$5 off on all refurbished Motherboard @ Chiefvalue

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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Socket939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI MOBO, DDR*4/Dual Gigabyte lan/SATAII*6/1394*2/Creative sound Blaster Live 24-bit H/W audio 7.1 channel
$95.99-$5=$90.99 with free shipping

ASUS K8N-E DELUXE Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb MOBO, Gigabyte lan/SATA*6/1394
$54-$5=$49 with free shipping


ASUS A8V DELUXE Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro MOBO, Gigabyte lan/SATA*4/1394/7.1
$69.99-$5=$61.99 with free shipping

ECS KN1 Extreme Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra MOBO, Gigabyte+100M Lan/SATA*2,SATA II*4
$74.99-$5=$69.99 with free shippping

ABIT KV8 Socket 754 VIA K8T800 MOBO, Gigabyte lan
$45-$5=$40 with free shippping

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro MOBO, Gigabyte Lan/PATA*3/7.1 channel
$54.99-$5=$49.99 with free shippping

 

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One more deal
MSI 915 NEO2 PLATINUM LGA 775 MOBO,Intel 915P/ICH6R DDR2*4 Gigabyte lan/1394/7.1 channel
$49.99 with free shipping

 

[WhipperSnapper]

These are Newegg "refurbished", so buyer beware.

 

[Leohart]

I am not sure what you mean WhipperSnapper, did you mean CHIEFVALUE refurbished? For these prices not bad at all.

 

[fezrep]

chiefvalue = newegg

 

[Replay]

Notice that some Chieftech motherboards are 50 cents cheaper than the Newegg refurbs. And I like the way Chieftech lets you sort their refurb stock by features (socket 939 etc., or vid cards with 256 bit memory).

 

[jagerk]

Newegg/ChiefValue "refurbs" are not. Amazes me that people bother with trying to make a deal out of these things; get a bum item and return shipping is money out of your pocket.

 

[PTCvette]

I got hosed on a few refurb boards before from the Egg... No more refurbs for me! I'll gladly pay the extra money to get a NIB board any day.

 

[cherrytwist]

Originally posted by: PTCvette
I got hosed on a few refurb boards before from the Egg... No more refurbs for me! I'll gladly pay the extra money to get a NIB board any day.

I've bought at least half a dozen boards (one cost me $11 shipped!) in the past few years...one bad board out of the bunch.

Sure it's a risk, clearly stated in their terms btw.

Not sure why you guys feel the need to threadcrap. Also against Anandtech terms.

 

[pxc]

It's true. Newegg/Chiefvalue refurb motherboards are very YMMV. I've bought 3 and all were completely bare in white boxes. No manuals, no cables, no ATX plates, nothing but bare motherboards. One died after 30 days.

I've had better luck with "refurb" video cards. 6 of the last 8 I bought were retail boxed with everything included.

Most items are not "refurbished," they are just untested returns.

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: fezrep
chiefvalue = newegg

Really? I hadn't heard that?

 

[Ghettocowboy]

beware of refurbished product, any refurbished, not just newegg refurbished. Fry's refurbished is as bad

 

[zinkpig]

Originally posted by: Ghettocowboy
beware of refurbished product, any refurbished, not just newegg refurbished. Fry's refurbished is as bad

Newegg is notorious for their refurbs. they mix customer returns with manufacutrer refurbs. A friend of mine got a graphics card long a go with words "DEFECTIVE" marked on the box. I cant imagine why they shipped it out. he got burned $10 to ship it back. Even when u get a working refurb its usually missing acessories. simply not worth dealing with IMHO.

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: Ghettocowboy
beware of refurbished product, any refurbished, not just newegg refurbished.

Really? Try telling that to those people (including me) who got a refurbished X800XT PE directly from ATI for $230 shipped. Full 3 year warranty, full accessories and many had no signs at all of ever having been installed (no scratches on AGP connector).

So not ALL refurbished products are bad. Just use your common sense and read the fine print/return policy.

 

[PingSpike]

Newegg refurbs never looked like a good deal to me. They don't even mark them down much, so its like 20% at most of popular items. Factor in potential return shipping and you very well may end up losing more money in the end then if you'd just bought it new in the first place.

If they marked them down more they'd be worth the risk.

 

[PTCvette]

Originally posted by: cherrytwist

Originally posted by: PTCvette
I got hosed on a few refurb boards before from the Egg... No more refurbs for me! I'll gladly pay the extra money to get a NIB board any day.

I've bought at least half a dozen boards (one cost me $11 shipped!) in the past few years...one bad board out of the bunch.

Sure it's a risk, clearly stated in their terms btw.

Not sure why you guys feel the need to threadcrap. Also against Anandtech terms.

Not crapping, just staing the facts. I have bought refurb boards before. Some work, some are DOA, some die within weeks, and some last forever. I've gone a refurb PIII board that has been going strong for a good 2 years now. It's a risk you take when you buy refurb. I knew that risk going in and was making sure others did as well so that they aren't kicking themselves in 2 weeks if their mobo dies because they wanted to save a few bucks!

 

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