What would you buy second hand?

ellingham · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:02

I saw a thread asking "if you would buy a CPU second hand" and I was surprised that basically everyone said I do/or would. I'm one of them people that like everything to be new and unopened

So out of all the components:
Mobo
RAM
HDD/SSD
CPU
PSU
Case
etc....
What would you buy used?

Scurra · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:08

The only things I've ever bought second hand were GFX cards and even then only from well screened, trusted sources.

Cerberous · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:11

I'm like you I like everything shiny and new so I know I'm the first owner!

With 2nd hand stuff you don't know what it's been through, or even if it works! Mind you saying that I bought a refurbed GFX card from Overclocker's (Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 Golden Sample 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (Grade A Refurb 3 Months Warranty) But I know it's from a trusted source...

jaybee · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:11

I'll consider anything second hand if I am sure of the condition and it represents good value for money. If it is only a bit cheaper than new and warranty would be benficial, then new it is.

jasonjax1 · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:12

buy new or if you trust from source, or if you know they haven't been out long.

i have sold a few items on gtree and all local so no problem there

sold a pc {17" lcd, 2gb 2ghz 250gb} i bought for £100 for £125 so profit for me
3 wd portable hard drive i no long use, 120gb 250gb and 320gb....
still got lots of stuff that i don`t need and will either use them as xmas pressies

'Wes · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:13

PC, as i have done it before.

Frozennova · 10 Sep 2010 at 12:13

The only thing I wont buy second hand is HDDs

Im currently using second hand CPU, GPU and W/C Gear

pastymuncher · 10 Sep 2010 at 13:39

I would and have bought second hand CPU/GPU/Mobo/Ram but would'nt touch Hdd's or Psu's.