** INSANITY HERE AT OcUK: HD 7950 SUB £100 & 7850 FOR £50 !! **
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These are still damn good cards for a higher end PC.
Very good deal, steal for a tough budget gaming PC.
Very good deal, steal for a tough budget gaming PC.
I'm curious as to what went wrong with these? It might be the PSU if they all break in the same PC.
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Decent price but 90 day warranty doesn't exactly instill confidence!! No thanks.
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Chances are if it works for 90 days then it will work for 1 year+
But I understand this may put some people off
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Would buy one except for postage charges to NI
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argh! amazing price, here's hoping there's still stock in a couple days after i (hopefully) have a bit of cash to play with!
Which cards and what problem? I've had 6 79X0 MSI cards and had no problems with them. Many miners here had 20-30 of them and apart from the occasional DOA and fan problem nobody had any major issues with the series.
Your picture shows a warped mounting bracket on an MSI card but it looks more like a 280X - the heatsink is not one I'm familiar with on the 79X0 series. The damage looks like it was caused by someone forcing it into a case slot not quite lined up or at an angle (heatsink support/back bracket bent, but PCB untouched). I'd hate to see the state of the PCI-E slot after someone forcing a card into it at an angle!
Sounds (and looks) like your friend doesn't really know what he's doing...!!
I have a twin frozen 7850 can I crossfire it with the 7850 shown in this offer? it looks the same as the 7950 on offer with the dual fans, otherwise I could get the 7950 and pass off the old card to a cheaper PC build I have planed for my daughter. decisions decisions..
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Some were dead on arrival, bent bracket as seen in the picture (but no damage to box,) one fan working but the other not, crashes after an hour of playing. PSU isn't at fault as it's a Corsair RM750.
Which cards and what problem? I've had 6 79X0 MSI cards and had no problems with them. Many miners here had 20-30 of them and apart from the occasional DOA and fan problem nobody had any major issues with the series.
Your picture shows a warped mounting bracket on an MSI card but it looks more like a 280X - the heatsink is not one I'm familiar with on the 79X0 series. The damage looks like it was caused by someone forcing it into a case slot not quite lined up or at an angle (heatsink support/back bracket bent, but PCB untouched). I'd hate to see the state of the PCI-E slot after someone forcing a card into it at an angle!
These exact ones. Each time one was sent back to RMA, he got a replacement which was faulty. None of these were new out of the box, all refurbished by MSI.
Oh he does.
Some were dead on arrival, bent bracket as seen in the picture (but no damage to box,) one fan working but the other not, crashes after an hour of playing. PSU isn't at fault as it's a Corsair RM750.
These exact ones. Each time one was sent back to RMA, he got a replacement which was faulty. None of these were new out of the box, all refurbished by MSI.
Oh he does.
The reason they are dying is because they are installed right next to each other.......
Seriously do people have no common sense, how on earth does he think the card can cool itself when it has zero airflow for the fans.
Once again anyone running Crossfire or SLI with cards right next to each other, only the genuine reference coolers can perform in such close proximity to each other or watercooled cards.
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Brilliant deal.
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The reason they are dying is because they are installed right next to each other.......
Seriously do people have no common sense, how on earth does he think the card can cool itself when it has zero airflow for the fans.
Once again anyone running Crossfire or SLI with cards right next to each other, only the genuine reference coolers can perform in such close proximity to each other or watercooled cards.
Oh, the humanity! It's like a scene from one of those battery hen farms you see on billboard protests on the High Street. Where are activists when it comes to freeing the GPUs and releasing them back into the wild rather than keep them cooped up.
Actually, just realised I shoehorned one of the refurb 7950 TF cards into a Hadron Air earlier today, maybe I should keep quiet about giving GPUs room to swing a cat should they want!