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Found 5X AORUS GTX 1080 Ti 11G 606 € each (used "only" for mining) - legit?

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Theliel

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So I found a guy selling 5x used AORUS GTX 1080Ti cards for 606 € each. He claims the cards have never exceeded 65 C , been regularly cleaned and maintained, and that they have been used "only" for mining . Can someone please explain to me what does mining do to these cards and is selling them in that state for that price really legit?
 
Bios probably modified.

VRM system rode hard and put away wet.
 
Around 670 US for those? Not a good deal at all.
 
That’s not a good deal. You can get 1080 Ti’s of various brands and combos for under $500 US now. I’ve seen a couple go for $450.

I wouldn’t spend more than €450 on one, and that’s allowing for the EU taxation for the nations and a 1:1 ratio.
 
Theliel said:
So I found a guy selling 5x used AORUS GTX 1080Ti cards for 606 € each. He claims the cards have never exceeded 65 C , been regularly cleaned and maintained, and that they have been used "only" for mining . Can someone please explain to me what does mining do to these cards and is selling them in that state for that price really legit?
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Most miners undrevolt the cards and run them 24/7. Contrary to popular belief, this isnt as hard on them as a gaming workload (high temps are not card killers, high temperature fluctations, EG going from 30C to 70C back to 30C multiple times a day for years, are what kills cards by wearing out solder joints.). I've owned multiple former mining cards without any issues (GTX 770, RX480, vega 64).

That being said, those are way too expensive. $350-400 is all I would spend, and it would need to be a pristine AIB model for me to do that, as a brand new with warranty 2070 super can be had for $500, and is a hair width away from the 1080ti in performance before OCing.
 
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Most miners undrevolt the cards and run them 24/7. Contrary to popular belief, this isnt as hard on them as a gaming workload (high temps are not card killers, high temperature fluctations, EG going from 30C to 70C back to 30C multiple times a day for years, are what kills cards by wearing out solder joints.). I've owned multiple former mining cards without any issues (GTX 770, RX480, vega 64).

That being said, those are way too expensive. $350-400 is all I would spend, and it would need to be a pristine AIB model for me to do that, as a brand new with warranty 2070 super can be had for $500, and is a hair width away from the 1080ti in performance before OCing.
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So these solder joints, I'm not sure if I am looking at the right thing on google images... Can you select an example image? What about pcb and capacitor quality. Does that affect card lifespan?
 
I just get angry that they're too lazy to flash the vBIOS back to stock.

Oh wait, they just got some pre-canned linux distro that auto-flashed cards, and since they were in it just for the money and could give zero f***s about the hardware itself - I'm pretty sure the seller wasn't kept up late at night, individually monitoring the cards by hand to make sure they tenderly never exceeded 65C.

No they're just dumping the junk that isn't visibly smoking to maybe funds the next round of ASICs - or if tax laws in their area caught up time to dump and run.

</bitter that the hobby and VR died for 5 years for this>

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R-T-B with the facts that no distro auto-flashes, my bad. (also thanks for the correction)

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Okay so I probably should soften my stance. At least the seller had the decency to state that the cards were used for mining. But it's still STUPID that price they're asking - BUT I don't know what video card pricing is like wherever you are in Europe (I assume).

I just get pissed off when people ask stupid prices for stuff on ebay here in the United States, like... here is this broken / "untested" computer part that's 4 years old, at the price it was new back in 2015. Like... it just comes off like the seller has no idea the computer stuff depreciates faster than even automobiles, and it was just a cog for generating the magical money coins until the electricity prices started eating into the bottom line.

I guess my rambling TL;DR is okay - they got their good out of it, it's junk to them - but they're taking the time to try and "butter you up" by claiming they never ran over 65c and THEN ask for beyond new pricing.

Like, I hate it when sellers say "never overclocked" and other BS on ebay, cause it's the same stupid mentality like "low mileage" on a used car. Unless you're doing LN2 benchmark runs with it, or taking the car to the drag strip and running nitromethane on it - I'd love the seller who gave me the specs on "this card worked for me up to xxxxMhz, ram xxxxMhz - but your results may vary, but she's been a good card to me" cause haha at least that's honest.
 
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xrror said:
I just get angry that they're too lazy to flash the vBIOS back to stock.
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Me too. It's just rude. Every time I sold a mining card stock bios went back on.

xrror said:
Oh wait, they just got some pre-canned linux distro that auto-flashed cards
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When I last messed with it, no distro did that. It was a thing you did yourself... which made saving stock bioses even less excusable.
 
thats almost brand new price lol
 
I wonder why people think that 1080Ti is valued higher than a new 2070 super when used and even more as a mining GPU... :confused: :shadedshu: They don't deserve even spending $350 when the custom RX5700XTs are sold for a bit higher than $400.
 
HD64G said:
I wonder why people think that 1080Ti is valued higher than a new 2070 super when used and even more as a mining GPU... :confused: :shadedshu: They don't deserve even spending $350 when the custom RX5700XTs are sold for a bit higher than $400.
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the 1080ti is 3 n half years old now, but it is still a great performer. As for myself i wouldnt buy it because its an older tech now and who knows what the condition of those cards are in?
But if the price is right they might be great buy for the teenager or starting to get into pc gaming.
 
Far too expensive, picked up a water blocked 1080 Ti for nearly half that not too long ago :) Stay away :) (As everyone else has pretty much said about doing :))
 
No worth it at all. In my area you can get a RTX 2070 Super for that money.
 
I've been selling 1080ti on reddit for months now for 460-500. Some folks have them at 400-440 now. Look for reddit hardware swap. You'll find the graphics card you want on there but be quick about it, some times the PC parts go fast.
 
I'm from Europe and in my country for some unknown, and I'm sure very stupid reason, the GTX1080(non Ti) are priced... 650~1000€. There are no 1080Tis on the market here right now.

RTX 2070s: 500~700€
RTX2080: 650~1100€
RTX2080s: 700~1000€
RTX2080Ti: 1050~1600€
 
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Hyderz said:
the 1080ti is 3 n half years old now, but it is still a great performer. As for myself i wouldnt buy it because its an older tech now and who knows what the condition of those cards are in?
But if the price is right they might be great buy for the teenager or starting to get into pc gaming.
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Can you give some examples of the drawbacks of this older tech?
 
Even though those drawbacks, what ever are they, may not be significant today I my self would not buy that used card for that price. For 600€ what new card can you buy in your country?
On average a 1080Ti is about 3% faster than a 2070super. If you can buy a 2080 or even a super in that price is a better choice.
 
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Zach_01 said:
Even though those drawbacks, what ever are they, may not be significant today I my self would not buy that used card for that price. For 600€ what new card can you buy in your country?
On average a 1080Ti is about 3% faster than a 2070super. If you can buy a 2080 or even a super in that price is a better choice.
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I can get a SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+ 8GB for 615€ , but that looks ugly, even better imo is the reference SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB for 500€ , it looks beautiful. The cheapest 2070 is the COLORFUL iGAME GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER for 627 € .

But since we are talking about prices, what do you think about the GAINWARD GeForce RTX 2080Ti Phoenix GS, currently 1400€ and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER for 796€ ?
 
it is still a great card for its performance. The drawbacks are it doesn't have tensor cores for ray tracing compared to the 2070s but if you dont need it then the 1080ti is a good.
the 2070s performs just slightly faster on newer titles compared to the 1080ti.
but 605 euro is a bit much for second hand 1080ti and do you know if the gpus have been running 24/7? Can you inspect the cards.
 
Buying from a miner is a bad move. Love when these guys list these things as "refurbished" on eBay, because they were kind enough to use a duster on it and they kept the original box.
 
Theliel said:
I can get a SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+ 8GB for 615€ , but that looks ugly, even better imo is the reference SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB for 500€ , it looks beautiful. The cheapest 2070 is the COLORFUL iGAME GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER for 627 € .
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The reference (any brand) RX 5700XT runs very hot and the blower fan sounds like a vacuum cleaner during game play... I’m sure you don’t want that card as nice as it may look to you.

For me, and I don’t care much about looks, the Nitro+ is one of the best 5700XTs. In terms of thermals, performance and noise level. MSI 5700XT GamingX also. Those are the 2 top. The RedDevil and the StrixOC are close to them.

I can see that on your local market things are even worst than mine.
What is your budget really, because I see you are asking for a 1400+€ card also...
...and I wouldn’t trust that COLORFUL card.
 
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What is your budget really, because I see you are asking for a 1400+€ card also...
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Depends how much I'll get 'till next year. Could be anything really...
What do you think about Gainward, your opinion on quality?
 
Theliel said:
Depends how much I'll get 'till next year. Could be anything really...
What do you think about Gainward, your opinion on quality?
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its legit brandcard, even tho its one of cheapest brand doesnt mean it suck, manli/gainward/yetson/powercolor all are legit gpu brand:)
 
potato580+ said:
its legit brandcard, even tho its one of cheapest brand doesnt mean it suck, manli/gainward/yetson/powercolor all are legit gpu brand:)
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I once saw an EVGA GTX 770 die with artefacts after 4 years. Owner said "Wow it ran for 4 years!" Ahem, is that for real? Like the best brand in the world has a record run of 4 years if you play 10 hours a day at 99-100% and 80 C? Any opinions on that?
 
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Theliel said:
I once saw an EVGA GTX 770 die with artefacts after 4 years. Owner said "Wow it ran for 4 years!" Ahem, is that for real? Like the best brand in the world has a record run of 4 years if you play 10 hours a day at 99-100% and 80 C? Any opinions on that?
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hmm the only solution to extend gpu lifetime is by keeping the thermal in good shape, try replace thernal paste every 1year may be good option:)
also 80c isnt consider danger yet, ive been used hotplate gpu like gtx260/980 rx 570/580, all running above 80c+ on gaming, with stock cooller, no problem, beside gpu alr have bios proctetion setup, it will cut the power when you reach redzone 90c temp:)
fyi gtx 260 is the vintage monster, over ten years or so, still running like a solid rock, and mine brand is igame whichs consider cheapest china manufacture card(some say it was bassicly powercolor brand)
anyway am an lazy person ,so dont much care about temp, i only replace thermalpaste if any of my component reach unussual temp, idle 60c or fulload 88c :D
 
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