Refurbished cards - are they a good deal?

[Taner]

I think that you should try to expand your rigs in any case, as the prices for the repaired cards are really low. The risk is small, and if everything is in order, you will get a good profit.

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[murgorx]

I think that you should try to expand your rigs in any case, as the prices for the repaired cards are really low. The risk is small, and if everything is in order, you will get a good profit.

This is exactly what I am thinking of doing, and I simply do not really care if they are refurbished, second hand or new ones, as long as I get them on a deal I am not affected by the current manipulated market, because if everything goes according to predictions and plans I would be making a passive KILLING I prefer to invest in something like cryptocurrencies, rather than give my money to a bank with 0.8% interest rate(for the lulz).
I will try with two cards first and will see what's the ROI would be, maybe if i'm satisfied I'll continue expanding

[mumpungiso]

I think you can use refurbished card. As long as that's in good condition and still have good looking. I was use that too in my rig, and have been 2 years from buy it. Sorry my bad english

[DevelopmentBank]

Not exactly GPUs but i bought a refurbished LCD monitor 2 years ago. It was a huge sale on NewEgg and they were supposedly offering 50% off. I still use the same monitor today and am happy with it. Just imagine how much better buying refurbished items is compared to buying second hand from people whom you don't know what they did to the item. At least you can rest assured that you are buying from companies want to have a good reputation and not some random person who could have rubbed that all over his as$.

[edwardceng]

I will try with two cards first and will see what's the ROI would be, maybe if i'm satisfied I'll continue expanding

what series will you buy?

just share what I experienced with R9 290x and R9 390, I have one 290x and 390 I bought in 2017. 290x still mine in Ethash until now but 390^[1] only lasted 4 months after buying and damaged.

1. R9 390 has freeze problem when claymore runs and hash rate decrease also system restart itself every 5 minutes after mining. I tried fixing this card (390) like changing the processor paste, heating the processor with a heat gun and it could not be fixed.

[jings007]

Refurbished card are all card returned no matter the reason. Refurbished products are generally bench tested and certified by the authorized service centers of the company and then re-packaged, labeled as a Refurbished Product. Most mechanical fixes are by trained technicians who work for the original company that distributed the product. These cards should work without problem.

[teskostecenje]

Unless you know some secret coin with high profits that other dont(if this is the case please share it with me i wont tell anyone )i wouldnt buy them because most of those gpus are way to much power hungry and unless you also have free electricity they aint worth it,not to mention the question of warranty because those cards were used for long period of time in the mines or by gamers in pc cases