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I am looking a buying a new mother board off of newegg and was just wondering how risky it is to buy open box.
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How risky is it to buy open box mobos off of Newegg
- Thread starter kyleboy77
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There should be no risk... it's just like the non open-box mainboard... in a brown box.
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My last one from Newegg came with the mobo in an anti-static bag, no other contents in the box.
Missing:
I/O shield
Driver CD
IDE cables
Missing:
I/O shield
Driver CD
IDE cables
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true, a lot do come like that, but some people actually will get a full retail box with pretty much everything in it.
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The biggest risk is that if it's broken, you have to send it back to Newegg. So figure in the cost of shipping it back to Newegg in your price calculations.
With that said, I've bought a few refurb mobos from Newegg and only had a problem once, but what they did surprised me, they received the RMA and I requested another one sent rather than a refund, and they sent a new sealed mobo for replacement.
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Well if SSS says its safe than thats good enough for me
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I think you got my IP35
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I've ordered about 8-10 I can recall. Two were mobo only, the rest were varying degrees of a retail order. I have had only one that was completely defective, and if I remember correctly, the only cost to me was the return shipping. As I often make my own I/O plates out of plastic or sheet metal, if one is not included, that's not a problem, and you can always DL drivers. With Newegg, at least, you are never left out in the cold with bad parts.
The only open box motherboard I've bought from newegg died less then 24 hours after receiving it. It came in the full retail box with everything but the i/o plate, newegg issued me a refund with no hassles.
I've bought a few open box video cards from them and with the exception of one they've all been solid. I'd say it's a safe gamble, the worst that can happen is you get one that is broken and you have to send it back.
I've bought a few open box video cards from them and with the exception of one they've all been solid. I'd say it's a safe gamble, the worst that can happen is you get one that is broken and you have to send it back.
