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Has anybody purchased a graphics card from B-stock? There seems to be some good deals there and wanted some advice.
Also does anyone know if you can find out what kind of reason for an item to be in B-stock? RE: a scratch, or similar?
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LFaWolf
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 18:13:53
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I bought a few lower end GPUs from B-stock. B-stock are refurbished products with 1-year warranty. I believe some of them are from the Step-up program, but some of course will be repaired products. The ones that I got work well and have had no issues. What are you looking to get?
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 18:46:25
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I was going to buy a 970, I always wanted one and never could afford
Now I can buy one for $180.00
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 18:56:59
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Used to be 90 days. Now it's 1 year. I say go for it.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 20:27:23
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If you are not going to SLI, get the ACX version for $5 more.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 22:13:44
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LFaWolf
If you are not going to SLI, get the ACX version for $5 more.
Good advice. 
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 22:17:40
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 23:33:51
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$320 for the GTX 980 Ti SC+.
$170 for GTX 970 SC+ GAMING ACX 2.0.
Very nice!
Off topic, is the 970 good enough for folding? Maybe 1060 is much better?
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/05 23:55:30
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I was going to get a GTX980ti, but went for a GTX970 and a 850W PSU and saved 50$ or so. I can SLi if I want since I have another GTX970 They will go good with the EVGA x79 Classified, i7-3930K hexcore with H110 AIO cooler I just picked up for 280$ . Ordered this case, looks good. Can't wait to see it in person. Should make a nice build. That Classified is a big board for sure. anidees AI8 ATX Full tower case. 99.99 http://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIA7TD31B1567 The GTX970 can do around 275-300K PPD folding, thatKingKong
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 07:12:17
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$320 for the GTX 980 Ti SC+.
$170 for GTX 970 SC+ GAMING ACX 2.0.
Very nice!
Off topic, is the 970 good enough for folding? Maybe 1060 is much better?
Whats good enough? It will do 8 to 9 million a month 24/7. About 10 -11 days for the current 3 mil plateau.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 07:23:46
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billy boy, I've purchased a few items from B-stock and never had any problems.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 13:12:05
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I 2nd that I have had good luck with bstock bought cards and motherboard
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 16:33:27
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got 780 Ti s from B-Stock. They were like-new, and had higher clocks then advertised. used them with no problems whatsoever.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 16:57:53
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$320 for the GTX 980 Ti SC+.
$170 for GTX 970 SC+ GAMING ACX 2.0.
Very nice!
Off topic, is the 970 good enough for folding? Maybe 1060 is much better?
Whats good enough? It will do 8 to 9 million a month 24/7. About 10 -11 days for the current 3 mil plateau.
Is that good for a month? I have never done folding so I don't know =) I'm thinking about it but do not want to see the electric bill goes up like crazy.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 17:10:01
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Also got a 780Ti from B-stock. It had one small problem, the fans weren't plugged in. After that, no issues at all.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/06 17:33:08
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/07 11:52:24
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$320 for the GTX 980 Ti SC+.
$170 for GTX 970 SC+ GAMING ACX 2.0.
Very nice!
Off topic, is the 970 good enough for folding? Maybe 1060 is much better?
Whats good enough? It will do 8 to 9 million a month 24/7. About 10 -11 days for the current 3 mil plateau.
Is that good for a month? I have never done folding so I don't know =) I'm thinking about it but do not want to see the electric bill goes up like crazy.
3 years ago it would have been a fantastic month but folding has been trying to keep up with the new gpu's by optimizing the wu's for gpus. IMHO the 970 was a sweet spot for folding (price/power usage/points.) It uses a lot less power than my 780 and puts out 75-100k ppd more. But now the 10 series is out and 1070 uses less power than 970 and points are up 70-80%. That 980ti you linked to would be a great card to experiment with folding but it wouldn't be long before you were wishing for more points.  We call it the addiction.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/07 22:46:38
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Are the b stock cards eligible for the step up program? The 980ti's are nice but might step up in future to a 1070 if possible even though they are really close in most benchmarks I have seen just an extra 2 gb vram on the 1070 and higher clock speeds. Im not much of an overclocker but will in the future. My gtx 260 216 core is really slowing my new build down. Thanks for the help! Also how long will the sale last? if its still going on friday after work when I get paid Im buying if step up is available.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/07 22:52:20
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Are the b stock cards eligible for the step up program?
Sorry, but the B-Stock cards are not eligible for step up.
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/07 23:28:54
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What about buying an extended warranty for the b stock? Also thanks for the quick reply!
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/07 23:46:20
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/08 03:01:41
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So tempted picking up a 2nd 980 Ti FTW but worried about internal temps due to ACX...
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Re: B-Stock sales
2016/08/11 06:47:38
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So tempted picking up a 2nd 980 Ti FTW but worried about internal temps due to ACX...
Yeah unless you have great airflow ACX is not good for SLI. I have a Thermaltake Chaser MK-I with a 200mm fan blowing on them and still temps were very high. I probably need to reverse the fan direction to pull air out.
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