Demand for AMD’s all-new Ryzen 7 9800X3D Zen 5 gaming champion has risen to impressive levels. The new chip is out of stock at almost all major US retailers and in Europe. As a result, eBay scalpers are asking almost $1,000 for new Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs.
Newegg, Best Buy, B&H Photo, Walmart, and Amazon are all completely sold out of Ryzen 7 9800X3Ds. The only supplier that technically has any inventory is MicroCenter, but the caveat is that only specific locations have some in stock. For example, Tustin, CA, Miami, FL, both GA locations, and Chicago, IL, to name a few, have 9800X3Ds in stock, but many others, such as Dallas, Huston, TX, Flushing, Yonkers, NY, and Denver , CO, are out of stock at the time of writing.
Not surprisingly, scalpers are taking full advantage of the low 9800X3D stock. On eBay you can find 9800X3Ds for as much as $999, with most priced in the $750 range, which is still a whopping 56% above MSRP.
The supply situation is so bad that Newegg has issued an update on The low price of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is not just limited to the US market. The CPU is also out of stock in several European countries.
It’s understandable why everyone wants the Ryzen 7 9800X3D now. It offers a substantial increase in gaming performance compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and blows Intel’s recent Core Ultra 200S processors (codenamed Arrow Lake) out of the water.
Too bad not everyone who wanted one was able to get one, but a new shipment is coming soon and will be restocked as soon as possibleNovember 7, 2024
Our test shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D performed an impressive 14.7% better than its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It was an all-out carnage against Intel’s equivalent chips, with the 9800X3D outperforming the Core i9-14900K by a whopping 42% and the all-new Core Ultra 9 285K outperforming by a whopping 60%.
Although the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is out of stock, we don’t recommend paying scalper prices for the CPU. As far as we know there is no shortage of chips. The CPU is selling so well that many retailers are out of stock, but should restock soon. So a little patience will save you a lot of money and stop scalping.