Refurbished GPUs?

[Gershy13]

 

What do people think of getting a refurbished GPU?

It's from a trusted shop (ebuyer) and it's about £50 less than getting it new (which at the price point of a 1060 is pretty decent imo)

Is it worth it?

Thanks
Gershy13

[PokiDaSpitz]

maybe if you could return it if its broken. yes

[Gershy13]

3 minutes ago, PokiDaSpitz said:

maybe if you could return it if its broken. yes

Yes it comes with 1 year shop warranty and free returns (I might have to pay postage unless it actually is broken)

[GoldenLag]

What was broken? What was refurbished?

[Gershy13]

41 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

What was broken? What was refurbished?

It doesn't say.. I've emailed them. Waiting for a reply.

[zebbedyy]

I have recently took the chance and bought a refurbished GTX 1070 Strix 8GB myself.

 

On arrival I noticed 2 resistors snapped off along the PCI-E side of the card. 

 

I immediately thought that it was dead and wasn't going to work but to my surprise actually does work. Upon further testing I have recently found that the GPU is running at X4 although in a X16 slot.

 

I have no idea if this is due to the resistors being broke off the card but I suspect so.

 

I would suggest ONLY buying a refurbished card if it's from a somewhat fairly reputable seller and comes with a warranty like mine did just in case something does go wrong you can then send it back.

 

Hope this helps you

[Gershy13]

4 minutes ago, zebbedyy said:

I have recently took the chance and bought a refurbished GTX 1070 Strix 8GB myself.

 

On arrival I noticed 2 resistors snapped off along the PCI-E side of the card. 

 

I immediately thought that it was dead and wasn't going to work but to my surprise actually does work. Upon further testing I have recently found that the GPU is running at X4 although in a X16 slot.

 

I have no idea if this is due to the resistors being broke off the card but I suspect so.

 

I would suggest ONLY buying a refurbished card if it's from a somewhat fairly reputable seller and comes with a warranty like mine did just in case something does go wrong you can then send it back.

 

Hope this helps you

its got a 90 day warranty and its factory refurbished. its from a reputable shop (ebuyer, probably equivalent to newegg)

[WereCat]

As long as it has a warranty, yes, its safe.

[zebbedyy]

I'd imagine it would be fine especially its factory refurbished and is from ebuyer.

 

My card was most definitely not manufacture refurbished but I did buy mine from ebay.

[Gershy13]

Thanks guys... i just checked with ebuyer, and a guy confirmed that it was just a fan they replaced... Im probably going to go for it, just trying to see if i can get the 90 day warranty extended...

[Mick Naughty]

I bought dell and evga returbs. No issues and would do it again. 

[Gershy13]

7 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

I bought dell and evga returbs. No issues and would do it again. 

directly from the manufacturer tho?

[Mick Naughty]

10 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

directly from the manufacturer tho?

Nope. 3 were from Newegg. One from a pallet of 40 cards.