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Jim
Lv 7

any issues with buying a used quadro video card from ebay?

any issues with buying a used quadro video card from ebay?

I was looking at maybe something like

- 1 PNY or HP quadro FX 4000 or FX 4800 [workstation] video card.

- adobe cs5 (all of it)

- 1 asus p9x79 deluxe motherboard (will this be sufficient,or am I supposed to be getting the p9x79 ws instead for use that video card for the increased bus speed?)

- 1 i7-3970x proc (should be fast enough)

only issue I could think of was maybe the fan's lifespan.

I also need to know if all this will work together well.

if I should skip it and buy new, I need some reasons. I am trying to save some money if possible.

the system is going to have to work for a long time, so I hope the card (meaning the fan at least) is serviceable.

I assume the point of failure would most likely be the moving parts first (even with proper maintenance like cleaning or maybe even lubing) - I have no clue what the life expectancy is of the PNY vs. HP cards.

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    As a general rule, never buy CPU or GPU used unless you know who owned it and how they used it. Too many people think its a great deal, until they get it home and it only works for a week because the last guy overclocked the **** out of it, and now its near toast.

    Next is the "maintenance" of video cards aside from occasional dust off is nothing because most aren't serviceable.

    I have built some above average gaming rigs for about $500, and the only non-new parts were the CD/DVD drive, OS, and keyboard/mouse. (re-used from previous build)

  • Adam
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    HP's Quadro card's are made by PNY.

    The 3970X is not worth it at all in terms of price performance. The 3930K is a lot less and gives the same performance. That change alone should let you buy a new Quadro 2000 which out performs most older Quadro cards, even high end ones.

    You don't need a Quadro for the Adobe suite though, you can just edit text to let it use GeForce cards. Search for GeForce cards for photoshop/after effects. The GTX 570 is probably the best in price/performance.

  • 6 years ago

    A mi me gustan las películas de calidad si los veo en un televisor de calidad, el mejor televisor que he encontrado ha sido en los sitios web y además a un precio excelente, pantalla con la dimensión perfecta, full HD en el verdadero sentido de la palabra, imagen y sonido de 10 , un producto excelente por un precio increíble.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Vive la emoción de ver una buena película en tu propia casa comprándolas en internet. No es nada mas relajante que ver una buena película en casa, he comprado muchas DVD-s con películas interesante en amazon, la última adquisición ha sido una película para niños, le ha gustado tanto a mi hija la película y la calidad del sonido y del video que he vuelto para comprar mas como regalo porque las cosas buenas tienes que compartir.

  • 6 years ago

    Las mejores tarjetas graficas a los mejores precios es lo que encuentras en Amazon, el link es http://amzn.to/1zLeaW8

    Me gusta tener una buena resolución de imagen en mi ordenador para poder disfrutar mejor de los juegos, he comprado en Amazon un tarjeta grafica con una buena memoria incorporada, además de llegar increíblemente rápido la tarjeta es una pasada, es igual que en las descripción, es silenciosa y de verdad se está enfriando más que otras así poder disfrutar más del juego, una excelente tarjeta que he recomendado a todos mis amigos y aun mejor es que la tarjeta viene al mejor precio del mercado.

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