Buying Strix RX580 used mining card

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My question : Is it worth to buy Asus Strix RX580 8GB graphic card (used ofc) that was used 1 year for mining for arround 150 Euro? It has 1 year leftover warranty, is it bad for this gpu that it was mining 1 year, will I see problems in the future?

[Jurrunio]

how much does RX 570 and 580 8GB cost? 160 euros isnt cheap for a possibly worn out card. Even if it's not used for mining, 160 euros isnt an especially good deal.

[nhatduy1611]

50/50. One of my friend bought a used 1060 mining card and after 8 month of normal gaming it still work another guy bough a 1050ti and it died after 6 month . If you decided to buy it remember to replace the thermal paste and pad, high chance of it  dried out due to constant high temp.

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2 minutes ago, nhatduy1611 said:

Its not worth the risk. One of my friend cheap out and bought a used mining card and after 6 month of normal gaming it just died. 

hmm, but how can you know that these cards was used for mining or not, not all people claim when you buy from them, especially rx580, probably 95 percent of used rx580 are used for mining purposes. RX580 Strix has a great cooling, so it should have kept that under 70C which should not wear out that much, plus i have a 1 year warranty, so if it fails after 6 months, warranty should cover the damage?

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24 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

how much does RX 570 and 580 8GB cost? 160 euros isnt cheap for a possibly worn out card. Even if it's not used for mining, 160 euros isnt an especially good deal.

BNew RX580 8gb nitro goes for <250 Euro, Strix goes for 300 Euro. Used RX580 Nitro goes for 140 arround with/out warranty, maby less ofcourse, but you never know if these cards were used for mining or not, thats just the risk, do you trust or no. Maby 150 euro would do it? I don't know about mining much and how does it affect card, just know, if card has good cooling, it does not damage a lot while compared to a card that has worse cooling.

[nhatduy1611]

2 minutes ago, xpresive said:

hmm, but how can you know that these cards was used for mining or not, not all people claim when you buy from them, especially rx580, probably 95 percent of used rx580 are used for mining purposes. RX580 Strix has a great cooling, so it should have kept that under 70C which should not wear out that much, plus i have a 1 year warranty, so if it fails after 6 months, warranty should cover the damage?

In my country there are tons of these mining card floating around facebook marketplace for like dirt cheap. 80-100 for a 1060 6gb. I think you can find better deal then that.

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3 minutes ago, nhatduy1611 said:

In my country there are tons of these mining card floating around facebook marketplace for like dirt cheap. 80-100 for a 1060 6gb. I think you can find better deal then that.

nope, you'r taling about nvidia, i'm buying RX580 8GB version and Strix is the best version of RX580, ofcourse Zotac gtx 1060 6gb could cost 100 euro. In my country, GPU's are expensive

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The main topic question, is it worth and why or why not?

[nhatduy1611]

The 1060 is neck and neck with the 580 and draw less power. 50 euro for 2gb of vram is not worth it for me imo. If you prefer amd over nvidia and really like the strix model then sure buy it. I would go and get a 1060 though.

[ch3w2oy]

I wouldn't get a 1060 over an RX 580 unless the price was a lot cheaper. 

 

Mining cards are just fine. 

 

Get the RX 580, how are you buying it? Ebay? Local? Try to test it if you can. I'm not sure if the warranty is transferable, but try to get the original proof of purchase (their receipt from buying it) from the seller so that you have the best chances with RMA/warranty.. 

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11 minutes ago, ChewToy! said:

I wouldn't get a 1060 over an RX 580 unless the price was a lot cheaper. 

 

Mining cards are just fine. 

 

Get the RX 580, how are you buying it? Ebay? Local? Try to test it if you can. I'm not sure if the warranty is transferable, but try to get the original proof of purchase (their receipt from buying it) from the seller so that you have the best chances with RMA/warranty.. 

It's locally, tho I don't know what to test , is furmark enough? And I will get the receipt for it! I chose Rx 580 because it has freesync and it suits my amd ryzen build.

[Jurrunio]

49 minutes ago, xpresive said:

BNew RX580 8gb nitro goes for <250 Euro, Strix goes for 300 Euro. Used RX580 Nitro goes for 140 arround with/out warranty, maby less ofcourse, but you never know if these cards were used for mining or not, thats just the risk, do you trust or no. Maby 150 euro would do it? I don't know about mining much and how does it affect card, just know, if card has good cooling, it does not damage a lot while compared to a card that has worse cooling.

Mining cards wear their fans a lot, be prepared that their fans don't work properly if at all. I myself just strap case fans onto their heatsinks and call it a day, since most cards hold on to the shroud and fans separately from the heatsink and removing them don't break warranty stickers.

 

1 minute ago, xpresive said:

It's locally, tho I don't know what to test , is furmark enough? And I will get the receipt for it! I chose Rx 580 because it has freesync and it suits my amd ryzen build.

Geforce 10 series and 20 series cards support Freesync as well using new drivers (417.something). Not a fan of matching brands in CPU and GPU, especially not when the price gap is big

[ch3w2oy]

4 minutes ago, xpresive said:

It's locally, tho I don't know what to test , is furmark enough? And I will get the receipt for it! I chose Rx 580 because it has freesync and it suits my amd ryzen build.

Nvidia supports freesync too, now, although I'm not sure how good or easy it is to use. 

 

Use HWINFO and  GPU-Z to veiw the card's specs. And yes use Furmark to test stability. I would use a benchmark program like Superposition or 3dMark free edition to make sure it scores decently compared to similar cards.

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7 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Mining cards wear their fans a lot, be prepared that their fans don't work properly if at all. I myself just strap case fans onto their heatsinks and call it a day, since most cards hold on to the shroud and fans separately from the heatsink and removing them don't break warranty stickers.

 

Geforce 10 series and 20 series cards support Freesync as well using new drivers (417.something). Not a fan of matching brands in CPU and GPU, especially not when the price gap is big

I don't want this topic to become Amd vs Nvidia , cuz I own gtx 760 and it's a great card. Freesync on Nvidia now only works through DisplayPort , my monitor has HDMI , also Nvidia doesn't promise full compatibility with all monitors and their drivers are only nerfing gpu power while Amd buff's. Also used gtx 1060 price is same and even more than Rx 580 so it's a no brainer.

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Also, 1 year leftover warranty ,so if fans does smth , straight to RMA