• @jas0n@lemmy.world
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      71 day ago

      I used to buy broken video cards on ebay for ~$25-50. The ones that run, but shut off have clogged heat sinks. No tools or parts required. Just blow out the dust. Obviously more risky, but sometimes you can hit gold.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        If you can buy a ten and one works, you’ve saved money. Two work and you’re making money. The only question is whether the tenth card really will work or not.

          • @BallsandBayonets
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            16 hours ago

            Graphics cards are so bulky nowadays it’s often hard to even fit two on one mobo, as much as I’d love to see 10 GPUs all linked up.

            • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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              15 hours ago

              Lol. I guess you’d need to go to a mining crypto den then, I hear they pull that sort of nonsense. ;)

              But seriously though, I’m not interested in listing, shipping, and dealing w/ customer feedback just to save a few bucks on a GPU, because that sounds like a job.

    • @tempest@lemmy.ca
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      21 day ago

      I used to get EVGA bstock which was reasonable but they got out of the business 😞