Soo I got a deal on an r9 270x 2gb graphics card for 40 bucks... a good price for a relatively modern card. We met at his place, he showed me that the card was in fact working and I went for it. Came home, installed it into my budget gaming pc and it was all good... for 3 hours... after about 3 hours of moderate usage, the screen froze. I restarted the computer and the screen was all messed up (artifacts, etc). Turned it off let it sit for a while and came back an hour later. After an hour, same thing. It wouldnt even boot into windows, no matter what I tried. So I took the card out. Upon closer inspection there were 2 things that bothered me. 1: it looks good. What I mean by that is just how clean it looks. I know that people clean gpus before sale but this doesnt look like a used gpu. It looks too clean. 2: you know that epoxy that they put around the gpu at factory? Well one piece is missing. That probably means that it had been repaired before. There is no flux residue though. Tried contacting the seller but his number has been deactivated. What should I do now?
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Re: I might have gotten scammed
look up the data sheet first or whatever says how it works . and go from there .. things work sometimes but will they sustain working within design limitations ? average joe wont know such things so its up to you to decide before purchase.. probably bad capacitors again ..
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Originally posted by MJ-meo-dmt View PostAnd that fluffy blanket u put the GPU on doesn't really help...
I have reflowed so many of those cards....
What are the rest of the specs you have in your budget PC?
sabertooth z77
hyperx fury 2x4gb ddr3 1866mhz
256gb ssd
evga 600w 80+ bronze psu
got it w/o the gpu for 120...
I've heard of "reflowing" but does it last, after it had obviously been reflowed before? I dont want it to fail after a month... I want a reliable little machine not a ticking time bomb
tried calling the seller, his number is still downLast edited by nick122; 09-05-2018, 11:05 AM.
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Originally posted by nick122 View Posti5 2500k @ 4.1 ghz
sabertooth z77
hyperx fury 2x4gb ddr3 1866mhz
256gb ssd
evga 600w 80+ bronze psu
got it w/o the gpu for 120...
I've heard of "reflowing" but does it last, after it had obviously been reflowed before? I dont want it to fail after a month... I want a reliable little machine not a ticking time bomb
tried calling the seller, his number is still downDell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD
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