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Warning Signs When Buying Used GPUs: How to Detect Defective Video Cards

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Hello, just bought a 6900 xt recently from local (CZ) auctioning site with buyer's protection measures In fact was looking for 6800 xt, but after finding out there is a coil whine seller was more than generous to exchange the card with mentioned 6900 xt for free (even had no issues with the fact that I would keep them both for test comparison) In the end, the 6900 xt was in better shape so I kept it and it works 100 Comment from : MZ MZ

Really good advice, thank you Bought a 1080 a year ago and been perfect ever since Guess I got lucky Some protection buying on ebay,at least and use paypal for same reason Comment from : Graham Hall

I bought a GTX 1060 6GB used for mining and I have stutter in some games, but I also think it's my processor (core i7-2600), I don't know Comment from : Gregory Silva

Linus beef existed way before boys😂 11:50 Comment from : Unknown Bytes

Bought a few used GPU's, the human element is the first second and third thing I comb through every time I avoid anything that that says "ships from China", anyone with bad reviews claiming they were scammed (circumstantial), and check their history, if they have even a recent history of just selling random computer parts it helps Lots of context clues that help before even looking at all the pictures of whatever you're buying Comment from : Alexander theGreat

When I resell a card, if it is two years old, I take 25 off the MSRP (at the time of purchase) AFTER I clean it up, replace the pads and thermal paste If I don't do that, 35 off If the card is 4 years old, 45 off MSRP, 55 if I don't "refurb" it If it is older, flat 75 and I might feel spending the time before sale depending on my mood Every time I have my listings, I describe all I did to clean it, what kinds of games played on it to give an idea of heat stress and pictures with full metadata and timestamp I've done this for well over 10 years and I try to give the person considering buying form me some confidencebrI am building a new computer at the end of this week as the one I have is 8 years old I am not sure if I will be reselling the old RX 580 I have It was one of the better MSI X versions, and I don't have any of the original packaging (that was another "selling point" I had on ebay) due to moving unexpectedly and having to trash it If I do, it may be "as is" since it is so old, and people are still buying it Comment from : James Richards

RX 580 8GB 2048 SP Comment from : John Paul Buce

you forgot to mention that if you can take apart the card - look for burn/solder marksbra common failure in older video cards is chip fall off, and the only fix is resoldering it, but that fix usually doesn't last very long so you gotta watch out for that Comment from : РОГОФОС

Jesus I paid $180 for my rx580 Comment from : Beers And Beats PDX

$700 for a 580 hahahahahahahaha that's so funny that he got scammed also 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what an idiot LMFOAOAOAOAOAOAOA Comment from : Hosss Holos

I'm late but would my card be considered bad/going bad? Bought a used 3080ti for $750 from a local guy who says he got it second-hand for his build but never managed to complete itbrbrIt runs fine from the looks of it aside for one issue, the mobo fails to detect it through the display ports on startup (white vga light on the mobo), just shows a black screen with no splash logo so i can't get into the bios unless i plug into the Hdmi port or the mobo for cpu i-gpubrbrIt does however make it to the windows log in screen after showing the black screen for a few seconds and runs games just fine, even checked gpu-z and the card seemed legitbrbrI took my whole set-up to a pc building shop and they didn't really tell me much other than what i found out myselfbrbrShould i try to RMA it since it's still within warranty? (EVGA) or is it something i can fix?brIs it just going bad? Wut do now? Comment from : LordScrumpus

I got mine refurbished , rebuilt through a tech company for 100 bucks less than a new one Works great looks new Comment from : Triple7studios

Look carefully at their ad Does it seem sketchy? Is the picture of a stock image, and not their own item? Does it say, No returns, or Untested? Is their contact email a gibberish throwaway account name? Does Google maps indicate odd seller location? Any one of these could be signs to hold your money and run like hell Comment from : Александр Мельников

hi i have a rule of thumb when buying second hands on the internet :bri always buy on reputable site that do have history of the buyer and the buyer has my history too (like ebay rakuten etc)brfor example i bought a 3090 second hand, first one was cheap but new vendor etc no way second one the seller sells regularly since 2005 and has good marks etc so why not , furthermore rakuten gives the money once i declare it received and in good shape Comment from : Yussef El lebnani

11:45 Cracked me up when he said that the dented GBU bracket looks like it must have been handled by Linus 😄 Comment from : Adeboye Grillo

I guess I got lucky buying a used RTX 3060 from eBay, won it in an auction for about $249 plus shipping Aside from a few mildly dented heatsinks it works just fine as intended and hasn't given me any problems at all Comment from : Joke Skellington

I bought 1 year old asus 3070 ti from local shop, and it has still 2 years warranty I tested the card before I paid for it Ran Furmark software to check benchmarks, it was giving more than 160fps and temperature at 60-65 It was in good condition like new totally clean So I suggest you find local store to buy a used graphics card which has been used not more than 1 year Comment from : Soham Pramanik

2:13 do not do that you’re scratching the shit out of the heatsink Comment from : Akotski1338

Used GPU,s aren't always bad just try not to get something that's too low quality There core clock is a bit lower GHz Comment from : AndreasIno BelarusMcEwen

Tip: save up and buy brand newbrbrI bought a gtx 1070 and 1080 about roughly two years before the whole mining covid bullshit but wont trust any used computer item anymorebrbrThe two cards are still running strong though Comment from : Duke Nukem

For artifacting reflow the vRAM components and it usually goes away - there are many ways to accomplish it - better with reflow station of course - ideally preheat the pcb Comment from : AirbornFPV

11:43 YO THAT WAS FUNNY Comment from : KineticBongos

Watching this AFTER I already bought a used card lmao 🤡 Comment from : Dylan Guerrero

I bought a 3070 for $270 and its the bomb Comment from : Sweigar ÑAM ÑAM ÑAM

Iv purchase all kinds of stuff on ebay The biggest thing is to make sure they accept returns and have good ratings If they don't accept returns I don't even consider giving them my money My one and only bad experience is when I paid for a 1 terabyte hdd and received a 80gb hdd lol But it did have win10 on it as described I only paid like 20$ so I didn't even bother with a return or anything Maybe some day I'll use it for something But not likely because it's only 80gb! Lmao Comment from : B

11:45 perfect example 👌 Comment from : Tonoy Mahmud

Greasy spots on the back of the PCB where the mem chips are - indicator the card has mined ETH mining esp works out the mem chips a lot - they heat up and the crapy original thermal pads give out this greasy fluid which soaks the PCB so much that it can't really be cleaned with alcohol Yes, this can happen with time with gaming, but 1st gaming would not heat up so much mem chips, second avarage gamer would use the card a lot more rare than 24/7 Often this can be spotted without taking apart the card BTW replaced pads with higher grade ones also 99 indicates mining A gamer would usually not run into mem chips overheating issue to bother changing them In fact most cards dont even have mem chip temp sensor changed thermal pads can also be seen from the side without taking the card apart (with some degree of certainty) brbrStill in times of crypto bear market I believe it is unjustified to buy a new card given the huge price reduction there is in the second hand market you can get same performance with 50 or less of the money So despite the risks I believe most sellers are actually honest and correct (most ppl realize the long term benefits of being honest) so yeah - go for a second hand! :) Comment from : Hristo Hristov

the linus burn😂 Comment from : la kn

Hi, thank you for the video, Where do you buy the retention clip? Comment from : D C

How did the gpu 3080 got 1950hz there? Comment from : Salvador Whisk

Thanks for the tips Just shelled out £525 for a used 3080FE on ebay arriving tomorrow Good luck to me! Comment from : G S

I just couldn't trust any used GPU at all They are still expensive and if the people selling them don't care you will probably end up with useless crap and lose your money Comment from : B9Bot 1

Speaking of GPU sag, I bought a used GTX 680 recently for my WinXP machine (I hate emulation) and it had that issue, the cooler separated from the actual card I saw this in the Ebay ad, was worth paying only $35 and just ziptying the heatsink to the card, after replacing the thermal paste of course Comment from : Gilded Poo

at 2023 you don t need to buy a used card and take HUGE risks the market looks fine for a new oneafter all the prices ofr used cards its silly like 80 of the price for a a brand new Comment from : μυθοπλαστης μυθοπλαστης

700 buckos for a used RX 580? What drugs did the seller and especially the buyer smoke? In the worst of times I was seeing new nvidia 16 series way below that price Comment from : raidenpz

2 weeks ago I bought EVGA 3090 FTW3 on eBay It had water block installed which I didn't care as I was planning to use fans anyway When I got card the back plate was all sanded/grinded off all the way to aluminum so no serial number on it (that was my bad as I didn't check ALL the pictures in the listing) Water block still had water in it and card was packed back in original anti-static bag Oily residue all over card Fan/radiator assembly was heavily dusty and showed moderate corrosion for some reason After cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and installing thermal pads the card failed to boot Next day it booted but crashed as soon as it was getting in Windows After messing with thermal pads of different thickness I managed to make card run after all but my motherboard still beeps a code regarding memory when I boot my PC with the card however PC boots into Windows anyway It does not do it with other cards In the end I made card to run and pass 3DMark benchmark and several games I threw at it for several days without a single hick up So I decided to keep it brbr When all that was happening I thought that I will return it so I went and bought another one Seller claimed it ran in mining rig for a couple of weeks before they pulled the plug on it (Etherium switched algo) and that it is in pristine condition The description was more than just stating card name and was written by person with soul so it I felt that it is genuine description and the card should be good buy It happened to be true The card looked and felt brand new with all the accessories intact( even EVGA sticker was there!) So I was lucky with that one for surebrbrSo beware when you buy Prefer cards that were not messed with before at all: no pads replaced, no water block installed, not from mining rig Ask seller before bidding/buying and decide to your best ability Comment from : SpetznazSamson

Thanks a milion for the useful info 'Just bought an artifacting 6700xt on Ebay I now know what to troubleshoot next Comment from : Artic Char-LF

they got rx580's for $150 now brand new lol Comment from : AlwaysOnP0int

Watching this before I buy a evga 3080 for $300 Comment from : Mannywuuudツ

I currently have a 1660ti with a 1080p 75hz display I am looking to upgrade my GPU Is it better to buy a used 2080ti or a used 6800xt? The 2080 to is $600 Canadian and the 6800xt is $20 more Canadian Comment from : Yousif Ezzo

I’ve bought a couple of used video cards over the years, can grab some great bargains I only use eBay as it has buyer protection Haven’t had any issues Comment from : Benjamas

Buy in person Comment from : G1 EXPERT

As someone that doesnt know shit about PC's and is looking to buy a custom built PC locally maybe I dont want a PC anymore Comment from : zureai

I recently had to dive into the market for a new build and ended up hitting a unicorn I did a lot of research on the card advertised Made sure it had LHR and checked the SN against the EVGA website to find out the card was only about a year old Pulled the trigger because it was a reasonable price but ended up receiving a completely different card with the same GPU instead This one still had all the plastic scratch protection on it, no signs of dust, smelled brand new and had 2 gigs more memory than the one I thought was purchasing Needless to say I was skeptical at first, but after checking the part number with Asus and contacted the seller to make sure it was okay to bench it I decided to keep it Ended up getting an incredible deal on a basically brand new 3080 Comment from : Big E

That fan with the broken blade actually looked really cool when spinning lol Comment from : Kisanorame

11:43 Comment from : BL4CKP4P3RM00N

You didn't say anything about what happened to me when I bot my gigabyte Radeon AMD R9 270x second hand that was newer than my CPU and motherboard which was an intel core i7 3770@340GHz on a gigabyte z77x-d3h When I installed the card it just wouldn't recognize the Video card and didn't work lucky for me I upgraded my bios and the card worked so that's something you need to do as well when buying a second-hand video card upgrade your MB bios Comment from : danny martin

early 2014, got a used zotac 580, worked for 20 minutes, went to 80C blew up discombobulated the heatsink shroud, shielded the processor and mem, dabbed some acid on suspect parts, baked the board for 5-7 minutes combobulated it back together got 20 more minutes out of it, blew up deadbrif you put the guy who sold it to me for 180 bucks in front of me, i would vaporize his assbrwhat a POS @^@$^$^$@ Comment from : kwazhims3lf

i haven't bought new in almost a decade Saved a fortune :) Comment from : lexzbuddy

You put too much thermal paste on that EVGA card! Comment from : DankyMankey

I had to clean and re-paste my 4870x2 after 6 years IT really made a big difference I had 11 years with it before retirement Comment from : evileyeball

I decided to buy a used R7 265 After talking a bit with the seller about it's history (was pulled from a dead pc and he didn't know whether it worked or not) I decided that I'd give it a shot since it was sold for cheap and he seemed like an actual good-mannered person incase anything was wrong with it Paid for the card, got it and it turned out that it boots into Windows just fine but doesn't display any video I immediately told the seller and thankfully he returned the money that same day and was bummed just as much as I was lol I also got to keep the card, and I am currently trying to "revive" it by trying to install NimeZ drivers for their hybrid gpu capability, since I have an igpu to use as video out Currently waiting for an update so I can install thembrAt the end of the day I really shouldn't have dived in head first even if I knew what I was going to get myself into, but I'm still very thankful nothing too bad happened Comment from : nideko

Do not buy used cards after the crypto crash, they are beat to hell, constantly ran 100, worn out fans and most likely have custom vbios that's tuned for compute If you are a gamer now is not a good time to buy used Comment from : Mightylink

in my high end laptop after 1 year use in gaming and other things a cleanign and repaste lowered temp when gaming with 25F for me! Comment from : RicHard

More tell us more brMore examples of what and how to trouble shoot Comment from : StrydyrR HellZ RydyR

Omg look at how many cards oh I'm gonna cry it's such a beautiful sight Comment from : StrydyrR HellZ RydyR

Using a metal flathead screwdriver to scrape off thermal paste!?!? Thats hella noob Comment from : Mr Wavy

90c lol Jesus i feel like my pc is throttling at 65c I also feel like thats its hottest tempature ill run it at it wont due nearly as good in games above that Comment from : Weirdestbarley

I bought a 3070ti FE back in March from eBay as a 40th birthday gift to myself I'd been saving up while being very annoyed with GPU prices but they got to a point where they were, according to many in the know, as good as they were going to be for a while It was "brand new" and "only out the box for photos" but the seller had been on eBay over a decade and had thousands of positive feedback points with no negative or average feedback brbreBay offered the buyer protection thing so I went for it and, so far, it's been bang-on When it arrived it was in pristine condition without a mark or speck of dust on it anywhere, and it installed without a hitch As he said himself: "I wish you many years of happy gaming!" and so far there's no indication that wont be the case Comment from : I am Lion Man

I gotta say, that viewer paying 700 Dollars was quite stupid That was a bad deal even during the price high Comment from : Gianluca Daniele Di Maggio

I recently bought a 3090 from a local guy for $750 It was dusty and used for mining for about a year, but I was willing to take a bet on it because he was willing to let me return it if it didn't work, since he hadn't used it for some time The card was no good so I returned it to him which he was cool enough to honor I feel much more confident buying locally Comment from : thomass

I wish the people would grow up the culture on periodically change thermal paste and thermal pad VRAM and contact cleaning with specific products before selling but it's too much even for them Comment from : Citizen #839X

I got a used 6700 xt last week It was a really good deal, $300 It had pictures that looked good, was clean and free of corrosion I've been playing games with it for a week and it hasn't missed a beat Temperatures are good too It also has a 3 month return to base warranty Comment from : Brendan Hoffmann

2:32 lot of 3-fan cards have this imminent Comment from : Legacy Ivy Terascale

I can tell what this guys favorite word is, anyone want to guess? Comment from : have a cigar

I have been buying/selling GPU's since 2004if you can, buy localask questions about their case, airflow and games they play IF you can see a pic of their case even better If they are a smoker or are wear a giant pot leaf on their shirt or show up with a cat in their car (true story)it might be a instant pass for me Smoke kills and will stink up your case and house as soon as you turn it on, pet hair builds up quickmore so if it's a blower style card If I am buying at a thrift store, I always smell them first and look at the heatsinks I tear down and clean nearly every card I get for all those reason Likely 80 percent of the cards I have bought are installed and never touched again, so like 5+ years of dust/pet hair, gamed on non stop Also, I don't spend more than I am willing to lose My main RTX cards that I have had over the last few years, were either new or from a friend who was the first owner Comment from : lamename

Watching this now as I just bought a £100 Gigabyte 2060 from auction and now needing to find ways to test it before I regret my decisions Comment from : Max Royden

HEY! I also bought a broken rx580 lol, I only paid 200$ but still It sort of worked initially but I kept having to reinstall the driver ever week and it kept not working right Like I'd turn my computer on sometimes and my screen would just be green and I'd have to try again Comment from : LandTorpedo69

My 7000 Series just went black screen on me, nothing to even check for, thing had fresh paste and was cleaned RIP good boy, you served me well Comment from : J024

Perhaps Linus handled it! LOL! Comment from : Thomas Strauski

LOL "A soul", hilarious You put a smile on my face today sir Comment from : Jiffy99

this video is now golden Comment from : Hi-Level

I must say, your a lovely, kind gentleman ^_^brThanks for your thoughtfulness and patiencebrThanks + blessings in Jesus, my friend ^_^ Comment from : Adam McCarthy

Thank you for the excellent video Much appreciated ^_^brIf this helps, different prices on eBay, Amazon, etc 🙂brThe Lord’s love + grace be with you brHope you are all well and resting in Jesus saving love + grace ^_^ brBlessings friends ^_^ Comment from : Adam McCarthy

John 3 verse 16 ^_^ brplease search the Gospel (Bible) all who read this brYour soul is far to precious to gamble in thinking there is no hell or need for salvation in The Lord Jesus Comment from : Adam McCarthy

99 of used cards will be from mining, good luck buying the 1 Comment from : Eriso

Send me one 😩 Comment from : Sahil VlogsX

Super helpful video, Steve! Thank you!! My EVGA 3080 10GB FTW3 Ultra Gaming, bought directly from EVGA's B-Stock in Sept 2022, has been "Space Invader" artifacting, crashing games to desktop, PC rebooting, and even having MoBo post issues I'm using my backup RTX 3060 XC 12gb backup card with no issues whatsoever, even when running the card full out in Ultra settings while gaming I use a time-tested late-model Corsair RM850x to power my AMD 5600x system, built in Mar 2022 I plan to RMA the 3080 as soon as I've eliminated all possibilities (monitor cables, card DP/HDMI ports, PC case temp/cooling, power delivery, etc) Comment from : Wile-E-Coyote

AMD's historical Radeon versioning is NOT logical Love ya team red, but your video card generations and product numbering prior to the RX 300 series (and maybe even after) was just grade AA pasteurized vitamin enriched horseshit My Windows XP retro gaming rig has a Radeon HD 6000-series card that is genuinely a higher-end card than my RX 200-series card That shouldn't be Comment from : Joseph Carter

You da man Steve Keep up the good work Comment from : FlyBaby

I have an idea: Look at the ebay seller rating Done Comment from : Neuro

Hey Thanks so much for the review Think I might’ve been victim to purchasing damaged card put the card in, installed drivers and soon as I did that the fans started spinning high speeds and base clock runs way over base clock MHz in after burner Can’t reduce fan speed unless I do it in after burner GPU fans startup immediately when booting windowsDo I have real problem do you think? Can it be fixed? Would really appreciate some help if you canthanks Comment from : Roger Hutton

A lot of nonsense comments about miners My mining rig is 24/7 functional with max temp of 55 C in summer, 10 x 3070 ti, 60 power Comment from : T R

what was wrong with the first one Comment from : TryHarderrr

gonna buy 2070 super for 250 pounds hopefully it works over 1650 Comment from : oliveoliver

I paid $100 for an Rx 580 8gb and $200 for a 1070 8gb 😎👍 Comment from : The evolution Slayer

You said "artifact" and my 2070 ptsd flared up Comment from : Armando Sanchez

Czy opłaca się kupić używaną NVIDIA quadro p4200? Comment from : Krzysztof Lebensmittel

Most GPUs sellers buy a new card when they know their old cards are about to die and sell them to idiots Comment from : Haon

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