second hand motherboard

[Leander_1]

So I was looking for a good motherboard and I saw a second-hand asus maximus motherboard for a cheap price. Is it smart to buy second-hand motherboards and what should I ask the buyer to make sure the motherboard is fully operational and not damaged in any way?
Pls help!

 

[MWP0004]

If possible, ask for a video of the board POSTing to bios. But still, buying second hand means buying "as-is" and there is no guarantee that you will get a working board.

 

[Natsukage]

All depends on where you are trying to buy this motherboard from. Is it a reputed site such as ebay, amazon or aliexpress? Or is it from a direct-from-owner sale site, such as Kijiji?

A second-hand board can be just as good as a new board. It is simply used. Be sure to ask if it has been tested, and what is the terms for returning it in case of failure.

 

[boosted1g]

Used motherboard is just like any other used electronic device. As long as it works it can be a good bargin, but there are many shysters selling what they know to be a completely dead mobo "as is" or "not tested" so they can make some money.

As stated by others, a video of the motherboard posting is ideal (although that means they have to working a cpu and memory for that socket).

 

[Leander_1]

All depends on where you are trying to buy this motherboard from. Is it a reputed site such as ebay, amazon or aliexpress? Or is it from a direct-from-owner sale site, such as Kijiji?

A second-hand board can be just as good as a new board. It is simply used. Be sure to ask if it has been tested, and what is the terms for returning it in case of failure.

It's sold on a dutch site, named marktplaats (literally translated: marketplace). In the Netherlands the Asus maximus v111 formula is 344 euro and he is selling the mobo for 100 euro

 

[boosted1g]

Newest chipset board at 30% cost, sounds way too good to be true.
70-80% for newest chipset, 55-65% for previous generation, 40% for generation before that is what I would expect.

At this point it is someone saying "hey, I got this one year old 30k car that I will sell to you for 8k but you cant drive it until you buy it!"

 

[Natsukage]

It's sold on a dutch site, named marktplaats (literally translated: marketplace). In the Netherlands the Asus maximus v111 formula is 344 euro and he is selling the mobo for 100 euro

This doesn't sound like a good buy...marktplaats is very badly rated... And the price is way too low compared to the base price.

As boosted1g said, it sounds like a scam. Unless you are able to confirm it is a quality seller, then I would never buy such a questionable board.