[SOLVED] Is it worth buying used GPU

[atinesh.s]

Hello guys I am thinking to upgrade my GPU but not planning to spend lot of money. I thought what if I get a descent used gpu which helps me for a while. But I have seen that sometimes people gets scammed. So how can I buy used gpu without wasting my money.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Buying a used GPU can be a great way to get a good deal, or you can get burned badly.

• First, knock out too good to be true deals. If the item seems too cheap compared to other similar cards, don't waste your time or money.
• Also, try to either see the card in person first or buy from a website with buyer protection (like ebay) in case something is wrong.
• Also, on ebay there are many scam GPUs from china. Most look like this.

I bought a used RX480 8gb Sapphire nitro+ on eBay for $89 which was a very good deal, but didn't seem to be too good to be true.
It shipped with a faulty vbios which I was able to fix, but eBay would have refunded me if I couldn't.

Also, shipping can be costly for big GPUs, so sometimes the best deals are local.

 

[atinesh.s]

Buying a used GPU can be a great way to get a good deal, or you can get burned badly.

• First, knock out too good to be true deals. If the item seems too cheap compared to other similar cards, don't waste your time or money.
• Also, try to either see the card in person first or buy from a website with buyer protection (like ebay) in case something is wrong.
• Also, on ebay there are many scam GPUs from china. Most look like this.

I bought a used RX480 8gb Sapphire nitro+ on eBay for $89 which was a very good deal, but didn't seem to be too good to be true.
It shipped with a faulty vbios which I was able to fix, but eBay would have refunded me if I couldn't.

Also, shipping can be costly for big GPUs, so sometimes the best deals are local.

Thanks for the suggestions, Its difficult for me to go check gpu locally in person. I was thinking about getting it from ebay.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

If you get it from eBay,

• Look for listings that aren't too good to be true.
• Once you get the GPU, run GPUz to ensure the card checks out and there is no "FAKE" warning.
• Also run games and make sure the cards performs well and doesnt overheat HWmontitor can see temps.

 

[EndEffeKt_24]

Paypal gives you buyers-protection for 30 days. My new rig contains a used b450-i strix, used R7 3700x, used RTX 2080. Got no issues but bought from local-ebay as private purchases. I saved round about 300 euro

 

[lynx1021]

Also be sure to buy a "name brand" GPU on Ebay because the no-name ones are usually fake, I bought 3-XFX brand RX460's when I found out they would work on legacy bios boards. 1 for my brother and two for my 2 PC's
All work grate an check good.

 

[atinesh.s]

If you get it from eBay,

• Look for listings that aren't too good to be true.
• Once you get the GPU, run GPUz to ensure the card checks out and there is no "FAKE" warning.
• Also run games and make sure the cards performs well and doesnt overheat HWmontitor can see temps.

Ok I’ll keep these things in my mind

 

[atinesh.s]

Paypal gives you buyers-protection for 30 days. My new rig contains a used b450-i strix, used R7 3700x, used RTX 2080. Got no issues but bought from local-ebay as private purchases. I saved round about 300 euro

Great, I am looking for GPU with 8gb VRAM is GTX 1070 would be ok for my PC

 

[EndEffeKt_24]

Yes I think that will pair quite nicely. But your powersupply is a bit lacking with 450w. Will most likely work, but at least before a cpu upgrade I would upgrade the psu as well.

 

[atinesh.s]

Yes I think that will pair quite nicely. But your powersupply is a bit lacking with 450w. Will most likely work, but at least before a cpu upgrade I would upgrade the psu as well.

I am upgrading GPU not for gaming, I am doing it for deep learning research. If the upgrade doesn’t blows up my computer I am ok 😉. I will be upgrading properly in couple of months everything RAM, PSU, GPU, CPU.