Open box is usually a returned item, so it may be doa, or just something someone didn't want or got the wrong product. Generally newegg is pretty reliable though. Decent to deal with.
They do have another btw at 199.99 but it only had 2 reviews. You may wish to consider another as someone said fan speed on that particular one was stuck @ 29%.
Message edited by ohiou_grad_06 on 03-25-2008 at 05:55:08 AM