Question on fusing vs. buying and which would be cheaper

For my first question, let's say I have a unique (both my questions are centered around this one unique, see if you can figure out what unique it is as a game) and it already has 5 sockets on it and I want to 5-link it (it has a high enough ilvl to 6 socket but I have no desire for that). The thing is, this unique also sells on poe.trade already 5-linked (and also 6 socketed) for around 25-30 chaos by many sellers. What I want to know is on average, would it be cheaper to try and fuse a 5-link on my 5 socket one or would it be better to pay the 30 chaos to get a 6-socketed, 5-linked one. I guess what I'm asking is on average how many fusings does it take you to get a 5-link considering 20% quality and is the amount of fusings less than 30 chaos (I'm sort of new and don't really have a sense of currency ratios).

For the second question, let's assume that the answer is to buy the unique (regardless of what the actual answer was). What I am wondering now is if it would be better to buy a 5-socket, 5-link one or a 6-socket, 5-link one. I feel the 5-socket one may be better because I need to color this chest with 3 off colors (I need 3G2B linked and it is a strength/intelligence armor). If I have a 5-socket, 5-linked one, then if I get the right color combination then it is guaranteed to work, right? But if I have 6-socket, 6-linked one, then even if I manage to get 3 greens, there is a chance one of them will be on the lone socket not linked to anything. So wouldn't my chances of getting the right linked color combination be higher if I just bought a 5-socket one over a 6-socket one, considering they are both 5-linked?

Sorry if this post is hard to follow, but I've been pondering these for a while since I'm a poor player and want to spend currency wisely. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

5 linking costs 150 fuses with Vorici, average number spent on manual linking is possibly around 120 fuses. one chaos is around 1.5 fuse. this means that the answer is to buy it. It also implies that the unique is not any desired one, because 5L versions of desired ones do not cost only the fragment of links value. Are you sure you want to burn many chromatics on such item? if the str/int requirement is low, it should not be that hard though

It's a Voll's Protector and is absolutely necessary for what I want to do (CI Trickster Fakener), at least that is what I've been told. It's strength and int req. are 53/53, not sure if that constitutes as low. So regarding the second question, do you think I'd save many chromatics by trying to color a 5-socket one over a 6-socket one?

If you use Vorici to colour it, then the 5 socket one will be much better, since you know that both reds you ask Vorici for will be in the 5L.

If you use chromatics manually, then either one will be fine. Afaik the chance to be off-colour is a per socket thing, so having an extra socket won't change anything.

53/53 is rather low, but it will still need serious amount of chroms

I think you will not save any chromatics on 5s vs 6s. if the item is already linked, you will still need hitting the same combo. from rng (probability) point of view, it does not matter if there is an extra unlinked socket or not

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53/53 is rather low, but it will still need serious amount of chroms

I think you will not save any chromatics on 5s vs 6s. if the item is already linked, you will still need hitting the same combo. from rng (probability) point of view, it does not matter if there is an extra unlinked socket or not

My thinking is that I used the chrome calculator and it said that using vorici 1G option would take the least amount of chromes to get 3G2B, but if it is 6 sockets, there is a chance that the one green socket I pay for would be that lone socket not connected to anything which makes me think 5 sockets would take less tries, but maybe my thinking is flawed. I was always bad at wrapping my head around this stuff.

yes vorici linking will favor 5S