Buying CPUs from Amazon.com?

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So I'm planning to do an AM5 upgrade in the next few months and Amazon has the 7600x for a massive discount right now. However, once you factor in shipping, it's about 1k difference compared to Wootware.

Is it worth importing myself with the potential hassles around returns if there are any problems? Or should I just buy local? Especially considering I'd have to get thermal paste and do the installation myself which would be a first time for me (I know my way around the rest of a computer's bits and bobs, just never gotten around to installing a CPU before).
 
It's a gamble. If it does fail within the warranty period, it's going to end up costing (quite a bit) more than buying local. If it doesn't, you're A for away.

CPUs don't fail often, but AM5 has definitely had the highest failure rate of recent times. I've had more returns on AM5 than AM4, but sold more AM4 CPUs. The failure rate is not high enough to be concerning, but something to keep in mind.

Nobody can really make the choice for you.
 
I wouldn't, purely from a warranty perspective.

Also, a local supplier of much repute is having a birthday soon, which may or may not include specials. I have no idea. But maybe worth holding on for a short moment?
 
I’ve gotten a couple of cpus from them also because they were good deals.

Thermal paste is easy to apply, you don’t need anyone to hold your hand. If you do it wrong, your temps will tell you.

Be very very careful with the aligning the pins and you’ll be fine.
 
Progenix Oj101 said:
It's a gamble. If it does fail within the warranty period, it's going to end up costing (quite a bit) more than buying local. If it doesn't, you're A for away.

CPUs don't fail often, but AM5 has definitely had the highest failure rate of recent times. I've had more returns on AM5 than AM4, but sold more AM4 CPUs. The failure rate is not high enough to be concerning, but something to keep in mind.

Nobody can really make the choice for you.
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It's a weird time for CPU's with the last two intel gens also having high failure rates.

Whatever you do it's a gamble but personally I have never had a single CPU or RAM stick ever fail on me, it's always been mobo's.
 
zolly said:
So I'm planning to do an AM5 upgrade in the next few months and Amazon has the 7600x for a massive discount right now. However, once you factor in shipping, it's about 1k difference compared to Wootware.

Is it worth importing myself with the potential hassles around returns if there are any problems? Or should I just buy local? Especially considering I'd have to get thermal paste and do the installation myself which would be a first time for me (I know my way around the rest of a computer's bits and bobs, just never gotten around to installing a CPU before).
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Prime day is next week (16th - 17th) it may be discounted even further on Amazon.

Also with the release of the Ryzen 9000 series this month prices may drop even further in August.
 
Rackzar said:
Prime day is next week (16th - 17th) it may be discounted even further on Amazon.

Also with the release of the Ryzen 9000 series this month prices may drop even further in August.
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Damn we are already onto Ryzen 9 series, bargains to be had soon then on the older cpus.
I see the new boost speeds will be around 5.4ghz even on the budget chips, that is crazy :oops:
 
airborne said:
Damn we are already onto Ryzen 9 series, bargains to be had soon then on the older cpus.
I see the new boost speeds will be around 5.4ghz even on the budget chips, that is crazy :oops:
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I had too many hassles with AM5's so far. They're cheaper for a reason...
 
Rackzar said:
Prime day is next week (16th - 17th) it may be discounted even further on Amazon.

Also with the release of the Ryzen 9000 series this month prices may drop even further in August.
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I might do the Ryzen upgrade this year. I'm still on the 3950X and skipped the previous generations as they didn't really offer enough extra performance to justify the upgrade. It should be quite a bump though going from 3950X to 9950X.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I might do the Ryzen upgrade this year. I'm still on the 3950X and skipped the previous generations as they didn't really offer enough extra performance to justify the upgrade. It should be quite a bump though going from 3950X to 9950X.
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I'm also on 3900X, not sure if I should upgrade, stuff is still compiling fine.
 
UrBaN963 said:
What issues?

I haven't had a single issue with mine.
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When the first Zen core processors came out there were a few teething issues with memory stability, USB issues and sleep states mainly.

This affected the first and second gen but since then it’s been pretty smooth sailing.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I might do the Ryzen upgrade this year. I'm still on the 3950X and skipped the previous generations as they didn't really offer enough extra performance to justify the upgrade. It should be quite a bump though going from 3950X to 9950X.
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aleksandar said:
I'm also on 3900X, not sure if I should upgrade, stuff is still compiling fine.
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_kabal_ said:
5900X here - zero complaints or inkling to “upgrade”
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I’m still on a 3950X and have no need to upgrade, the only advantage is if you need the higher boost speeds, which would be nice but not overly necessary.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
When the first Zen core processors came out there were a few teething issues with memory stability, USB issues and sleep states mainly.

This affected the first and second gen but since then it’s been pretty smooth sailing.
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Yea, but he mentioned AM5 which is why I'm curious.

There was the melting issue on release but that's hasn't been a problem in months, maybe a year, I forget.
 
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