amazon US CPU. I recently purchased one through Amazon US and I received a counterfeit CPU and had to waste my time returning it. Local store are generally more reliable and come with a proper warranty.
CamelCamelCamel.
For example?
Runout sales on 9800x3d?!
This. I want to know too.
Where are you getting 9800X3D at $600?
On a quick look, the cheapest I've found on previous deals was $703.
your not getting 9800 for that price anywhere, prob not even aliexpress
Shopback had 10% cashback (capped at $50) at the time of that $703 AliExpress deal:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16627071/redir
There was also this option via TopCashback US and AliExpress coming in at a reported $558 AUD + GST:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16634523/redir
Noting concerns dealing with non-local supply.
That first link was a very dubious looking seller IMO. Warnings of bent pins and stains on the CPU?! oh, and no warranty to boot. What a bargain.
@vongole83: SZCPU is a legit seller, the bent pins is just a generic warning, they're all sealed in the plastic trays with tamper stickers. They also offer 1 year warranty as stated in the description.
Curious about your experience with the counterfeit cpu. How did you tell? The packaging? Did you go as far as installing it to find out?
Tamper seal was cut. CPU was AM5 but had no decoupling capicitors. I wasn't willing to try it out given the box was tampered. Maybe it would have worked but I was not willing to risk the rest of my rig when all signs were it was counterfeit.
Sometimes your better off buying local and spending a few more bux to make sure your getting what you actually want…
There are fakes in so many items these days. If it sounds too good to be true….
Yep the fear of blowing up my board or other components with a fake CPU keeps me away from the AliExpress vendors for sure. Not worth the risk to save $100 over a deal like this.
I already have a 7800X3D but have a use case for the extra power here so deals like this are tempting.
This was recently a bit cheaper at mwave with an EOFY coupon but this isn't a bad price for local stock from a trusted seller.
Have there been verified reports of a fake Aliexpress CPU?
From a store over 4 stars with 100+ reviews?
I've only heard of it from Amazon and Newegg scam returns incorrectly labeled as new.
I think with AliExpress as long as you stick with vendors (like szcpu etc) you will be fine. I’ve bought about 5 am5 CPU’s off there, no issue.
The issues I’ve had with Ali is when I’ve gone with the no name pop up shops - and in many recent cases, I’ve actually been able to secure a refund as I’ve been able to demonstrate the item was faulty.
I’d say the returns process has actually been superior to local in terms of turnaround..
Yep those sellers are generally not any cheaper (or not much) than local anyway. Not worth a $20/50 saving when I can wait for a deal then go somewhere that has a physical store here in Melb.
Also very importantly you get no warranty if buying from a Chinese seller on Ali!!
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Yeah no shot would I consider buying an expensive cpu off Aliexpress unless it was a deal posted here and a bunch of people confirmed it was a reputable seller (which is one of the best things about OzB, thanks nerds!)
It would be great if there's a 9900X deal for workstation/data science workload.
My AliExpress gambles have always paid out.
I got mine from BHPhoto (US) at RRP - often out of stock so had to watch for a few days
If you were talking about back during release time, yeah I kept checking and was ready to buy from overseas, but then suddenly I checked Umart one day a couple of weeks after release and it was on their website in stock. I even called in to make sure they actually have stock, and they confirmed, bought it and it arrived next day.
I got this a month ago. It's noticeably faster than the 12700K it replaced.
marshmall0w2 on 04/07/2025 - 10:19 Comment score below threshold.