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Does this 970 look sketchy? definitely if i found it for a low price.

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Found a GREAT deal on a GTX970. was wondering if it looks like there may be damage that anyone can notice? need to know within the hour otherwise i lose my chance at it. i could really use it. Just dont want to buy a damaged card for this steal.

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It was pulled from a working machine, used.

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Sorry guys i just dont really know what to look for and noticed the discoloration area in right side of PCB. Decided i should ask.

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looks all normal to me. if you are going to pick it up yourself you could test it there to see if it works. 

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From looking at the photos there is no immediate physical damage however when buying used you should always see some kind of proof of it working. If you are buying this online its harder but I would say go for it if its a great deal.

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Just now, Jessekiller101 said:

looks all normal to me. if you are going to pick it up yourself you could test it there to see if it works. 

Well i can get it for around $157. would that be a bad price point? i plan to sell my 1050Ti and go to this. not much an upgrade but i can get $100 or so for my dual fan 1050TI im sure. which makes the upgrade cost me somewhat of $50-$60 dollars give or take. Worth in yall's opinion?

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1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

Why don't you try it out?

I have no way to. its 2 states away lmao

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I sold my GTX 970 for $132 shipped.  It had a broken fan though but it worked and played games. The fan in mine was so annoying though that I went out the very next day and got the GTX 1060 6Gb and I'm very glad I did. It's a much better overall card and it's cooler.

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1 hour ago, DeeJayDemon said:

Well i can get it for around $157. would that be a bad price point? i plan to sell my 1050Ti and go to this. not much an upgrade but i can get $100 or so for my dual fan 1050TI im sure. which makes the upgrade cost me somewhat of $50-$60 dollars give or take. Worth in yall's opinion?

157 isnt a good deal, a new 1060 3gb is 199 atm, and the old evga 970s are notorious for coil whines, one of mine even caught fire.

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Does Ebay and Pay Pal not protect you if they sell you a faulty product that they advertised as working?

Also, I would much rather save up for another couple of months and opt for a larger mem capacity 1060.

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I'd be very careful about buying this particular brand used. I had this exact 970 (EVGA SSC) for about 2 years, and then out of the blue it caught fire in my case while watching a video.....Luckily my system detected the issue and shut down the power to everything, but I had to get a whole new video card that I wasn't planning on spending money on....You can see in the photo where it looks like one of the, what I believe might be, power control chips? Whatever it was, it instantly lit up into a 4" flame. 

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eyyy i just noticed it's the same one that "fired up" for me (actually not sure but it was evga), rip 6700k 2016-2016

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Your 1050ti is still a great card. You'll be much happier waiting at least until next gen and getting a card that will perform much better and you won't run the risk of losing your money on a bad used deal

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Save up and get a 2050 ti/2060 next year, your 1050 ti is solid right now and you can get a card in the 1060 - 1070 range of power for $110-250

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On 12/10/2017 at 2:47 AM, Damascus said:

Save up and get a 2050 ti/2060 next year, your 1050 ti is solid right now and you can get a card in the 1060 - 1070 range of power for $110-250

I hope next year instead of a 2050Ti they do a 2060 Ti.... that seems like the shit to me. like... mix it up a bit ffs

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You dodged a bullet, that's overpriced IMO.

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