Zen 3 Launch Availability

When will it be possible to buy a Zen 3 cpu without using a bot or paying Scalper rates?


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I’ll just post this reply and that’s it. No reason for me to lie or brag or whatever. Just like all of you, I’ve been trying like heck to get one of these new cpus and was just very fortunate to score 3 of them.

I’m not trying to be an A-hole or anything else. I was just excited to have gotten the cpus. I sold 2 to a fellow [H] for a very fair price. I could have Scalped these online an made out but I’m ex military and have integrity. Merry Xmas fellas and I will leave it at that
 

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If you didn't mark 'em up you're a good guy in my book-- well done!

Amazon just charged me for my 5950X, says it'll deliver Dec 27. So it'll miss Xmas, but that's OK, it's a gift to myself.
 
They are on a glass table but yeah, he is odd. Opps, he ordered three in a split second but not in (or in) one order and gee everyone look see look, look, look. Also, you all could order whatever whenever you want if you just Google it.

Yep, I looked closer and saw the bevel in the glass making it look that way. And yes I found the post a little weird. lol

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Finally had luck with a discord notification, ordered a 5600x through Amazon. Expected delivery of February 23-26 sucks though, hopefully it moves up.
 
Finally had luck with a discord notification, ordered a 5600x through Amazon. Expected delivery of February 23-26 sucks though, hopefully it moves up.
does that only work with amazon? I'd like to get my hands on a 5600x but save on tax lol.
 
I used ATR-Stonks, it posts any alert be it Amazon, Newegg, B&H, etc. https://discord.com/invite/atr I thought all places charge tax now if your state requires it, the good ol days of no tax on internet purchases is a memory for me.
thanks. so I went to that discord and I clicked on the number, anything else I should do? where in discord does it show the notification? guess I should probably install discord on my phone.

how long have you been set to be notified till you saw the notification to buy one?
 
thanks. so I went to that discord and I clicked on the number, anything else I should do? where in discord does it show the notification? guess I should probably install discord on my phone.

how long have you been set to be notified till you saw the notification to buy one?
I just keep the window open and have the specific channels I wanted marked as read, so new messages changed the room to white. In this case the ryzen set of rooms.
Been doing this for a few weeks, usually they're sold out by the time I click it. You have precious seconds it seems.
 
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I just keep the window open and have the specific channels I wanted marked as read, so new messages changed the room to white. In this case the ryzen set of rooms.
Been doing this for a few weeks, usually they're sold out by the time I click it. You have precious seconds it seems.
3070 just came in stock and got no notification of it
 
3070 just came in stock and got no notification of it
It would be erroneous to assume any of these systems will catch everything. The best you can do is have multiple avenues and hope one of them lines up for you.
 
It would be erroneous to assume any of these systems will catch everything. The best you can do is have multiple avenues and hope one of them lines up for you.
I'm wrong there was a notification. cause it came in stock again and I saw it.
 
My 5950X shipped from Amazon!

Gotta say, this has been quite the ordeal.

I really do recommend the Hotstock app. I used Discords, the streetmerchant script, and Hotstock and the app has consistently been just as fast as the script, if not slightly (60-90s) faster.
 
My 5950X shipped from Amazon!

Gotta say, this has been quite the ordeal.

I really do recommend the Hotstock app. I used Discords, the streetmerchant script, and Hotstock and the app has consistently been just as fast as the script, if not slightly (60-90s) faster.
Congrats! I gotta try that next. Have you gotten anything else through Hotstock?
 
just installed hotstock. looks like if you add alerts via the app it only lets you pick one product. if you use the website it lets you add multiple. but the website shows less products. for example on the website if I search for 3070, it will only show the FE, but in the app it will show msi, asus and so on.
 
Have you gotten anything else through Hotstock?
No, I got my RTX3080 through streetmerchant, didn't know about hotstock back then. Also it was much easier to get.

Yes the issue is they want you to subscribe for multiple SKUs. Not an issue with the CPU but for a GPU you may want to pay.
 
the atr-stonks discord showed the 5600x in stock at newegg at 8:07, the hotstock website emailed me at 8:05

sadly I was watching football and didn't have phone around.
 
I'm wondering if I should get a 9700k instead for $260, looking at gaming benchmarks its within 5 fps of the 5600x, am I missing something?
 
I'm wondering if I should get a 9700k instead for $260, looking at gaming benchmarks its within 5 fps of the 5600x, am I missing something?
10700k is $319.99 if you want a newer gen z490 platform. Supposedly z490 will support 11th gen.
 
I was there when there were bunch of stock alerts for Newegg, but it never worked unlike Amazon, they should put a captcha protection.
 
Guess I'm going to try hot stock and hope everyone is too busy with the Holiday not hitting F5 :)
 
man I even managed to grab a 3080 for a friend yet I still can't find a CPU anywhere lol
I planned to take some time off at Christmas to play but I guess it'll have to be at a later date
 
Got a 5600x through the best buy drop, but no luck on the 3080. The best buy one has a delivery date of January 6, the Amazon order I got is for February 26. Depending on how stocks look in a few months I might keep both orders and pass on the Amazon 5600x to the forum for cost+shipping.
 
Yeah I have a 5600x and 5800x in my cart just for fun since they don't ship to Canada.
 
Another 5950x drop at Newegg and more added to cart but it's not really in the car or straight up errors.
 
I ended up flipping the 5800x and returning the motherboard. I netted a fat $30 after tax and fees lol.

I got too hyped up in "can I even get one??!?" That I didn't realize.. I don't really want this that badly?

It it was a 5600x or even a 5900x I'd probably have kept it but the 5800x is a terrible value I didn't want to lock in to.
Even after the gf said it could be a Christmas gift :D
 
I ended up flipping the 5800x and returning the motherboard. I netted a fat $30 after tax and fees lol.

I got too hyped up in "can I even get one??!?" That I didn't realize.. I don't really want this that badly?

It it was a 5600x or even a 5900x I'd probably have kept it but the 5800x is a terrible value I didn't want to lock in to.
Even after the gf said it could be a Christmas gift :D
lol. I got an order in on amazon for a 5600x, it said it was back ordered till jan 18th, then when I checked the order info, it said shipping in march. I cancelled it. probably going to end up having my brother buy a 9700k at MC and ship it to me.
 
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