Intel Core Ultra 7 265K CPU is already being sold on eBay, but whatever you do, dont be tempted by any bargains youll likely regret it

Date:
Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:22:42 +0000

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A few different models have been spotted up for auction, including a temptingly cheap looking chip but steer well clear.

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Intels Arrow Lake desktop processors go on sale later today, officially at any rate but the CPUs are already available to buy, though we most certainly wouldnt recommend doing so.

VideoCardz spotted that someone on eBay in the UK is selling the Core Ultra
7 265K (which is the Core i7 equivalent, for those still not used to Intels new naming scheme). Its exorbitantly priced at 450, although the ability to make an offer is present and given that the retail price in the UK for the 265K is 380, youd be pretty daft to pay a 70 premium at this point.

In the US, the Core Ultra 7 265K is also up on eBay with a couple of
listings, though unlike the UK, these chips are just supplied in a plastic clamshell (the UK listing is at least the full boxed product).

That said, one of the US listings is at $340, so its at least cheaper than
the $410 we can see the Core Ultra 7 265K is priced at Newegg. Officially,
its still on pre-order at US (and UK) retailers, but that will change later today Thursday October 24, when the go button is hit to make sales live.

Whatever you do, dont buy these chips (or any others listed prerelease in
this manner) even when one may appear to be a bit of a bargain. (Image credit: ShutterStock) Analysis: Steer well clear

As noted, these Core Ultra 7 265K processors are mostly at silly high prices anyway, although one might tempt you with that $340 asking price which is a fair bit less than you can get it at an official retailer. But note that the eBayer in question only has a couple of bits of feedback, and so youre buying from a completely unknown source, as opposed to a proper retail channel where youll get full support and aftersales backup.

Even if the chip you buy on eBay does turn out to work, who knows whether its older sample silicon that might have been put through the mill in some way, and so could more likely manifest problems in the longer run. Issues you doubtless wont be covered for in any way, shape or form.

And thats not even considering that it isnt, of course, even legal to be selling these chips in this way.

At this point, the temptation to get a next-gen chip early is pretty meaningless anyway the full retail release is literally about to come about later on today. Just dont let any low pricing fool you, either. And besides, youll need a compatible motherboard Arrow Lake uses an entirely new CPU socket and these listings are not offering that rather vital piece of hardware to go with the processor anyway.

In short, dont waste your time or money in case you were in any doubt. You might also like AMD Ryzen 9800X3D leak shows it running at 5.6GHz on all
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