Using manual approximations in limits?

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I was going through a question today.

$$\lim_{x\to \infty} x^5 \left\lfloor \frac{1}{x^3}\right\rfloor $$ where $\lfloor \cdot \rfloor$ represents the G.I.F. (floor function).

Without actually trying to solve the question, I tried to use some manual approximations. Like I assumed as $x$ is tending to infinity, It will be a considerably large number but finite. So undoubtedly $$ \frac{1}{x^3} \ll 1 $$

therefore,

$$ \left\lfloor \frac{1}{x^3} \right\rfloor =0 $$

So what we are actually doing is multiplying a very large number but finite $x^5$ to a definite zero. So I concluded that this quantity will tend to zero as $x$ tends to infinity. But the answer is not zero.

What am I missing out here? Thanks.