Joined: Feb 24, 2009
Posts: 379
New egg has a refurbished 550Ti for $99.
Normally they run from $130-160. I usually stay away from refurbs because you can never know what you are getting.
It only has a 90 day warrenty that can be extended to a year for $10. No return only replacement.
Just wondering if anyone had thoughts about it.
Joined: Apr 03, 2010
Posts: 2971
Location: Loveland, Colorado
Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2011
Location: Washington
I will buy refurb depending on the type of item. I always stay away from things like hard drives, video cards, printers, stereo equipment. I know how hard I am on the stuff I own, so I have to assume others are just as bad.
Joined: Jan 29, 2011
Posts: 151
I used re-certified drives one time, NEVER AGAIN>>>>>>>>>>>>Crashed after 60 days, lost everything I had on them. years of backup files lost..............
Joined: May 31, 2011
Posts: 2631
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
If a video card lasts more than a few weeks, it'll likely last years (provided it's not abused, of course) I In my experience, if a GPU is a lemon, it'll be evident fairly quickly - well within 90 days.
Though the only refurb I've had was a HDD replacement, replacing one known-to-be-buggy model with an exact dupelicate, so it also died in a few months... arg.
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