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Never buy PSUs used. You're never really sure of what's been done to them, which isn't great when it basically holds the lives of each of your parts in it's hands.

That said, it is a Seasonic, and I trust them to the end of the earth.

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This is the psu - Seasonic X750

 

It was powering a R9 290X and a Xeon. Used for about one year and still have four years warranty but to some firm ...

 

I am building a new rig and 750W are a bit overkill but still ... the price is good - about 106$(156$ brand new here). The same money i was about to give for a new CM v650s ... or EVGA Supernova 550W G2.

 

What do you think guys? Is it wise to buy second hand PSU?

"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."

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go with the g2.. new is always preferable to used and if you can get the g2 for the same price as the used seasonic then ... yeah get the new one 

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That PSU is a really good one, but I wouldn't risk getting a used PSU personally.

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This is the psu - Seasonic X750
 
It was powering a R9 290X and a Xeon. Used for about one year and still have four years warranty but to some firm ...
 
I am building a new rig and 750W are a bit overkill but still ... the price is good - about 106$(156$ brand new here). The same money i was about to give for a new CM v650s ... or EVGA Supernova 550W G2.
 
What do you think guys? Is it wise to buy second hand PSU?

 

if you trust the person you are buying from

its a good deal

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Never buy PSUs used. You're never really sure of what's been done to them, which isn't great when it basically holds the lives of each of your parts in it's hands.

That said, it is a Seasonic, and I trust them to the end of the earth.

Project White Lightning (My ITX Gaming PC): Core i5-4690K | CRYORIG H5 Ultimate | ASUS Maximus VII Impact | HyperX Savage 2x8GB DDR3 | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Black 1TB | Sapphire RX 480 8GB NITRO+ OC | Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX | Corsair AX760 | LG 29UM67 | CM Storm Quickfire Ultimate | Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | HyperX Cloud II | Logitech Z333

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Other systems I've built:

Core i3-6100 | CM Hyper 212 EVO | MSI H110M ECO | Corsair Vengeance LPX 1x8GB DDR4  | ADATA SP550 120GB | Seagate 500GB | EVGA ACX 2.0 GTX 1050 Ti | Fractal Design Core 1500 | Corsair CX450M

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I am not a professional. I am not an expert. I am just a smartass. Don't try and blame me if you break something when acting upon my advice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Usually i will never consider buying a second hand PSU or GPU ... But because it's such a good unit i got tempted :D

Well ... i suppose i will play safe with the brand new unit. 

Thanks for making my mind guys :D

 

Edit: But CM VS or EVGA G2 has better protections? In my region there are power fluctuations from time to time ...

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Update: I actually decided to get the best available ... Seasonic SS-660XP2 ... and not taking any chances. It's a bit expensive, especially that i use a skylake i5, non K processor and r9 380 video, but could't help the feeling of getting the best "food" for my components ...

"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."

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