please , quick opinion needed

[gorak]

can get this on an auction for $260 New Zealand dollars AMD Opteron 170 CCBWE 0550UPMW Toledo Core

I currently have an 64 3200 ... would this be worthwile ?

 

[CaptRobertApril]

Has the Opty been used, abused, OC'd to within a Hertz of its life? If so PASS!

 

[Himal]

PASS.

 

[gorak]

it has been overclocked , BUT still has +- 2.5 years left of warranty ! (i get the original invoices with it )

that should count shouldn't it ?

also i have watercooling , so planning to clock this sucker , as according to reviews this should give me a real decent clock !

 

[sarsoft]

Anything from ebay which is used is a big NO. You never know how the product was treated. I would go with a new processor.

 

[CaptRobertApril]

it has been overclocked , BUT still has +- 2.5 years left of warranty ! (i get the original invoices with it )

that should count shouldn't it ?

also i have watercooling , so planning to clock this sucker , as according to reviews this should give me a real decent clock !

Why would you want to buy a used, already OCd, possibly seriously abused CPU and save all of ten US dollars over:

NewEgg Opty 170

??????

 

[m25]

it has been overclocked , BUT still has +- 2.5 years left of warranty ! (i get the original invoices with it )

that should count shouldn't it ?

also i have watercooling , so planning to clock this sucker , as according to reviews this should give me a real decent clock !

Why would you want to buy a used, already OCd, possibly seriously abused CPU and save all of ten US dollars over:

NewEgg Opty 170

??????
Because he seems to be living in NZ.

 

[CaptRobertApril]

it has been overclocked , BUT still has +- 2.5 years left of warranty ! (i get the original invoices with it )

that should count shouldn't it ?

also i have watercooling , so planning to clock this sucker , as according to reviews this should give me a real decent clock !

Why would you want to buy a used, already OCd, possibly seriously abused CPU and save all of ten US dollars over:

NewEgg Opty 170

??????
Because he seems to be living in NZ.

Prices in Oz are sometimes even cheaper than the USA since some of the Sydney and Melbourne shops get stuff that fell off a truck in (fairly nearby) Taipei. Kiwis have Oz citizenship so it's no trouble to get something from there. It's kinda like their "mainland"!