Buying a used CPU?

[Wow Such Doge]

Would you guys do this?

So I can buy a used i5 4430 for 150$, or a FX8320 for 150$, which one would you guys do?

Is it safe to buy CPUs used?

And Intel CPU have the pins on motherboard so I wouldn't have to worry about bent pins on the CPU right?

So is that something you guys would do?

[Askew]

Absolutely not, there's no way of telling how long it's been run doing what, how hot it's been allowed to run, if it's been overclocked ect (unless it's a locked chip for that last one).

 

I'm not saying it's not possible to get one that's been looked after, but I would never risk it myself because CPUs degrade over time depending on how they have been used.

[legend8887]

Would you guys do this?

So I can buy a used i5 4430 for 150$, or a FX8320 for 150$, which one would you guys do?

Is it safe to buy CPUs used?

And Intel CPU have the pins on motherboard so I wouldn't have to worry about bent pins on the CPU right?

So is that something you guys would do?

No, I wouldn't buy any computer part used.

[Mooshi]

I once saw a lightly used i7 2700k being sold for cheap by someone's mom because her kids didn't need it/console gamed so she was selling the system in parts..

[Fred Castellum]

Depends on who I'm buying it from. I only do business with reputable people. 

[Askew]

Depends on who I'm buying it from. I only do business with reputable people. 

 

Are you sure? I bet some of the guys holding the reins at some of the companies whose stock you trade are real scumbags.

[Askew]

I once saw a lightly used i7 2700k being sold for cheap by someone's mom because her kids didn't need it/console gamed so she was selling the system in parts..

 

Lightly used unlocked processor, I call bullshit on that 7 days a week. :lol:

[CJPowell27]

Only from people with high ratings

[flibberdipper]

I wouldn't really want to buy one. Unless it was never overclocked and was kept at good temperatures.

[ProKoN]

I buy used cpus all the time.

 

ebay has buyer protection

 

if i buy used locally, i always test first before i give my money.

[Antistatic12]

I only buy used CPU's that are golden.
otherwise I buy new.

[Fred Castellum]

Are you sure? I bet some of the guys holding the reins at some of the companies whose stock you trade are real scumbags.

Oh there's no doubt about that. That's why I dump once profit is made lol. I only hold a handful of stocks(from companies I actually see innovation in) for long periods of time. 

 

I don't invest in companies that make scumbag decisions, I just provide the service of hold/trading their stocks to others who want to buy. In no way do I support said company~! 

 

[austin541]

seeing that its a locked cpu it really cant be overclocked so i would go for it.

[LionsGoMoo]

People can still overclock a locked CPU, but only a little bit, or else the CPU will become extremely unstable right away.

that's why a locked CPU is almost never OC'ed.

 

If the buyer OC'ed the CPU, it could explode.

[Mooshi]

Lightly used unlocked processor, I call bullshit on that 7 days a week. :lol:

 

No clue, but if that was legit, someone got a deal getting that chip for 1/3 the retail price. :V

[Wow Such Doge]

Ironically, the CPU is the longest lasting component of a computer, so the chances of it dying within even two years is slim. I have OC'ed CPUs that still work fine. In this case, the i5 is a locked CPU, so it can't be overclocked...what's the worry?

If the seller has good ratings, go for it. you can always get a refund.

 

EDIT: The 8320 is new on amazon for $148. Why not just get that? http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD8320FRHKBOX-FX-8320-FX-Series-Edition/dp/B009O7YU56

I live in Canada...

[Maxibonbits]

If it is off ebay or a local trading post website I would be very cautious. Although that doesn't mean the chip is bad or damaged.

 

If you are buying from a local PC store with a return policy, than it should be perfectly fine.

[Wow Such Doge]

Turns out its unopened.

Does 150$ sound good for 4430 unopended (Sealed box)? so that means its never been used.

[i_build_nanosuits]

it's a locked CPU, i see no problem going with that, mostly if it's true ebay and paypal you have ton of buyers protection...you won't risk anything, i'd do it for sure!

This CPU has probably been upgraded to a unlocked core i7 this is most likely the reason why it is being sold online.

[harrynowl]

I have a used 2600k and it runs fine, I also got a used motherboard from an RMA.

 

My PC runs fine and it is overclocked, and has been overclocked balls to the walls @ 5.3GHz / 1.64v.

[jurian123]

I would buy a new CPU. With a used one you never know what he done with it. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

I would buy a new CPU. With a used one you never know what he done with it.

Well, you can't like have sex and stuff with a CPU, all you can do to it is making it crunching numers, that's all a CPU can do...of course you could use it to shim an unlevel table leg (they are VERY good for that) but most people won't...

CPU's nowadays anyway are full of overheating and overvolting protections you can't really harm them even intentionally.

[Wow Such Doge]

yes

Only problem is that I will only be able to get the motherboard after I get CPU, so when I get it I can't test it to see if it works.

[jurian123]

Well, you can't like have sex and stuff with a CPU, all you can do to it is making it crunching numers, that's all a CPU can do...of course you could use it to shim an unlevel table leg (they are VERY good for that) but most people won't...

CPU's nowadays anyway are full of overheating and overvolting protections you can't really harm them even intentionally.

That is true. You could but i would never do it. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

Only problem is that I will only be able to get the motherboard after I get CPU, so when I get it I can't test it to see if it works.

Then this is a problem...anyway, if (like me) you believe that games are going toward more and more multi-threaded optimisation in the future then you might (like me) believe that the FX 8 core is a better chip for gaming in the long run...so you might be better of to go with that in the first place.

BUT, if you play a lot of old tech single-threaded games (MMO's mostly) the FX is not for you, OR if you pay major bucks for electicity and/or IF you live in a very hot country and your house is not climatised.