AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition relaunched at $349 as a compelling AM4 gaming upgrade with improved 3D V-Cache packaging and better thermals, but sold out across major retailers within minutes. Scalpers quickly pushed resale prices to $600 or more, though AMD says continued production should ease shortages and return availability closer to MSRP.
  • Noite_Etion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 hours ago

    Scalping isn’t a job, you aren’t smart for doing it, only complete trash with no morals do it.

    Fuck you if you scalp.

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    When things got cheaper over time scapers didn’t have a chance. It would be idiotic, because the manufacturer themselves will sell you the product cheaper a few months/years after that.

    But we live in a screwed up reality where old products get more expensive as time goes on. So being a scalper is profitable. Specially giving the apparently stock shortages that exist in every single product out there.

  • WFH@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    6 hours ago

    While the scalpers struck quickly, AMD might end up foiling their plans, as the company says it will continue mass-producing the Ryzen 7 5800X3D Anniversary Edition to ensure supply stabilizes over time.

    Good.

  • Mereo@piefed.caEnglish
    10·
    8 hours ago

    This timeline is just rediculous. I was really waiting for it as I’m staying on the DDR 4 platform.

    • juipeltje@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      Depends if you need those cores more than the gaming performance, which is very personal. I ended up going from a 3900x to a 5800X3D a few years ago cause i ended up not using the extra cores. I thought my 3000 series was still going pretty strong, but i was surprised at how much the 5800X3D improved things. Especially in CPU-heavy games it was huge.