would you trust an open box CPU

[Net]

would you trust an open box CPU from newegg?

 

[crossrode]

would you trust an open box CPU from newegg?

Only if the person who returned it didn't bump up the voltage when overclocking it 8).

 

[lobbyone]

Yes

 

[imported_Nacelle]

Yes, and I have one. Runs just fine. If it doesn't work you have 15 days to send it back.

 

[Net]

What are all the test I can perform on it to verify quality?

HotCPU, what else?

 

[Boyo]

Ah, no. Why was it returned? Bad over clocker? No dice.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'd buy from someone in FS/FT with good heatware before open box, since I'd have some faith that the seller will be honest about how they've used the chip.

 

[Wolfsraider]

Originally posted by: Nacelle
Yes, and I have one. Runs just fine. If it doesn't work you have 15 days to send it back.

I swear I saw 7 days return on open boxed cpu's there, but I havent heard bad things yet from anyone buying one.

Newegg.com guarantees all open box products for 15 days. CPUs, however, must be returned within 7 days for refund.

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[MichaelD]

No way. CPUs are returned ONLY b/c of two reasons:

1. Original buyer was freaking clueless and couldn't figure out how to:
a. Seat the CPU (pins are now bent to heck)
b. Get the heatsink on...so the CPU is smashed and the pins bent to heck
c. So, after a+b they powered it on anyway, it overheated and the CPU fried

2. The buyer knew EXACTLY what they were doing. They got the CPU, overclocked the crap out of it, the CPU didn't hit XXX.XXX GHz before it fried...and they returned it.


IMO, for every 1 person who successfully buys a refurb CPU, there are 99 people who discover this was a really bad time to be a cheap person and buy a refurb CPU.

 

[ajemm]

Yes! I've ordered 2 in the past without any issues.

 

[cheesygoldfish]

yeah, dont expect to OC though

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
No way. CPUs are returned ONLY b/c of two reasons:

1. Original buyer was freaking clueless and couldn't figure out how to:
a. Seat the CPU (pins are now bent to heck)
b. Get the heatsink on...so the CPU is smashed and the pins bent to heck
c. So, after a+b they powered it on anyway, it overheated and the CPU fried

2. The buyer knew EXACTLY what they were doing. They got the CPU, overclocked the crap out of it, the CPU didn't hit XXX.XXX GHz before it fried...and they returned it.


IMO, for every 1 person who successfully buys a refurb CPU, there are 99 people who discover this was a really bad time to be a cheap person and buy a refurb CPU.

Wouldn't the vendor check the return though? I remember reading JonnyGuru's rants when he worked for a company and people would send back a motherboard in its original box and the capacitors would be rolling in the box! Or a stick of ram in an envelope and it would be broken in half. Or a thunderbird cpu with the core missing (stuck the heatsink still from when the owner put the heatsink on backwards AND didn't remove the plastic on the bottom!) Yeah stuff like that.