The World’s 1st Water-Cooling External Graphics.
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Supports Thunderbolt 3 plug and play, 3x USB 3.0 for peripheral & Power Delivery (PD 3.0) to charge the laptop PC.
i konw it is a refurbished product, but it may suit someone's needs at this price point i guess.
and they have 3080ti version (NO PACKAGE) for $1499 too.
I was going to suggest a good buy if not for this very real possibility.
so does mining dmg a graphics card or something?
Yeah it's like using it non stop.
@RI4V4N: Why is that a problem? If the host is on it's in use and they've very good longevity in general.
@peterpaoliello: You're saying a card running full 100% 24/7 for 12 months isn't a problem?
Wanna buy my Ferrari? Its never been driven slow, only red line everytime baby
@krisspy: If you can't tell the difference between a circuit board and a car I can see why you might think that.
@krisspy: If it's in spec, so what? You implying electrons are wearing the wires out or something. I'm not picking up where you're going with this.
@peterpaoliello: Lmao what wires? There's like 2 sets of wires on a gpu, and they're rarely the first points of failure.
You failing to know where I'm going just reinforces how clueless you are (along with your negs).
Think hard, what usually kills CPU's and makes capacitors leak and pop (hint: massive fins strapped on to reduce this)
@krisspy: You're not worth the effort. Read a book, they're free.
edit: Just for you, no reading required! https://youtu.be/hKqVvXTanzI
it can but the % is low and has to do with how they were treated, specific models etc, the vast majority are fine tho
General wear-and-tear is a real thing. 12 months mining could be like 10 years worth of normal use (if not more).
@gleamnite: I guess if the retailer provided details about their history (rma vs miner discards) it would be useful. I'd not touch a ex-mining card with a barge pole, unless it was dirt cheap.
@gleamnite: Hey, following you from the TP-Link Deco M5 Mesh Wi-Fi Router System thread. Can't reply in there now. You have a similar set up to mine- X68 x3. I wanted to know whether the M5 speeds match the X68. I wanted to extend my wifi coverage, but if I can get matching speeds without having to buy another 3 X68 pack. For reference M5 5 GHz: 867 Mbps (802.11ac), 2.4 GHz: 400 Mbps (802.11n) . Essentially what speed is your default on X68? And does the M5 match? Thanks
@icanconfirm: Hi there
In theory the X68 have more than twice the WiFi bandwidth than the M5, if you're connecting WiFi 6 devices. They way I have my network setup (including WAP locations), my devices are only really connecting to the X68s anyway. M5 just being used I garage as the WAN router, and then effectively as WiFi cards for ethernet devices…
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It's more that it increases the probability of something failing.
The way to think of it is, say you buy a 1 year old card from a average gamer. Likely that card would be in use an average of 6hrs a day over say 300 days(people go away or get home late ect so not gaming 365 days of the year). That card has been used for a total of 1800hr.
Meanwhile a mining card 24hrs x 365 = 8760hrs very big difference in the use time.
@AussieMark It's not so much the mining that damages it, but for it to be profitable many people will run it for many hours a day, possibly 24 hours a day to make a profit. So it's pretty much like buying a second hand car that was a taxi, it doesn't necessarily mean it was treated badly but it was driven almost 24 hours a day.
$500 ill buy an ex mining 3080 at that point will be worth the risk
Yeah $500 would be good, but no one here cared and thry all sold for $1k. I guess they might be in pain at some point if it fails.
@Budju: I reckon waiting will start producing bargains, I cant seeing it take forever given how uneconomic mining is nowdays, surely.
i would pay 600
10gb too. Hope it works out for whoever bought it but not sure this was a deal.
Probably wouldn't have been used for mining, 3080 wasn't unlocked for ages and it would have been low income for the expense of the units
WOAA WOAA WOAA, last year everyone here are miners https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/637731
where are those goddamn miners now? silent like a sissy cats?
I love to see it
Looks to be a very custom manufactured gpu board so not ideal for shucking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWsEQK6pQ4)
Shucking everything that is good about this item to be left with a well-used heatsinkless 3080 for the price of a brand new 3080. Nok so sure about this idea.
I considered one of these (new) a few months back when they were cheaper than regular cards, would be handy to just cart the GPU and VR headset to the shed for simracing. It's fine for my laptop but no good for my Ryzen gaming PC (no Thunderbolt support) which pretty much killed the idea dead.
if haven't got the original box, pretty much can't registered the warranty with gigabyte..
you need the original box and check numbers to be able to registered warranty with gigabyte..
Bought an gigabyte eGPU from another retailer, a coupel of years ago, and ran into this issue…
I know it's not as convenient as a straight up RMA, but just noting that your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are unaffected by whether or not you still have the original packaging.
This is sold as refurbished goods, so your rights are curbed significantly under ACL.
This is false. Refurbished or second-hand goods have the same protections as goods bought new.
@Fuego: A refurbished good does not come with as much protection under ACL for reasonable life expectancy as a new good.
A refurbished good is one that contains some second-hand parts, but has had some parts replaced, and is in good working order at the time of purchase. For example, a refurbished laptop could be a second hand laptop that has had the hard drive and battery replaced with new parts. A new good can generally be expected to be more durable than a factory second or refurbished good.
I'll concede that 'significantly' could be an overstatement, but your protections are curbed.
@Budju: The product being refurbished is not the sole determinative factor and provides the same consumer protections as new products. What you are trying to compare is a graphics card purchased brand new for $1,500 and one bought refurbished for $1,500 and trying to overstate that the refurbished product offers curtailed consumer protections over the new card, which in these circumstances, I would agree with you. Is this card going to offer the same length of protection as the brand new $1,500 counterpart? Obviously not. But the refurbished nature of the product is already built into the price.
In these circumstances, the refurbished status is also taken into consideration with other factors such as the statements made by the goods from the supplier (here we have the product regarded as "IN NEW CONDITION"), the price purchased for the product ($999.00), and other circumstances (it's a flagship graphics card).
And for the reasons mentioned, the strengths offered by consumer protection laws would work in the favour of the buyer.
@Fuego: No what I am doing is stating a crystal clear fact that the reasonable life expectancy of a refurbished product being sold at 40% of RRP is diminished. You can't seem to accept that.
This is correct. It's a $999.00 graphics card, expect to be protected under Australian Consumer Law well into the the future.
It's probably about 40% of the RRP so I guess reasonable would be fail after two to three years.
I'm sure you get 3 years warranty from Gigabyte as is and you can get one extra year if you register with them (for this you will need a box).
The 3080Ti one he linked is listed as brand new, doesn't seem like a bad deal at all for $1499.
EDIT
I take it back, it does say Brand New at the top, and then further don it say " excellent, new or like-new condition with no or minimal wear", couple that with 'no package' and it's anyone's guess.
Lol seems like that 'brand new' tag is not a description of the product but a link to the brand new version at $1899.
They're being a bit misleading….
But it's a great wording to have for anyone with a 28D card - buy a brand spanker, then claim the price match based off this identical "brand new" one
Was $2799, save $1800, (profanity) piece of sh*t price tag. LOL.
Ya, the was thing will likely stay till 4000 series enter the market.
someone negged me, I wonder who?
@[Deactivated]: I have negged your comments in the past, but not most of them and neither this one. So its not me :D
@[Deactivated]: I know. Next time when you write a comment, assume it will get negged by default. When you have no expectation, there is no dissapointment ;)
![[Refurb] Gigabyte GeForce RTX Aorus 3080 Gaming Box External Graphics $999 + Delivery @ Umart](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/58/717458.jpg?h=4b5e7956)
A refurbished card that was used to mine shitcoins 24/7 for 12 months….