used r9 280x or new 270x

rayzaldy · Mar 27, 2015

Hello everyone. I recently want to start a new build and already established the part that i want. But recently i found a used his r9 280x for 170$ and it's still under warranty. He said he's not overclocked it and only use it for gaming but what i'm afraid that he has been used it for mining. So the question is:
1.Is it worh it to get the used r9 280x with risk of being mined?
2,Or should i just buy the 280x and then RMA'd it?
3.Or just stick to the new r9 270x with the same price?

Pr3di · Mar 27, 2015

How much longer is the warranty on the card.
I think that if you have at least one more year, you should be ok.

However, for your peace of mind, you might want to go with a new GPU, but lower performance.

Still, don`t think that all R9 280x`s that are used were used for mining. A few months ago I sold my R9 280x Matrix (only gaming, no OC), and upgraded to a GTX 970.

rayzaldy · Mar 27, 2015

Pr3di :

The warranty is still on until february 2017. is it good enough? but i found a new r9 290x the reference model for 280$ :/

holyrage · Mar 27, 2015

lol reference NO NO NO NO NO NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

dude non refrence go for around 260-250 USD for the R9 290 non X check PC part picker

rayzaldy · Mar 27, 2015

I prefer the "x" version because i'm gonna play a lot of new games that possibly support mantle. i like the 290 but in my country it goes a LOT more

ykki · Mar 27, 2015

rayzaldy :

Wait for the AMD r9 300 series. The 270x ain't old yet and it should keep you happy till the next 1-2 months.

rayzaldy · Mar 27, 2015

I think i'm just gonna wait for the 300 series to come out since i gonna use the graphic cards till the end of it's life

holyrage · Mar 27, 2015

well if u buy a Low tire high end card like the R9 380X/380

like the R9 380X and Overclock it to hell and replace it every 3 years or more it should last a while at ultra

i have a R9 280 (7950 vapor-X) OC to 1300/1900 almost 4 years now ill replace it with the 380X

rayzaldy · Mar 27, 2015

if the r9 300 series came out will the older gpu's become cheaper?

holyrage · Mar 27, 2015

AMD is not nvidia they never Over price their GPUs actually the GTX980 will drop in price

hell when the R9 290X/290 was sold for 550/450

the GTX7XX Line up took a nice hit on the price

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