I found a seller on AliExpress offering the 7800X3D for €282, which is significantly cheaper than the €380 price tag on Amazon and local Spanish PC shops. The reviews are promising, but I'm unsure if I can trust it not to be a fake CPU. Based on the reviews, I've seen benchmarks showing 12,974 points in TimeSpy, 18,379 in multicore, and 1,810 in single-core on Cinebench R23. CPU-Z also identifies it as a 7800X3D with 93MB L3 cache on a 5nm process, and AMI BIOS confirms it too. Can anyone weigh in on whether this might be a legitimate deal?
2 Answers
It's tough to counterfeit a CPU since they're really complex to manufacture. Sometimes counterfeiters just repurpose older chips and label them as something new. If you install it, and your system recognizes it as a 7800X3D, you should be good. Just make sure it performs close to expectations—if it's beating a Ryzen 7600, then it likely has 8 cores and should be fine. Keep an eye out for anything fishy, though!
You don’t need to worry too much! Just pop that CPU into your system and use something like HWInfo to verify it. If it shows up as a 7800X3D, it's legit—plain and simple! Plus, if those benchmarks are accurate, you’re getting a great deal.
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