AMD released its latest Ryzen 7 9800X3D to glowing reviews this week, but if you want to buy one, you might have to wait for more stock. The 9800X3D is currently sold out at Newegg and Best Buywith the majority Micro Center locations also sold out of AMD’s best gaming processor.

The situation is similar throughout Europe. In Germany most retailers have out of stockwith new shipments not arriving until the end of this month. In Great Britain scans is accepting pre-orders for the 9800X3D, but stock won’t arrive until November 29th. Overclockers in the UK says that its stock is currently being held at UK customs and that the first and second shipments are allocated and sold out. Another delivery is not expected until December.

Jack Huynh, AMD’s head of computing and graphics, shared pictures on X of people lining up for the 9800X3D at retailers, while AMD CEO Lisa Su signed some of the processors for “some special partners”. Of course scalpers are trying to take advantage of the low stock situation with some 9800X3D eBay listings asking up to $999 instead of the processor’s $479 retail price.

While there will likely be pent-up demand for the 9800X3D after the disappointment of the desktop Zen 5 and Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processors, it’s clear that AMD doesn’t have enough stock of this new processor for the launch period. The timing of the 9800X3D’s launch came as a surprise, coming less than three months after AMD introduced its first Zen 5 desktop processors in August. AMD didn’t introduce its Zen 4 X3D parts until five months after the Ryzen 9 7950X first launched in September 2022, with the 7800X3D arriving nearly seven months later.