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Broken 4080 (lemm.ee)
submitted 4 days ago by jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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Hello pcmr!

I have found a "broken" 4080 second hand for 200 euros in my neighbourhood. After doing some searching, I think it was a misconfigured bios and and incompatability with corsair's software, based on the description. They mentioned games crashing, corsair aio rgb not working until iCue is opened, screen flickering and random repeated reboots. They said the issue persisted on their friends computer as well after trying. Is this worth the risk? Would love some advice!

Thanks in advance

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Depends.

Is that 200 euro fun money that you can set on fire and be absolutely unaffected by its loss?

If yes, then why not. roll the dice.

If you cant afford to throw 200 euro in the trash? then obviously do the smart thing and don't buy a potentially seriously damaged/unfixable card.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 4 days ago

How much do you think it would cost to have it repaired professionally? If that cost + €200 is still a good price for you to take a chance (because a repair isn't guaranteed), then go for it.

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

It could be a misconfigured bios, it could also just be broken. Would it affect you if the 4080 turns out to just be broken?