AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

My Amazon says 30th November, not yet dispatched. Ordered on 19th

I ordered 2 days ago and it still hasn't shipped

Mines been shipped just now and should arrive tomorrow

Has anybody who ordered yesterday, had their cpu ship yet?

@matty00721, this is from AMD’s own Community web page reference Warranties, “If you purchased the Ryzen processor in a sealed official AMD Retail Box then you are covered by AMD International Warranty unless it is voided or illegal due to laws in your country.”

My Amazon UK order just changed to dispatched. Says will arrive Dec 6th. Originally had Jan 9th.

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Managed to just nab one from amazing at £460

@eggzie. I have personally never ordered from scalpers, despite being an impatient person. However, I understand why some people do. Pay an extra £100-200 vs potentially waiting for weeks? Quite a number of people would pay the extra. Especially if they’re rich. What’s an extra couple of hundred to a rich person? In the Covid GPU nightmare, I fully understood why some people ordered from scalpers. The wait was genuinely months. I personally know of two people that were waiting EIGHT months for a card . Even though I don’t agree with scalping at all, and would never order from one myself, I fully understand why the very few lucky people who managed to get this CPU 11 days ago when it launched then put one up at an increased price. It’s technically extortionate, but given how hard it was to get one, I could sort of condone it. As for the people buying them from Amazon today when stock is somewhat decent, and then putting them up as pre-orders for a lot more money? Disgusting.

I understand to an extent but if the scalpers didn't buy then no one would need to pay over the odds even if they wanted it earlier as more would have been available for people who genuinely want it. I get some may double order trying to get it faster but then if you do end up selling it it should be for the price you paid plus any costs, not ridiculous mark ups. In saying this while people pay the silly prices they will keep doing it and use it as a form of income

@eggzie Stock is already starting to flood in. There were 5 just available a few minutes ago with delivery on Friday at MSRP lol. Was tempted to cancel my order and try and get the Friday one, but didn’t want to risk it lol. There’s been a deluge of these go up on EBay shortly after the 30th November stock dropped. Listed as pre-orders released on, coincidently, the 30th and priced at £700 lol. I would argue that this scalping was more ‘understandable’ shortly after release when it was impossible to get one. It allowed people to get them earlier if they were willing to pay more. But now there’s stock being made a lot more available, it is awful.

Scalpers already got them listed for £795 plus £9 delivery on Amazon. Hope stock floods in and they are stuck with them

@bmailana. There’s stock just dropped on Amazon UK just now. Be fast.

@bmaulana. All stock drops today have been sold from Amazon UK directly. And there’s been quite a few. But to answer your question. No. If you buy one from the US/EU, you won’t get a warranty

All the Amazon stock so far has been from US or EU, will we get any warranty if we buy & use them in the UK?

Appreciate your response, thank you

@eggzie In terms of individual manufactures of cards, most are good. I’d always personally recommend Sapphire or XFX for AMD (I personally have XFX Merc 7900XTX). However, there really isn’t a huge difference between them. I’d never pay much more for a different version of the same card as they can mostly all be overclocked/undervolted to similar performance anyway. In summary, for best raster performance to price ratio? 7900XTX hands down. However, if you value raytracing, it’s really 4080/4080Super and no other option. And a 4090 if you truly want to absolutely saturate the CPU, as the 9800X3D is blazing fast and won’t actually be fully saturated until the 5000 series GPU’s/next gen AMD. The 7900XTX is ‘okay’ for raytracing, but is only comparable to 3000 series. Seeing as I don’t value raytracing that much, going for the 7900XTX at a cheaper price and higher all out raster performance was the easy choice.

More stock just dropped at Amazon. Looks like the stock issues are finally getting ironed out. If anyone hasn’t got one yet, hop on it right now. I seriously doubt you’ll get it cheaper, or earlier, elsewhere.

The price isn't an issue as such, I just don't really understand the difference between them all, from what I can see different brands of the same card has different specs which I can't get my head around. I guess I'm just looking for best value for money, I don't want to pay X amount when another card is similar and does same or better job for cheaper. I don't want to pay for a brand as such but more performance

@chrispmk Crap I meant 30th October lol

@eggzie The GRE has less VRAM (16GB as opposed to 24Gb) and is quite a bit slower. GRE isn’t a bad option for a more midrange build and is competitive for the money, but if you’re looking at around 4080 price, then the 7900XTX can’t be beaten. My overlocked 7900XTX performs in line with a 4080Super a lot of the time in raster performance, and is actually faster than a 4090 in COD.

Is there a big difference between the XTX and the GRE? Apart from the price lol

@eggzie00006789 I agree with @matty00721. Best bang for buck: 7900 XTX or even a 7900 GRE

This that's why I wanted to ask, too many options

And it’s back in stock again haven’t seen it last this long for the uk as of yet currently rocking a 4090 and 13700k so this purchase hasn’t been an easy choice

@eggzie00006789. To fully saturate the CPU? 4080 minimum, yes. Although if you just need all out raster performance and don’t prioritise ray tracing, the 7900XTX is faster than a 4080 in many titles, and is cheaper. I have one and no issues.

like the other person here, cancelled the unshipped order from US and got this one. Much less worry about import fees or warranty and it's coming in 10 days, very happy :)

What graphics card do people recommend? I'm looking at the 4080? Anyone have experience with it and know if it's worth it or any other recommendations