I Bought and Sold 22 Untested Graphics Cards - Here's How Much I Made
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- About a year ago I bought 22 untested graphics cards and luckily 21 of them worked just fine. I eventually sold all of them over a couple of weeks, and I realised I never update you with the profits and/or losses. Today we'll be talking about just that.
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It's amazing how much spare tech we have in a box under the bed. I reckon if we could put it all together we could build another super computer. 😂
Haha with about 1million GB of ram. I seem to have more ram than anything else
I have 40 years worth of crap, most of it still working, too, though I did lose one machine to a VARTA battery(a kind of battery used in '80s computers that ALWAYS leak, if you have anything from before about 1994, you definitely wanna check for one and snip the damn thing off if it hasn't already leaked) and most of it is useless except for some nostalgia.
I’m always disappointed to know how many people just have pcs collecting dust in their houses , your channel is just really interesting, asking the questions not many answer
@@mortysmith2192the alternative to keeping them is throwing them in a landfill. In which case I much rather just keep them in the attic. Hoping one day recycling will get better and these things can be properly disposed of.
@@SyntheticFuture I get what you mean but I more meant perfectly working and usable stuff that they have collecting dust
"I got rid of Facebook. One of the best things I ever done."
So damn true. I deleted Facebook a couple years ago. Glad to see more people commit to getting rid of Facebook.
Glad to see you made a profit in the end.
I stopped using Facebook when that first major redesign happened and the same went for most people i knew, Facebook was good to use until 2012 or so, and after that, it went downhill
I just use mine for memes and art pages, I don't have anyone on my friends list nor am I in any of those weird stereotypical conspiracy groups 😁
i deleted facebook finally this year a few months ago and i’ve never felt a more sense of peace in my life. i didn’t realize how much that app was negatively affecting my mental health
@@slowednation999did same with twitter and reddit. Finally at peace
Marketplace only. And I don't mean the online shopping you can do on there now. Great local deals to be had on FB marketplace, only reason I still have an account
Remember when that video dropped out, I was also rewatching it a couple of days ago, great timing!
Perfect!
@@RandomGaminginHD I have a quadro m5000 I would like to donate to the channel.
I remember that because when that video was out I had R7250x ... and I have felt bit embarrassed I still run gpu that is sold in bundle , luckly I have upgrated my pc :)
Watching you since 2016 and the content has the same magic as the first day, thanks for this piece of art
A spare GT710 is never a bad thing to have, just in case.
Considering a lot of motherboards have gone backwards in having no onboard, something I thought went extinct in the mid '90s and definitely shouldn't've ever made a comeback, it's always good to have a cheap card on hand for diagnosis reasons.
Talking about intergeated graphics?
Yes lacking that on a cpu seems dumb but guess gamers want to squeeze every penny per percent performance....
@@trayvibez399 No, after about '95 or '96, they started integrating very basic graphics onto the motherboards. iGPUs on a CPU are a relatively new thing, the motherboard graphics were useless for gaming, but at least gave you something to work with if you didn't have a working iGPU or discrete GPU card.
I've no idea why they went backwards in that regard.
Save cost on motherboard, given people got GPU in either CPU or dedicated one.
@@fattomandeibu physical real estate on the board has become more and more sought-after in the last 10-15 years as NVME drives have become standard, with more high-speed ports needing more wires and all that kinda tullbish. it's really pointless when most cpus have had igpus for more than a decade. it's not that recent, old man.
Love those 1% margins lol
Great to see those cards selling and having a 2nd life in a retro machine or multi screen environment
When the miners went crazy I sold my old RX 470 for the same price as I got it for, same with a 1060 6GB as well, you can forget about it these days though.
Yeah that was a totally crazy time! And strange to see it like it never happened now. Although retail price hikes in general have become norm sadly. 12 months ago I sold a 3080ti for 2100 bux, I paid 1199 for it at launch a year earlier. One year use, then almost doubled by money 😆 I was selling my PC off anyway, made a killing!
I made $100 profit off of a broken R9 290x 4gb during that time.
It's nice to give us an insight on your purchase and selling practices. I dont have the time or the patience. Your video confirmed that for me! Keep those videos coming. I like them a lot.
Surprised the gtx 650 went for that much, though a good windows xp era & early 2010's too 2013 ish gpu that needs pretty low amounts of power for it's performance.
Works nicely with games like Doom 3, battlefield bad company 2, gta 4, borderlands 1,2, bioshock 1,2, far cry 1,2, half-life 2 etc...
Yeah last year the prices were a lot better for selling. Not so much buying though
In my country, something like an rx 550 costs around 130 bucks. And it is freaking crazy.
@@noice6421 I paid 80EUR for RX 460 4GB for my brothers' PC and it felt hella expensive for such a low-end card. Though that was during the "GPU crisis"
@@noice6421 Where do you live? Cause in my country, an RX 570 costs 75 bucks.
@@narkomancers5262 Bad timing back then. Well, got my friend's old 970 Strix for an upgrade to that RX 460.
Been waiting for this one for awhile, glad you never forgot about it.
You are the most down to earth man on CZcams and I love it. Never stop creating
Yeah boy, roll that dice !!!! Theres always a bit of excitement when getting a box of old tech like that. Yeah the margin might have been low but you got some great content out of it.
Yeah definitely had fun with this mystery box
mannn.. glad to hear you got off FB. the ghetto of the internet. ive been off for 10 years and don't miss it. still follow you on twitter though (or X or whatever its called today lol)
Good video and glad the project wasn't a loss. Tech Yes City also does this from time to time, buying a collection of old GPUs hoping to get at least a couple good parts to make him some money.
I'd want the water bath thing before I got into doing something like this. And a computer lab.
This was fun, it's interesting seeing what the market is like for these old cards. Some things I'm sure are worthless, but I'm sure others people want for building retro systems now.
I like these type of videos showing the graphic cards you acquired, and what you made back from selling them.
I bought a complete Im box 8400GS for 5 bucks just because I like to collect in box cards and it was so cheap. I actually tried gaming on it in an older computer and it surprised me by how not terrible it was for games from around that era. I mean I did play at 800x600 with low settings on not very demanding games and it barely held 30fps but it was playable in Desperate Housewives the game.
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When I saw and read the title, the penny dropped, so I had to find out how you went, I didn't realize it was about a year ago. You did well and at least honest, Cheers.
Taxman: Write This Down
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My recent run with graphics cards I've had to do things with hasn't been bad, no bulk buys but early in the year I got a 3080 listed as broken for $280, it was overheating new paste and pads did the trick and now it's my daily driver so to speak. The other is a radeon Instinct MI25, which is more or less a WX 9100 (which itself is more or less a vega 64 with more VRAM by default) but with a single display connector that by default doesn't output anything, both bioss flashed to WX9100 bios and away she went. The MI25 looks like an abomination, with the stock passive server cooler removed for a raijintek aftermarket cooler (I already had it on hand I wouldn't go out and buy one for that card when you could just buy a regular vega for what the cooler costs), 2 corsair fans plus an adapter, the front plate dremeled a bit for that to fit, and a PCI bracket meant for another card that required some modification to use, it does better than you'd expect looking at it. Lately I've had my eye on a Radeon VII on ebay that happens to be missing it's cooler and has the single slot bracket that probably indicates it was watercooled when in use, I have the sneaking suspicion it'd be untested rather than simply broken, and possibly functional, if I could slap another cooler together it could be cool.
I watched that original video as well when it went live. Been wondering what you profited.
Dude! I'm so relieved. You are a dark theme user.
I love his shirt choice in both videos.
Can see your Excel skills improving with every video 😂
Well, I'm really surprised you more than doubled your money, I was expecting you to make maybe 30 quid or so, nice one!!
I enjoy this channel MUCH more than many other youtube pc tech channels. No ridiculous sponsors, pushing over priced and useless merch and has overall very positive videos. Even on less than good value products, he always mentions at least one positive thing, very refreshing when compared to other youtubers who base their videos solely on bashing on hardware they feel isnt up to their standards. I support channels that showcase what older cast off hardware is still capable of for the average user on a budget.
The fees reduction weekend is offered to "above average" sellers, with less than 3% defect rate, and happens every fortnight. I use it often
Nice! Enough spare to buy a can of paint for those walls :) (low hanging fruit, I know - don't ban me)
😂 yeah I must get round to painting
In all honesty unless you are from a first world country none of this is even remotely possible. You will never find a bundle of graphics cards for so cheap, and you certainly wouldn't sell them in only 2 weeks and double your money. I see listings here that are up for months. Also the ebay shipping in the UK and US works so well, here you will probably have to meet up personally with a lot of the buyers... Reselling is out of the question..
where are you from if you do not mind me asking?
Where are you located?
I'd be interested in understanding other international markets and what prices are like abroad.
@@longnamedude3947 UK, apart from Nvidia and pc monitors i don't think PC part prices are to bad here
It also depends on your perceived reputation within FB marketplace and eBay. And i don't just mean the feedback you get.. people notice your presence and quality of items you've sold previously if you sell fairly often
I love how you wore an inverted version of this shirt for the first video.
duuude I remember the original haha nice profits
Yeah I forgot all about it haha
I enjoy these kind of purchase bundles and try to sell separately. Even if the profit is low
im proud of u still using microsoft word, its like an ancient forgotten technology
Completely unrelated to the video...but how is your Radeon VII doing? Still going strong? Could you do an updated R VII video soon plz? :)
I was expecting a reasonable profit, and you certainly delivered my good sir 🤩👍🥳. For a young kid starting out out for extra pocket money, this would be a good lil side hustle imo. These days every bit helps so it’s a vg outcome 💪👍
G'day Random,
that's a pretty good outcome, £100 to buy Harry treats for when he does a good job sleeping
& maybe some Hot Chips for Dave
I've sold loads of old tech on FB market place, yes you do get quite a few time wasters and people who never reply etc but the genuine ones tend to do as they say and actually come to your door and collect the item and you usually get the market rate for the item and then pay 0 fees which is always a bonus. I used to use gumtree and preloved as well.
Don’t forget the 30% tax and national insurance contributions. Gotta love HMRC ❤
I always get the 80% off final value fees promo, so yes it is quite commonplace! Top tip - only sell if you have a promotion - eBay's standard 13% fees are way too high. Also interesting that you stopped with Facebook Marketplace; I don't actually have a Facebook account but might create an account (and have it super locked down) just for the Marketplace side of things. Gumtree doesn't do well in my area and I'd like an alternative that doesn't mean a loss of money (and having to fork out for more postage costs) everytime someone hits the "return item" button followed by "doesn't match description or photos", even when you know for sure that your item was as described.
i actually do exactly that since the marketplace is the best option for local deals
Gumtree doesn't do as well as FB marketplace in my area for flipping computer stuff too.. definitely worth having
How often are those eBay promotions? Any way to know when they are coming? Just curious!
Hey i have been avid watcher for long time, but i got something that confusing here so i got 2 ram stick which 8GB Module each stick (actually its 4 sticks of ram each single stick have 8GB) but i wonder there Channel A and B slot here i got confused what they meant dual channel for? are they using channel a and b at same time but single stick per each channel or channel A but use two stick of ram use channel A? It really help me though if it answer correct way
Ahh, the 8400GS, I remember playing Crysis with that, fun times lol.
Not worth your time investment. Was an interesting video though. Also what happened with your OBS popping up like that?
Not bad. 🍾🥂💰
Can you please benchmark ryzen 5 7520u? I'm curious wether the integrated is better than ryzen 5 5620u.
Can you please tell how much fps difference is there?
The game i own is-
1. The division 2.
2. Far cry 6.
3. Ghost Recon Wildlands.
I'm broke and i think after 2 years i can finally buy a laptop for my work. But i do wanna play games too. These 3 are more than enough for me. So please do tell me
You are pro money maker now.
Been off of FB for nearly 6 years myself and I agree... one of the best moves I've made
Congrats.
I'm selling also PC's and other things on FB Marketplace.. It is really frustrating with the people there, so many never come or never reply after agreeing on meeting. :D
I assumed it would take months to sell these, but 2 weeks is "okay" .
Sadly, and for reasons that even I'm not sure about, I actually want to get hold of a working 8400GS. Now prices have settled down again, I have a couple of old PCs that need upgrades, and despite there being better options, I've settled on getting an 8400GS. Time to scour Ebay. 😁
I've actually been doing these type of flips from ebay/goodwill auction site for around 10 years now to fund my retro tech hobby. It can be a big pain in the ass sometimes to keep an eye out for these type of bundles that look reasonable or untested listings that have potential, but it does pay off if you don't mind casually spending like 5-10 hours a week on it and are familiar enough with basic board repairs. When buying the actual computer hardware I want for a build it helps to justify some of the absurd reseller costs knowing you are basically just breaking even at the end of the day for something casual that you enjoy doing.
Looks like you've had your walls re-plastered.
If so, I hope you did it yourself.
It's hard work but very rewarding.
Do you send old unusable and broken computer components for recycling?
That's a nice spreadsheet, but can it run Crysis?
Are you doing the plastering yourself or did you get someone in to do it for you?
It's always a good idea to have a spare GPU for emergencies, I have my old 2gb Strix 960.
still not bad considering selling and delivery time can be utilized doing something else, this can easily be done on the side hussle.
3 way 8400gs SLI build coming when?
The retro market seems only a few years away from considering those 8400GSes as desirable.
Thanks to the miners i sold a 1060 i had for £20 more than it cost me new (2 years earlier) i was well happy, i also sold a 4GB AMD 480 for £100 i only paid £50 for it doubled my money in 2 days.
What gpu do u have now
I bought an RX 5700 for £300 new before covid/GPU crisis, sold it for £600 a year later (during) and bought an RX 6900XT when prices were slowly coming down/the GPU was end of line because of the 6950XT and 7000 series about to hit the market.. £300 made simply because of miners, and now i have a GPU that will keep me going for 5 years (i hope) for any game at 1440p
That haircut + shirt screams, Rugby lad🤣
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It really doesn't matter if u sold them in 2 or more weeks . You made double the money you initially spend which is the most important. Also as someone who is underage i get less for a month so for me this is really good hahah
@narkomancers5262 I mean it's obviously a gamble. My point is that he still made twice the money he initially spend while having fun testing the cards
Well it's not a gamble. At the very least if he sold absolutely nothing he would still have a bunch of working gpus. @narkomancers5262
i thought u were crying in the thumbnail for a second lol
😂
Maybe you could use the 8400 GS's to build retro gaming rigs for sale?
that is pretty much the only use those can get now
@@arch1107There is also display purposes and emulation
excel gameplay
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I'm probably one of the only people to intentionally buy an 8400GS..because it had a cool heatsink, gave the seller a laugh but i did burn some time testing some potato specials, comparing a Geforce 2 MX, FX5200, the 8400GS, GT210 amongst other GT cards as a battle of the potatoes..suprised the 8400GS did better than i expected and was a decent budget card if you wanted something new but i imagine an older GT card like a 6600 or 7500GT would've done better unless you needed the Low profile design :)
You are not. I am collector, I've bought not only one 8400GS intentionally... but even two of them.
They have 3 revisions. Unfortunately, revision 1, which is most precious, came death on arrival.
Oh man,how much i waito pull this spreadsheet down!!!!
Please do one more video with gtx 980 8hb, using heavy textures. Put it some by side with RX 570 or 580 8gb would be so cool. Please 🙏.
I'm currently trying to sell a ryzen 3500x on Facebook marketplace and I'm either getting the "is it still available" or ppl severely undercutting my already undercut price
Yeah so annoying trying to sell on there
OMG I have tried to buy PC 2 months ago on FB marketplace in Sweden , there was two option people who offer from 2010 still in prices from 2020-21 , or people that sell decent PC in good price ... but they live in other side of Sweden , and as Sweden is basically 3rd world when it comes to shipping prices , that option was more expensive , I just bought PC from Blocket . FB marketplace is useless .
My guess: a loss of £7
Rip my pessimistic ass self😂
@@bobfranklin2572 😂 In all fairness though: that was a realistic guess. I'm surprised this was a net positive. Although if you factor in the time it's not much 😅
Wow!
it is a shame that i live in another continet, because often you have things that i need for the price that i need, the shipping costos would be like 3 times of those hd5450 and i need one, same for the 710
Shipping costs in the US are insane.
So is Finland. €2.30 for sending one postcard.
@@RadioactiveBlueberryWow that is actually much higher than in the US
I have to agree, 100£ doesn't sound that much at first, but a) is it nice to have 100£ rather than not having them, like you said. An b), which weighs much more for me is the following: as the whole pc thing is a hobby, it is nice that it kinda pays for itself or makes a little profit. I personally got an old Pentium 4 from a dumpster when throwing away old car parts about 6 years ago. A friend asked me, if I wanted to have an old core2duo server from Siemens, but he would need at least a single core for controlling a milling machine in return.... Trade done. Picked up some free old parts like Pentium d pcs, brought them to Lan party's and sold them afterwards. The money went into a core2quad q9650 and a gtx 285. Sold this pc later on and got myself a cheap 4th gen intel board and the cheapest, used brand memory I could find. A friend threw out his i7 4770k and I traded it for an old PCI-E GPU with him. With some leftover money from said Pentium d pcs i got a cheap gtx 760 to pair with the 4770k and 8gigs of ram ABT.2 years ago. One year ago I upgraded my main rig and paired the i7 with a gtx 970 and 16gigs of ddr3_2133. Great times benchmarking and stress testing the machines and components.
the HD 5450 sold for how much i got my 3090 for haha, which the 5450 also happened to be my first gpu.
A friend of mine got a in the box EVGA GTX 750 Ti for $10 bucks. Not a powerful card, but a great deal.
There's so many of those dreadful 8400 gs cards around they must have sold like hotcakes back in the day. Probably folks trying to turn old Dell office plodders into gaming rigs but it's a pity the cards didn't go to the tip with the PCs. I guess they were saved when someone went inside to salvage the 2 gigs of RAM noticed a 'graphics card' installed.
I actually got it worse when buying untested bundles. But thank goodness I managed to flip it and earn a profit anyhow
A large order of chips for this man.
since ebay is not common in my area
fb market is the way to go
just bought a freaking mint condition gtx 1050ti for 500 pesos php
i think that's 8$
the seller said that the fan was not working and he tested it before selling it to me and told me it doesn't work anymore so I took the risk and testing it myself and it was working perfectly fine
and the fan was working fine lol
it was not hot and let me tell you it was in a very pristine condition except for the fact it doesn't have its original box
Right
That's not a lot of money for all that work. Especially the logistics bit. But I guess it's to make a point.
the fact that he wears the same shirt like in the past video😮
Hey, that profit could afford you a box of broken biscuits and some teabags..mmm broken biscuits
I am curious. I have seen gtx 1070s and such "untested." Is it worth the risk?
no, untested in 90% of cases = not working, especially with GPUs above like 1050
I mean, if you know how to fix graphics cards, then yes.
Thanks for the warning. I also saw a GTX 1080ti from China for $109 and just makes me nervous as well.
@@KitsuneVoss The reason for that is simple - testing the card could take like 30 minutes for some easy test, and if they're "not testing" the card, there's 2 options - they tested and it's dead, or they're a 1000+ GPU mining operation, in which case I wouldn't buy from them too.
Did you intentionally wear the same shirt as the old video?
The first pc I bought in 2013 had a 5450 it was like 750ti of that generation.
Love the 5450 really. It’s not much good these days but it sure is fun to see what it can do
My sister had P4 2.8ghz in 2011 with Radeon x600 she have played only The Sims 2 , so I bought her HD5450 512mb and she could play The Sims 3 on that PC with medium settings , so for her need that work exelent .
I clearly remember playing every game before 2013 and even 2013 hotcake Farcry 3 at 30 fps low. This card refused to die even with immaculate pressure. The only game that wrecked this card was ac black flag with 12 fps and I beat that game. Then after the newer release, this card got lost in the shadow realm.
Just 25 pounds for all those shipped? Would cost me like 70 where I live.
Living that fb free life 👍
Being able to create several videos from a £99 bundle of gpus is a great return. The profit is irrelevant, £100 a video in material cost is great for a channel of your size
Yeah earns cash from the video its self.
Wait, eBay takes this much money just for listing? I thought it was with shipping fees.
Is that an inactivated Windows 10 watermark in the bottom right of the your desktop there 🤣🤣🤣
That was a year ago‽
the market has gone down a ton since he bought those 22 back then.
Recently i picked up 20 Cards for $96 and 11/20 worked perfectly fine
Of the ones that worked i ended up with these:
2x GTX 460
1x GTX 560
1x GTX 550Ti
1x RX 480 8GB
1x GTX 780Ti
1x HD 7970 3gb
3x HD 5770
1x HD 6850
The others were just basic GTX 650s and GTX 750Ti that either had artifacts or didn't display at all....
I found it sort of odd that the low power video cards did not work and the higher end and older cards worked fine... i figured it would be the other way around
@@narkomancers5262 typically 50 series hold up slightly better because they have less pieces
also less power draw and lower temps.
You can look at the board of a 80 class and 50 class card and see the 50 has less capacitors, less traces, and less going on over all
This is pretty similar to my experience from 2015-2018.
I bought a few lots of parts and a couple systems with the intent to part them out, and tried to do some arbitrage between Craigslist and eBay because uncommon parts like Quadros would go cheap locally due to lack of interest. I made a couple hundred bucks over the time I was doing it, but I was always sitting on *something* I couldn't use personally and needed gone, always tempted to hold onto interesting things I needed to flip in order to remain profitable, and on an hourly basis I would have made more money by putting in overtime at my day job instead.
Early '18 I threw in the towel on flipping, and have since just focused on trying to track down deals on those weird and interesting things. That was the most fun part anyway.
Dude, you need to paint your walls!
hey buddy, i still have that msi 780 lightning that i would like to donate, r u interested?
I love how your shirt is *different but not really* when you show clips of your old vid and then cut back to you........
Haha I only realised this after filming
70% to 90% profit margins return with hardware staying with the customers
Looks like the only way people will pay for an 8400 GS is if they're tech ignorant and get tricked into buying them, or if they're part of a bundle with other better cards.
waaaaau you sold.. all theat and got a profit from tha lot of gpu from last year ok . yea ok . not sating to tary fo any one do ... and on tha facebook thing well a market shood not be 100% free if you sle lak 25 item plus meni adre thing not finist on tha ..but it daz war do remeber theat !! realiti is hard ey !