Used evga 770, experinced advice?

jakesully

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Hey, someone local is selling a 4gb evga 770 in my area for about 300 bucks. Risks of buying used gpu? I was shooting for the asus 780, but 200 is a lot of dough, What do you guys think?

He also has replaced the cooler with a titan cooler (the original is also included), any concerns I should have?

Thank you in advance

Edit: I will be using a 1440p monitor
 
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Well if you want to sacrifice a little quietness and cooler temperatures with an R9 280X, thats a cheaper and stronger alternative.
However if you plan to stick with NVidier, I'd buy a new GPU, as replacing the cooler (why would he, the Titan and 770 both use the same cooler) means voiding the warranty for any repairs or replacements.

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You could get yourself a brand new R9 280X with a full warranty. There is the chance that you might ask him if there's any time left on the warranty and if there was would he be willing to do the RMA if you end up having a problem. However you'll have to put the stock cooler back on if you end up with a problem.

I would just go with the R9 280X instead.
 

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Well if you want to sacrifice a little quietness and cooler temperatures with an R9 280X, thats a cheaper and stronger alternative.
However if you plan to stick with NVidier, I'd buy a new GPU, as replacing the cooler (why would he, the Titan and 770 both use the same cooler) means voiding the warranty for any repairs or replacements.
 
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jakesully

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Hi guys, thanks for the responses, he changes the cooler because the titan has cool led's I believe, I couldn't care less though, I would use a gpu that looks like a piece of tin foil if it worked. I shall think for now. I'm on the fence about the 280x mainly because I'll be doing video editing. Thanks again