Buying a used mining GPU

[m2net]

 

Hi guys,

My friend is selling his Mining GPU, it's a Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G.
He used it for mining about 6 months ( more or less ) on undervolted power because of the high electricity bills.
I could take 2 photos from his computer, one for the card when mining, and one on idle, after about 10 minutes 
As he said, the temperature did not exceed 66°C even on summer while mining.
The price is about 50% of our market price in my country, and i'm only buying it for gaming ( only on weekends )
What do you think ?

 

 

[LukeSavenije]

it is done well, the card should work fine and it's from someone (i at least hope) you can trust. but you will of course keep the downsides from buying second hand

[r2724r16]

Go ahead and buy it since you're getting it from a trusted friend.

[Supportsneedlove]

I take it that you still get warranty? 

[m2net]

39 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

it is done well, the card should work fine and it's from someone (i at least hope) you can trust. but you will of course keep the downsides from buying second hand

I only need it to buy some recent games, not for 8 or 10 hours a day, i just play 2 or 3 days per week, for some hours and i take a rest between it. So let's say, i play for straight 2 or 3 hours, then take a break for 1 hour or 2, then play again

 

19 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

I take it that you still get warranty? 

We don't have gigabyte warranty in our country  and he told me that he's selling his graphic card to cover the cost of his wife giving birth.
So the price is about 50% of the market price and as you can see, those photos are from his actual rig.
I will try it on my computer before buying it, but not for too long, maybe a stress test, or running a game for 30 minutes

[Mick Naughty]

It’s all the same. Just get it. If it’s a deal. I’ll be buying a pair of used mining cards. No issues so far. Don’t forsee any either.