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Worth it buying used?

CruxYo
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If the card is in good condition, and the price is right. Then yes... yes it can be super worth to buy used.

I bought a superbly good condition 270X for 60$, great freaking deal, card works great.

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it can be good and bad. if it says it has not been Mined on or overclocked it has probably been overclocked and mined on. 

 

make sure there also wasn't a crack pipe in the computer. xD 

 

but in conclusion a used graphics card is not that bad. after all JayzTwoCents used to buy used Computer components and he said they worked fine.

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my whole system is used, its just buyer beware, hard drives, k series cpus and psu's can be iffy, but ebay and amazon have been good to me and any problems i either return it or file a claim and have always got my money back, craigslist on the other hand, thats an another story. 

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4 minutes ago, papapoi said:

my whole system is used, its just buyer beware, hard drives, k series cpus and psu's can be iffy, but ebay and amazon have been good to me and any problems i either return it or file a claim and have always got my money back, craigslist on the other hand, thats an another story. 

lol was about to ask about craiglist. I see a lot of optiplexs for like 50. Im not going to lie I want to buy just to see how far I can push it to be a great pc.

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Depends how much time you have to shop around. Don't under evaluate your time. You have to sift through all the garbage. You have to call and email everyone. Go check out the card and hope it works.

 

If your a kid trying to put together a rig, is a great option. If you have other demands on your time then not so much.

 

Make sure you know what stuff is worth. 90% of people on Craigslist over value their stuff. By a lot. 

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6 minutes ago, Sat1600 said:

Depends how much time you have to shop around. Don't under evaluate your time. You have to sift through all the garbage. You have to call and email everyone. Go check out the card and hope it works.

 

If your a kid trying to put together a rig, is a great option. If you have other demands on your time then not so much.

 

Make sure you know what stuff is worth. 90% of people on Craigslist over value their stuff. By a lot. 

Im no kid son

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my system is a optiplex 990 330@50% off @dell=165

4gb(2x2gb) used ram=$16 + 4 came with system 8gb (ebay)

used 2 tb seagate SSHD = $65 (amazon warehouse deals)

gigabyte gtx 960 4gb windforce $166-$18 rebate (used @ amazon warehouse)

sandisk 120gb SSD $20 after $10 rebate (best buy)

evga 500 80+bronze used from my old system 

 

running pretty good so far, but im building another one anyway since my friend will buy this one for $500 :P 

 

my parts so far are

i5-4670k- $160(ebay), asus z97-AR mb = $92(blinq) , 8gb white fury x dd3 1866=$29 (amazon warehouse) 16 gb black fury $58 (ebay), Seasonic X-850(SS-850KM3 Active PFC F3) 850W =$77 (amazon warehouse) . case(new) , hyper d92 cpu cooler new, still deciding on cpu though ebay had the gtx980 for 419

 

lol im the advocate for scrapyard wars , haha

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