Used CPU?

[Guest]

First time buying used PC parts. The Craiglist and Kijiji PC part community is pretty small where live. Has anyone ever bought a used CPU on Ebay? In Luke's Scrapyard Wars followup video he talked about how CPU's are generally fine to buy used. Does that mean that chances are they won't die on you? 

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, Bobby_Joe_90 said:

that mean that chances are they won't die on you?

hard to say

 

if its a locked chip then i wouldnt mind

if it was an overclocking chip, i wouldnt touch it

[Trey222]

I bought a CPU from Ebay. It is the Xeon E5 2670. Also if you get a dead CPU you can file a case with Ebay and you will get a ref2refund. 

[sapphirethunder]

It really all comes down to the seller.

You have to properly find out just how long and in what kind of usage the seller has had it.

[CyberWolfDev]

If you think that you can trust this seller you can buy at your own risk.

[Rolling Potatoe]

Well, cpus are pretty much sealed up in a few mm of steel and hard to kill.

If you buy one and it works there is probably nothing wrong with it and will last until its not relevant anymore.

[swordsm3n]

Unless they are physically damaged they usually are pretty much good. I have several CPUs that are over 20 years old and many others that are newer but still old. Never had one die on me. 

[AshleyAshes]

I bought an i5 2300 for a server and got it running just Thursday night, it's just fine.  Frankly, it's a CPU, 99.99% of the time it will either 'work' and you're fine or be 'dead' and PayPal will refund your money.  (This is also why people tend not to sell dead stuff on eBay, because PayPal refunds and bad ratings on eBay are very bad for business).  It's very, very rare for any CPU to be 'iffy', they're just good or bad.

 

The i5 2300 also undervolted like a champ.

 

Really, eBay is a GREAT place to get used PC parts and you can find anything you want pretty easily.

[Mailbox23]

I bought a used Xeon E5-1650 on ebay to replace an old i7 that died. It was my first experience buying used PC parts and it went great. As long as the seller has a good reputation you shouldn't have a problem. Also, Ebay and Paypal should help you get a refund if the cpu is dead or not as advertised. 

[harrynowl]

Can't say I've had issues buying used CPUs.