Refurbished vs New

[BravoTheta]

Hello,
This is going to be my first time building a pc.
Which one would be better to buy? refurbished parts or new items?

 

[clutchc]

Obviously, new is better. Do you even need to ask?

 

[fiterpilot]

As said above new is always better. But most the time refurb is just fine (depending from where you get it) and always cheaper. Bought a refurb GPU a while back, thing runs just as good as new today.

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

You can save a lot of money going the used route, but in my opinion your storage device, Motherboard, and power supply should all be new if possible .

 

[Versuz]

That depends on things like usage period, warranty, overclocked or not, physical state, person who used it and the usage(heavy or light or carefully) & etc. You need consider those if you gonna buy a used one. And You need to be more careful about some specific parts like HDD,SSD,PSU,GPU and MB (specially moving parts).
Like others said new is better, but if you can find barely used parts for reasonable prices then go for it, and keep in mind about above facts.