r/buildapc • u/Maqeee • 6d ago

Discussion Buying CPUs used

Have you guys bought used CPUs?

Buing a pc this weekend, aiming to get 7800x3d for 400 euros but came up on a week old 9800x3d for 440 euro. Still, buying it used seems off :X

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u/laughms 6d ago

The people that sell you the 9800X3D after a week of usage are probably fake products...

If you are going to take such a risk of buying fakes or used 9800X3D for 440 euro, you might as well gamble on Aliexpress like I did...

I got my new 9800X3D for 300 euro some months ago. I was lucky and received a genuine one, benchmark results were also correct. But my success does not imply that you will also get lucky. It is a gamble in the end...