GTX 1080

[Ken Littlewood]

Hi, hope someone is able to help me. I’m currently getting the parts together for a new PC build and have the opportunity to buy a 2nd hand GTX 1080 for £200 ($263 US). It has had very little use and has been boxed up and sat in a cupboard for around 8 months. Is this a good buy or can anyone recommend an alternative?

I don’t really have a specific budget, but don’t want to go over £400 ($525 US).

[Fasauceome]

Far from an exception price for a 1080, eBay has listings for mostly around that. What model is it specifically? If it's a strix, that's a sweeter deal, but if it's something cheap you can probably find a better bargain if you shop around or haggle the seller down to 180

 

For closer to that £400 mark you can snag some pretty high end cards easily like a sapphire pulse or gigabyte OC RX 5700 XT.

[Whiro]

12 minutes ago, Ken Littlewood said:

Hi, hope someone is able to help me. I’m currently getting the parts together for a new PC build and have the opportunity to buy a 2nd hand GTX 1080 for £200 ($263 US). It has had very little use and has been boxed up and sat in a cupboard for around 8 months. Is this a good buy or can anyone recommend an alternative?

I don’t really have a specific budget, but don’t want to go over £400 ($525 US).

£200 for 1080 is really good price, usually 1070 is around this price tag. Just make sure the seller is legit, check his feedbacks etc. 
For £400 you can either have 2070 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-geforce-rtx-2070-dual-oc-evo-8gb-gddr6-ray-tracing-graphics-card-2304-core-1410mhz-gpu-1710mhz

Or 5700xt 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-radeon-rx-5700-xt-aorus-8gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card-7nm-rdna-2560-streams-1770mhz-gpu-2

[Whiro]

10 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Far from an exception price for a 1080, eBay has listings for mostly around that.

UK used market is a bit weird, most cards are more expensive than in USA. 
1080 are usually between £250-300 

1070 £180-230 

[Jurrunio]

Good deal sure, but how good depends on the exact model.

[Ken Littlewood]

All I can remember is it’s made by MSI

[Ken Littlewood]

Possibly the gaming x model

[Likwid]

I had same thought, but I would pay a bit more and get rx 5700

[Likwid]

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-radeon-rx-5700-8gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card-7nm-rdna-2304-streams-1465mhz-gpu-1725mhz-boost

[LukeSavenije]

except for the transients and peak power some gaming x models from that time pulled off, it's an excellent card

 

if the seller is legit and you can do some testing before buying, go for it

[Ken Littlewood]

I know the seller

[Lorant]

9 minutes ago, Ken Littlewood said:

I know the seller

Pull the trigger then.  200 for a 1080p and decent 1440p card... all day.

[Jimjamesjimothy8]

for $263 I would do it.

[Mick Naughty]

Would say it’s a good deal price wise. Lowest I’ve seen a 1080 sell in the states would be around 275. But I would never get an msi model myself. Plenty will say they don’t have issues but its the model that has the most fan failures between the 200 or so we are all running and have been for a few years.