Hello everyone! Really excited to have unlocked the community feature for crossing the 500 subscriber mark - this wouldn't have been possible without the support of YOU GUYS!
Have y'all ever cheaped out, and bought PC components for below retail price from "unconventional" sources? I just did - with a brand new AMD Ryzen 5 5600 that I scored for S$247 Singapore dollars (~US$177 for you international folks).
For some context, a Ryzen 5 5600 goes for around S$299 (~US$215) from authorised online/offline retailers in Singapore - I got mine from a third party seller on an eCommerce platform in Singapore that had...decent reviews. What's scary though, was the fact that while the seller had good reviews, there were a handful of negative ones which said that their processors came in a plastic clamshell without the retail box. All in the name of penny pinching, I decided to take the plunge nonetheless...and wound up with a brand new sealed-in-box Chinese-market Ryzen 5 5600 - evident from the Chinese words on the packaging!
It all panned out well though - the processor works great and is legit! Seems like the seller probably got a hold of brand new grey market/parallel imported processors...
How about you guys? Ever had a horror story arise all the name of cost savings while buying new PC parts?
P.S did an unboxing video of the said processor https://youtu.be/ewe_QGblRxk - in the meantime, keep a lookout for an upcoming video where I pit the 5600 against its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 3600!
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Hello everyone! Really excited to have unlocked the community feature for crossing the 500 subscriber mark - this wouldn't have been possible without the support of YOU GUYS!
Have y'all ever cheaped out, and bought PC components for below retail price from "unconventional" sources? I just did - with a brand new AMD Ryzen 5 5600 that I scored for S$247 Singapore dollars (~US$177 for you international folks).
For some context, a Ryzen 5 5600 goes for around S$299 (~US$215) from authorised online/offline retailers in Singapore - I got mine from a third party seller on an eCommerce platform in Singapore that had...decent reviews. What's scary though, was the fact that while the seller had good reviews, there were a handful of negative ones which said that their processors came in a plastic clamshell without the retail box. All in the name of penny pinching, I decided to take the plunge nonetheless...and wound up with a brand new sealed-in-box Chinese-market Ryzen 5 5600 - evident from the Chinese words on the packaging!
It all panned out well though - the processor works great and is legit! Seems like the seller probably got a hold of brand new grey market/parallel imported processors...
How about you guys? Ever had a horror story arise all the name of cost savings while buying new PC parts?
P.S did an unboxing video of the said processor https://youtu.be/ewe_QGblRxk - in the meantime, keep a lookout for an upcoming video where I pit the 5600 against its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 3600!
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