If you're looking at picking up one of the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X machines — and we wouldn't blame you, because they do look pretty sweet — we have some advice: namely, don't buy one off eBay. Yes, scalpers are already trying to move pre-orders for the system, and they're pushing them for as much as 2.5 times the manufacturer's suggested retail price of $999 USD. No, we're not kidding; see for yourself.
Seriously, don't buy this. If you really want a ROG Xbox Ally X, head right on over to Best Buy, where you can still pre-order the thing ahead of its October 16 release date for the standard price of $999—a price that's already a little contentious given that performance is likely to be only slightly ahead of the extant $899 ROG Ally X despite that machine being based on the previous-generation Z1 Extreme processor.
