Can you do a video where you show not only how to properly clean the graphics card but also how to flash it and making it into a gaming graphics card in detail and also I love your videos keep on doing what you are doing
Nice! I just bought a RX 580 MSI 8GB from WA and the seller wrote in the description that he flashed back the "Gaming BIOS" and the card works great :)
Who would've thought that the GPU my friend bought would've had the same issue as the used rx570 in the vid... Couldn't figure out the problem on my friends GPU but now can fox it thanks
@@supersaddonut9973 actually unbricking gpu is pretty possible, did it with my R9 270x. I bricked it by trying newer bios and it wouldn't post then I just used my other gpu on dual pci-e mobo and reflashed it to original, but again u can brick it to the point of no return so be extremely careful, i just had a luck!
can the front cover where GPU fans are, modified. I got a rx 480 8gb xfx black edition. mine is same but instead it didnt have hard swap fan nor the 2 locks of hard swap. so i should flash it with xfx black edition which have hard swap.
I got six RX480's for $55 a pop. I had to re-flash all of them for this reason. All of them worked perfectly. It was a minor inconvenience considering what I paid for them.
Thanks for this video, perfect timing for me. I just purchased a Saphire Nitro+ RX570 ex-mining card this past Friday. Your deal was better than mine, nice job. I didn't even consider that the BIOS might have been modified now I know what to do if I encounter the same thing.
Actually my complete rig is from Ebay. X58 mainboard with xeon 5650 24Gb ram triple channel and a AMD RX580. My last 5 graphic cards was used and never had any problems.
Dude these cards are awesome, my friend got a second hand rx 580 for around $140 for his brother almost a year ago and it's still works great, he just had to clean off a bunch of dust
Best tech RUclips channel actually ! Been saying in comments for a year now that this should be a video topic and you knocked it out the park with the cleaning repasting and flashing excellent job! And the Rx 580 8gb is the best value gpu used anyone could buy I’ve set up VR pc’s with this and i7 3770 ‘s and 16gb of ddr3 1333 and a Ssd hardrive it’s by far best experience for the money/value!
Is it risky buying used? Yeah. Did I buy used? Yup! My used hardware I'm currently using: My GPU (EVGA GTX 1080 Classified), CPU (Xeon E3-1231-V3), Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5), CPU Cooler (EVGA CLC 280), Both monitors (Dell S2716DG & HP Compaq LA1951g) and all HDDs (1x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM, 2x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 5900RPM & Samsung Spinpoint 160GB 5400RPM) Only new parts of my build, is my PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 750w G2), RAM (4x4GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz), case (NZXT S340 Elite, fans (2x Corsair AF120 in exhaust and 2x Corsair SP140 for intake) and my SSDs (Samsung 960 Evo 256GB & Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB). I buy used all the time, and I couldn't be happier! I just make sure what I am buying is still within warranty if it is used. At least then I have a failsafe.
I just got brand new RX 570, with two free games included for about 150$. Paired it with my i5 2300, and it's running great. I updated from my old XFX HD 7770, so difference for me is major.
The used RX line of GPUs I agree is amazing for used price/performance managed to snap a similar deal on the 8GB RX570 £100 in the UK and it was in near damn perfect condition also took sooo many tips for my own TYL love the content
👍👍👍 I think you hit the mark with a lot of people buying mining cards and saying they don't work, simple BIOS update. I don't mind used parts, but I wish they had info like S.M.A.R.T on hard drives, then you can see how long it has been used or trashed
They are great value for money I usually go for RX 580s paired with one of these Dell Precision T3610 E5-1607v2 E5-3.00GHz 128 DDR3 128 ECC Ram $349 setup in Windows ultimate power mode RX 580 8GBP $127
Just want to say that this video helped me save a second hand RX 560. The fact that you mentioned the flashing of the bios made me check the one I bought and I was able to fix it. Truly excellent that you make these videos, kudos buddy.
I got a used XFX RX 470 for just $40 (USD), seller didn't say it was a mining card nor did it look like one, only said he upgraded, in fact it seemed practically new because I couldn't even spot any dust without disassembling it, so he either did an excellent job cleaning it or had the card for less than a few months.
Great timing I just got an rx580 4gb for 99 usd I’m getting it delivered today for my EGPU set up for my MacBook. 280 all in for an egpu set up I’m pretty happy with myself got a deal on a hp omen egpu box.
Kinda funny, I have the exact Gigabyte card. Mine was also a mining card. Only two differences: #1.) I've been using the ATIPixelPatcher cause even changing the VBios didn't fix the issues. Luckily, ATIPixelPatcher has always been amazing and left me no problems(for now). #2.) I didn't use Mr. Bryan's used, hardware-accelerated underwear to clean my oh-so-dirty graphics card. I would give it some Tech Yes Lovin' ,but I never want to rush in without some good alcohol wipes and tissues XD
AMG -AMightyGrizzly I'm not looking forward to doing my graphics card since it means I have to do my cpu too. the CPU cooler doesn't leave enough room to extract the gpu on its own lol
Hey there! I also had the same problem I just bought the asus version of rx570. I didnt want to flash the bios or anything and tried your method and well it did fix it. I just had 1 question; will the issue come up again when a new version of drivers arrive? Thanks.
So, I recently bought this pretty much exact Gigabyte RX570 card and under the ad the guy said it wasn't used for mining at all and that he was giving 7 day working warranty. The card is not the mining edition, it has 4 ports and it's keept in pretty good condition. So when I tried to install AMD driver it didn't recognize it at all, doesn't matter which version I installed result was the same. So I looked this problem online and found one little tool that apparently fixes this for the most part. It's called AMD Pixel Clock Patcher and after fresh driver install, I just need to use this to make it recognize the driver. After watching your video I realised that this card was probably used for mining because the problem you had here was exacly the same I had. I have been playing every game without any problems with that tool until now. I don't know if you are aware of this but Valorant officially came out and it needs to install Anti Cheat, which acts like driver and it automaticly turns on when your PC starts. The problem I have with that Anti Cheat is that it screws my AMD driver also and this tool can't really fix the issue. If I uninstall Anti Cheat everything comes back to normal after the restart. I would like to ask you, is it safe to flash GPU BIOS because I am kind of afraid to do it since I had really tight budget to buy it?
Picked up a used Sapphire RX 480 Nitro 8 gig for $85 US a couple of months ago. Had to clean and reapply new TIM and flash the BIOS just like this one. Working like a charm now.
I bought 2 RX 580's used, the first was a 4GB MSI Armor, the second was a XFX XXX OC+ 8GB, the XFX card has a bios switch, one bios for mining, one for gaming.. Whoever owned it before me flashed a 1200mhz core, 2100mhz memory (micron) onto the gaming bios, and left the mining switch alone, like a complete idiot. The MSI 4GB card came in great condition, a big of sag from having no backplate, but clean and with a clean bios.. I'm actually worried about the XFX 8GB card, I was going to flash it back to factory, but it works just as a normal card, I just have to clock the core back to 1366mhz.. The problem is, when they flash the bios for mining, they change more than just the clocks for the memory and the core, timings are changed, voltages, etc... I just don't want to brick my card, since my PC isn't a UEFI board, it's a BIOS board, and apparently that has some importance.
dear person with same name, reflashing the bios does take some skill however it's still completely basic, there are some step by step really thorough guides making sure you do it right without ever worrying of bricking just about anything in it. I would advise doing so whilst the card is set up as secondary in the pcie slot and it's not giving any display.
@@lukafireman thanks lol.. My main issue is every single guide I've read through, in the list of requirements, it says "have a UEFI motherboard" and they stress how it's a requirement. I do not own one, so if it's possible without a UEFI board, I would really like to figure that out.
Just bought a used RX 480 to replace an R9 280x that had been used for mining. Never had a bit of trouble out of the 280x and I've used it about every day since... well, since they sold R9 280x's. If you can absorb the short-term risk, used is the way to go. Right now, you could build a 1440p rig out of used parts for like $400 bucks. Couple hundred bucks more and you could get a decent sized monitor.
You were lucky. I recently was trying to buy a card on ebay, and a 570 card like this usually will be $110-120 AUD + shipping. So it will be $130 used VS $170 new (on sale).
Talked with an ex miner a few weeks ago when I bought some components, he said Gigabyte GPUs have terrible fans, apparently on a bunch of the coolers the fans just fell off eventually.
About the same time you did this video I got a used mining card and it’s the gaming x mode that you got new and I just reflashed the bios but if I saw this sooner I would of sent you mine for a better comparison lol, I like your videos and keep up the good work I love the hustle
I bought a used rx570 red devil off a miner (ebay) back in December. I was going to replace the thermal paste but temps are so good I didn’t bother. Arrived like new condition $76 usd worked out great for me
Managed to destroy (burned) one motherboard and damage another with a used 960, be careful out there. In my experience I've lost with used quite often, but new has always been 100%. Other thing is not to tweak critical machines, eventually there will be an oversight and hardware instakilled/damage over time.
Too much oc? My gtx 1070 mini only allow me to oc +185 / +450 on memory ( micron ). Well, without OC i still feel good. Both CPU n GPU working at 💯% and the temperature at 77-84°C.
Nice Video. I was able to get a 4 month old Gigabyte RX Vetga 64 OC in Nov of last year for a total of $371 with a 2 year warrenty. Them I was also able to register the card with Gigabyte. I do believe you can get a very good deal on used equipment if you take your time and are careful of who you are buying it from. I am very happy with my purchase of the Vega 64 card. Iy has been a very nice upgrade from my previous card which was a MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 8 gb bought ( new ).
My solution for heating after 3 r9270 with artifacts, is common termal paste, (even much if that means no air bubbles in between the square. Lockit, and 2 120mm fans connected to the mobo. Straight out of the box I put the 120mm fans glued over the two original fans, dont care about beauty and noise. After a well done 4 years h60 mod on a sapphire, it leaked and heated up. Since than no more zips, no more taking out the cooler and plug fans onto it, only lockit glued right over the case, if comes with only one fan even better two fans one over the other LOL, - 10 degrees and reliable like nothing. Or crossfire two overheated gpus to look nice...
Hello from Hungary(sorry if my english is bad) I'm intrested in computers and I want to start building..:) I just want to ask you something. Can you make a video what accessories do you have for cleaning,"tech loving" and building.
Isopropyl/isopropanol alcohol (hardware stores usually have this), cotton cloth or paper wipes, and compressed air. Don't use materials that easily generate static electricity, such as polyester.
i always prefer used parts over new ones as the old ones are very good in price to performance ratio and bro u r great in this great parts u recommend to us for the consumers good keep up the good work
A lot of people scared of 'mining GPUs' should not be. If you buy a used card that was used in a good environment (usually this means buying from a seller that has 100+ cards) the risk is VERY low. Mining (if done professionally) does not really limit the lifetime of the card.
I bought used and sealed RX 580s when the mining craze was full blown on for 120 from the same person they bought tons of them for mining obviously and I had a warranty from both cards and I wasn't the original buyer I was still able to register it under my name zero issues. And the cards worked flawless opened and used vs sealed I could tell absolutely no difference.
No need for bios reflash! I use my PC for mining and it's got mining optimized bios, but can run games perfectly fine with even better performance! The app you need is atikmdag patcher. Short story, it tells to confused drivers that everything is ok. It is a lot less risky procedure than reflashing bios where for example power loss can brick your card.
If that thermal paste was stock and not aftermarket, it's probably designed to work fine dry. At least that's what I think I recall hearing about manufacturer thermal paste. Has better longevity because it doesn't weaken from drying out, despite having slightly lower thermal effectiveness.
here in NZ used almost always sells for near new prices, when my sons r9 270 died i had a hell of a time trying to get a sub $100 deal, ended up with an ex mining EVGA GTX750ti for $70, works perfectly
i have an RX470 3 years now and i noticed that in some games it hits over 80C while in others it stays at 65C, in both cases the fps are locked at 60 with vsync. in some games it also has the habit of having wild changes in temperature from 60 to 82 depending on what's on the screen. for example in a desert area the temps drop to 60 and in a forest it jumps to 82... at that point the fans are going at 100% and drop it back to 81.
Very risky indeed. I bought a MSI 570 gaming from eBay. Clearly a used mining card. Fans have died, the lighting has failed and there is zero power to the PCB connector socket on the GPU. Bought from a seller that was very hard to deal with and had to in the end file a charge back with my credit card company to recover my loss. Bought a new Powercolor 570 and it's worth the extra few bucks for the price of them new. Best card for the buck at 1080 gaming.
The reason is that the stock gigabyte bios uses lower vcore voltage than the aorus which is 1150 MV at boost clock. Take that mv and reduce it by 150 or 170 and you'll see it never going over 58. Aorus bios = MSI gaming x bios (Same voltages same clock) Gb stock bios= underclocked undervolted
I bought a non working ex mining Sapphire Pulse RX 570 from ebay for $35 australian a couple months back with the intention of trying to fix it, it turned out to be the same bios/driver issue within windows 10 and once reflashed and given some tlc (clean and new thermal paste) it worked like a charm and still is even overclocked, best bargain ive scored in a long time and an awesome 1080p gaming card.
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@@pdr_2703 wtf
@@colinmaharaj LOL
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Can you do a video where you show not only how to properly clean the graphics card but also how to flash it and making it into a gaming graphics card in detail and also I love your videos keep on doing what you are doing
Nice! I just bought a RX 580 MSI 8GB from WA and the seller wrote in the description that he flashed back the "Gaming BIOS" and the card works great :)
could have been also the same person i bought an rx480. so far, cards works fine. i am just using it for an extra computer, no gaming.
@@iamsokyut no point of having a gpu in an "extra" computer especially if it's not used for gaming I'd assume that's be editing as well
Is it working fine?
I assume it would be dead cuz it was used for mining
I got a used MSI GTX 1070ti off ebay and it looked like new when i got it out of the box and its been working awesome!
How much did you pay?
Same around 240$ and 20$ sshipping and. 1070ti are used for mining so they are all kinda sketchy
I got a zotac 1060 6gb mini for $150.It's good enough for me. I got about 2 degrees cooler temperatures after applying new thermal paste.
@@teensuicide9103 not much over $400 AUD
I was keen on 1080tis but people wanted well over $1200 AUD at the time. Just crazy
Who would've thought that the GPU my friend bought would've had the same issue as the used rx570 in the vid... Couldn't figure out the problem on my friends GPU but now can fox it thanks
Did you fix it?
@@Fatmasters11 not at the moment but when I get home I will try it
@@BigBoiChunkyy use driver patch and it will work even with mining VBIOS in games ( atikmdag-patcher-1.4.6.zip)
@@marcinkubus6426 i used that, i didnt want to brick my GPU accidentally
@@supersaddonut9973 actually unbricking gpu is pretty possible, did it with my R9 270x. I bricked it by trying newer bios and it wouldn't post then I just used my other gpu on dual pci-e mobo and reflashed it to original, but again u can brick it to the point of no return so be extremely careful, i just had a luck!
you've cleaned that card so well, even the cpu temps have dropped
I know he's on a test bench. But, when they are in the case, they can have an effect on each other.
@@bustopherjones2285 somebody is missing the joke
@@quadraforest Yes, reference to ambient is always important.
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I picked up a Nitro version for also 60 USD. Killer deal
Got my 8gb 570 for $35
@@silainex5062 wtf how
@@ShadyGengar got a GPU from an eBay seller with a dying fan it was 80 went down to 35
@@silainex5062 oh nice
Is the fan dead now?
All of my GPU's have been used. Have had 0 problems with any of them and these were all purchased during the mining craze.
Bought a used ex mining rx 480 for 60€ myself. Good deal! Runs great, never had any problems. I've got warranty with it too, receipt and everything.
Wow! I got a 480 8 GB reference for €100.
that really nice
Just did the same with a rx580 with a year's warranty for £100. Its always worth looking about.
Doesnt warranty expire when overclocking/mining
@@thomma1879 No, they are advertised to miners oc'ing :)
can the front cover where GPU fans are, modified. I got a rx 480 8gb xfx black edition. mine is same but instead it didnt have hard swap fan nor the 2 locks of hard swap. so i should flash it with xfx black edition which have hard swap.
I got six RX480's for $55 a pop. I had to re-flash all of them for this reason. All of them worked perfectly. It was a minor inconvenience considering what I paid for them.
If you don't mind me asking, I bought one but how do I flash them to default?
@@AmuckPVP use atiflash and search its original vbios on vbios collection techpowerup
@@BlizzardWind99 use is too vague, brother, any details?
Could you please describe the procedure? I have the same issue
@@ProCs1100 you could look up in yt. Go find a channel called UFD tech. There, I learnt on how to flash bios
Thanks for this video, perfect timing for me. I just purchased a Saphire Nitro+ RX570 ex-mining card this past Friday. Your deal was better than mine, nice job. I didn't even consider that the BIOS might have been modified now I know what to do if I encounter the same thing.
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Techpowerup is a nice site but the original BIOS is available on Gigabyte site.
Actually my complete rig is from Ebay. X58 mainboard with xeon 5650 24Gb ram triple channel and a AMD RX580. My last 5 graphic cards was used and never had any problems.
Dude these cards are awesome, my friend got a second hand rx 580 for around $140 for his brother almost a year ago and it's still works great, he just had to clean off a bunch of dust
Best tech RUclips channel actually ! Been saying in comments for a year now that this should be a video topic and you knocked it out the park with the cleaning repasting and flashing excellent job!
And the Rx 580 8gb is the best value gpu used anyone could buy I’ve set up VR pc’s with this and i7 3770 ‘s and 16gb of ddr3 1333 and a Ssd hardrive it’s by far best experience for the money/value!
Is it risky buying used? Yeah.
Did I buy used? Yup!
My used hardware I'm currently using: My GPU (EVGA GTX 1080 Classified), CPU (Xeon E3-1231-V3), Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5), CPU Cooler (EVGA CLC 280), Both monitors (Dell S2716DG & HP Compaq LA1951g) and all HDDs (1x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM, 2x Seagate Barracuda 500GB 5900RPM & Samsung Spinpoint 160GB 5400RPM)
Only new parts of my build, is my PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 750w G2), RAM (4x4GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz), case (NZXT S340 Elite, fans (2x Corsair AF120 in exhaust and 2x Corsair SP140 for intake) and my SSDs (Samsung 960 Evo 256GB & Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB).
I buy used all the time, and I couldn't be happier! I just make sure what I am buying is still within warranty if it is used. At least then I have a failsafe.
Lmao only things i bought new are the mouse, mouse pad, psu and a ssd 😂
Within warranty... mmm I'm from colombia but I'm not sure if all the ebay products Just came with the ebay warranty.
I just got brand new RX 570, with two free games included for about 150$. Paired it with my i5 2300, and it's running great. I updated from my old XFX HD 7770, so difference for me is major.
AUD $88 for a used RX570 is really cheap.
In my town, a used GTX 1050ti still cost HKD $400-500, but RX570 is much better than 1050ti
Agree
Thank you for making this video, I been planning to buy myself a used RX570 online.
The used RX line of GPUs I agree is amazing for used price/performance managed to snap a similar deal on the 8GB RX570 £100 in the UK and it was in near damn perfect condition also took sooo many tips for my own TYL love the content
I bought a used GTX 750 Ti in 2015, it's still working great up to this day
I bought mine from Ali for 140 AUD...
It lasted 3 months
sad :[
Lols
I bought mine from Aliexpress for around $120 USD and it's still working for me since more than a year, almost 2 years
Thats bad did you test it before buying
Ali is a scamm site no offense
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I think you hit the mark with a lot of people buying mining cards and saying they don't work, simple BIOS update.
I don't mind used parts, but I wish they had info like S.M.A.R.T on hard drives, then you can see how long it has been used or trashed
i bought a used rx 580 and it has degraded memory. dont buy a used graphics card without trying it out.
also curious bought a asus rx 580 8gb still workjng after 2 months
@BleedinglHeart it means the memory is not stable at stock speeds, i downclocked mine at 1400 mhz with vbios flash and now its pretty stable
They are great value for money I usually go for RX 580s paired with one of these Dell Precision T3610 E5-1607v2 E5-3.00GHz 128 DDR3 128 ECC Ram $349
setup in Windows ultimate power mode RX 580 8GBP $127
Brother, you defo need a beer or two... 😀
There should be a "Tech YES loved" option for buying on Ebay.
Would make me feel a lot safer buying from eBay. 😂
That's some tech yes city loving folks, underwear! haha
I bought nitro + 570, one rx 580 aorus XTR, pulse rx 570 and a nitro + vega 64. All second hand, all worked like a charm
Just want to say that this video helped me save a second hand RX 560. The fact that you mentioned the flashing of the bios made me check the one I bought and I was able to fix it.
Truly excellent that you make these videos, kudos buddy.
The question should be:
How stupid is it buying new?
:D
if it 2080ti.. you can not go wrong with it for 500 buck...
I got a used XFX RX 470 for just $40 (USD), seller didn't say it was a mining card nor did it look like one, only said he upgraded, in fact it seemed practically new because I couldn't even spot any dust without disassembling it, so he either did an excellent job cleaning it or had the card for less than a few months.
All my cards has been second hand purchase, never had a single problem 😁
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Great timing I just got an rx580 4gb for 99 usd I’m getting it delivered today for my EGPU set up for my MacBook. 280 all in for an egpu set up I’m pretty happy with myself got a deal on a hp omen egpu box.
Got an 4gb rx 580 for $95, and it perform like a beast
Where the hell did you get a $80 used rx 570? Thats dirt cheap! It goes around $140 min used even ex mining on ebay straya
Got a RX 570 8GB Gigabyte for $85 usd shipped on ebay great deal and works amazingly.
Kinda funny, I have the exact Gigabyte card. Mine was also a mining card.
Only two differences:
#1.) I've been using the ATIPixelPatcher cause even changing the VBios didn't fix the issues. Luckily, ATIPixelPatcher has always been amazing and left me no problems(for now).
#2.) I didn't use Mr. Bryan's used, hardware-accelerated underwear to clean my oh-so-dirty graphics card. I would give it some Tech Yes Lovin' ,but I never want to rush in without some good alcohol wipes and tissues XD
AMG -AMightyGrizzly I'm not looking forward to doing my graphics card since it means I have to do my cpu too. the CPU cooler doesn't leave enough room to extract the gpu on its own lol
Hey there! I also had the same problem I just bought the asus version of rx570. I didnt want to flash the bios or anything and tried your method and well it did fix it.
I just had 1 question; will the issue come up again when a new version of drivers arrive?
Thanks.
So, I recently bought this pretty much exact Gigabyte RX570 card and under the ad the guy said it wasn't used for mining at all and that he was giving 7 day working warranty. The card is not the mining edition, it has 4 ports and it's keept in pretty good condition. So when I tried to install AMD driver it didn't recognize it at all, doesn't matter which version I installed result was the same. So I looked this problem online and found one little tool that apparently fixes this for the most part. It's called AMD Pixel Clock Patcher and after fresh driver install, I just need to use this to make it recognize the driver. After watching your video I realised that this card was probably used for mining because the problem you had here was exacly the same I had.
I have been playing every game without any problems with that tool until now. I don't know if you are aware of this but Valorant officially came out and it needs to install Anti Cheat, which acts like driver and it automaticly turns on when your PC starts. The problem I have with that Anti Cheat is that it screws my AMD driver also and this tool can't really fix the issue. If I uninstall Anti Cheat everything comes back to normal after the restart.
I would like to ask you, is it safe to flash GPU BIOS because I am kind of afraid to do it since I had really tight budget to buy it?
Picked up a used Sapphire RX 480 Nitro 8 gig for $85 US a couple of months ago. Had to clean and reapply new TIM and flash the BIOS just like this one. Working like a charm now.
i find used underware good for cleaning the windows.
freshly soiled used?
I'm selling mine for £100 if anyone is interested.
Neil Walker Ill buy it for £169
had a used 6950 from 2010, lasted 9 yrs. now i have a gtx 1070, used as well... still doing great for a year now..
I bought 2 RX 580's used, the first was a 4GB MSI Armor, the second was a XFX XXX OC+ 8GB, the XFX card has a bios switch, one bios for mining, one for gaming.. Whoever owned it before me flashed a 1200mhz core, 2100mhz memory (micron) onto the gaming bios, and left the mining switch alone, like a complete idiot.
The MSI 4GB card came in great condition, a big of sag from having no backplate, but clean and with a clean bios..
I'm actually worried about the XFX 8GB card, I was going to flash it back to factory, but it works just as a normal card, I just have to clock the core back to 1366mhz..
The problem is, when they flash the bios for mining, they change more than just the clocks for the memory and the core, timings are changed, voltages, etc...
I just don't want to brick my card, since my PC isn't a UEFI board, it's a BIOS board, and apparently that has some importance.
dear person with same name, reflashing the bios does take some skill however it's still completely basic, there are some step by step really thorough guides making sure you do it right without ever worrying of bricking just about anything in it. I would advise doing so whilst the card is set up as secondary in the pcie slot and it's not giving any display.
@@lukafireman thanks lol.. My main issue is every single guide I've read through, in the list of requirements, it says "have a UEFI motherboard" and they stress how it's a requirement. I do not own one, so if it's possible without a UEFI board, I would really like to figure that out.
@@LukeHimself How does bringing it to a friend and doing it there sound? :3 It's just one of the options
good old days when gpu prices wasnt insane!
Just bought a used RX 480 to replace an R9 280x that had been used for mining. Never had a bit of trouble out of the 280x and I've used it about every day since... well, since they sold R9 280x's. If you can absorb the short-term risk, used is the way to go. Right now, you could build a 1440p rig out of used parts for like $400 bucks. Couple hundred bucks more and you could get a decent sized monitor.
Rumour has it that using underwear for Tech Yes Love would increase performance by 100% 😂
Funny a year and a half later and these rx 570 and 580 cards are more expensive, even in the last couple of months have gone up.
You were lucky. I recently was trying to buy a card on ebay, and a 570 card like this usually will be $110-120 AUD + shipping.
So it will be $130 used VS $170 new (on sale).
I turned out got a $180 AUD RX 580 8G, (prepaid ebay gift card gave me 10% discount so turned into $162). - still, not a great price.
Into "that" currency.
Talked with an ex miner a few weeks ago when I bought some components, he said Gigabyte GPUs have terrible fans, apparently on a bunch of the coolers the fans just fell off eventually.
About the same time you did this video I got a used mining card and it’s the gaming x mode that you got new and I just reflashed the bios but if I saw this sooner I would of sent you mine for a better comparison lol, I like your videos and keep up the good work I love the hustle
Tech Yes City , Do you think that a rx 480 8g is a good buy at 35 USD? Model His RX 480 Oc 8G.
Note: I bought it.
That's an amazing deal!
Wow😲 $35 bucks!! Deal and steal😆
@Love Thy Neighbor , thank you very much.
@@forza1sra , I just got lucky.
@@ORBPHIL , it a mining card , he use it for a week that what is said. Before the mining boom ended.
I got the ASrock 8GB model one year ago for 210 Aud new from MSY. Still runs great!!!
155 now, or out of stock. amazing.
You just saved my graphics card man thank you. I tried everything and this worked!
Good vlog Bryan. As always. Informative and helpful.
Cheers, Mon from Brisbane.
Don't use that underwear again though thermal paste warning..🤣🤣
Except hard drive i always buy second hand component and works well ! I juste got a 760 for for 15€ a few days ago
360p gang... WE HERE!
I bought 3 rx 570.
2 powercolor, 1 sapphire.
All of them turn out dead on arrival.
Please dont buy used.
I bought a used rx570 red devil off a miner (ebay) back in December. I was going to replace the thermal paste but temps are so good I didn’t bother. Arrived like new condition $76 usd worked out great for me
Brilliant presentation mate and awesome video.
Thanks!
Managed to destroy (burned) one motherboard and damage another with a used 960, be careful out there. In my experience I've lost with used quite often, but new has always been 100%. Other thing is not to tweak critical machines, eventually there will be an oversight and hardware instakilled/damage over time.
Too much oc? My gtx 1070 mini only allow me to oc +185 / +450 on memory ( micron ). Well, without OC i still feel good. Both CPU n GPU working at 💯% and the temperature at 77-84°C.
thanks , i got this used card after watch ur review . FX6300 + RX580 no problem with any game.
Nice Video. I was able to get a 4 month old Gigabyte RX Vetga 64 OC in Nov of last year for a total of $371 with a 2 year warrenty. Them I was also able to register the card with Gigabyte. I do believe you can get a very good deal on used equipment if you take your time and are careful of who you are buying it from. I am very happy with my purchase of the Vega 64 card. Iy has been a very nice upgrade from my previous card which was a MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 8 gb bought ( new ).
background you-tube on mute then i saw a pair o' boxers fall on a graphics card and restarted the whole thing.
"What's crackalackin?"
My knees, dearie.
Dishonored
@@apoc5566 You're not wrong. I got "dearie" from granny rags.
Does the heat from the GPU dry up the thermal paste over time? I have an ex-mining card off ebay as well.
Yes it does
I'm lucky got a one week used rx570 from brand new.
My solution for heating after 3 r9270 with artifacts, is common termal paste, (even much if that means no air bubbles in between the square. Lockit, and 2 120mm fans connected to the mobo. Straight out of the box I put the 120mm fans glued over the two original fans, dont care about beauty and noise. After a well done 4 years h60 mod on a sapphire, it leaked and heated up. Since than no more zips, no more taking out the cooler and plug fans onto it, only lockit glued right over the case, if comes with only one fan even better two fans one over the other LOL, - 10 degrees and reliable like nothing. Or crossfire two overheated gpus to look nice...
Hello from Hungary(sorry if my english is bad)
I'm intrested in computers and I want to start building..:)
I just want to ask you something. Can you make a video what accessories do you have for cleaning,"tech loving" and building.
Isopropyl/isopropanol alcohol (hardware stores usually have this), cotton cloth or paper wipes, and compressed air. Don't use materials that easily generate static electricity, such as polyester.
i always prefer used parts over new ones as the old ones are very good in price to performance ratio and bro u r great in this great parts u recommend to us for the consumers good keep up the good work
A lot of people scared of 'mining GPUs' should not be. If you buy a used card that was used in a good environment (usually this means buying from a seller that has 100+ cards) the risk is VERY low. Mining (if done professionally) does not really limit the lifetime of the card.
0:19 most Australian thing I've ever heard
now i get it ! used underwear can clean GPU or CPU more effectively !! Especially Female style !! (^.^)
Using female underwear? Or u wear it like hentai Kamen while using the other one for cleaning.😆😆
I bought a 1080ti ASUS Strix for $520. It was mining but I'm guess not for long. It was really clean and runs COOL!
Seeing these prices now in 2021 is enough to make you sick. Doubly so if you need a card for a new build.
You sound hungover, dude!
A big nite of tech yes lovin
I bought used and sealed RX 580s when the mining craze was full blown on for 120 from the same person they bought tons of them for mining obviously and I had a warranty from both cards and I wasn't the original buyer I was still able to register it under my name zero issues. And the cards worked flawless opened and used vs sealed I could tell absolutely no difference.
Bought an rx 570 4gb for $100 and after watching the video, I felt like i got ripped off although it was my own fault.
20$ more and you could have gotten a new one...
Be thankful, there 200+ now
No need for bios reflash! I use my PC for mining and it's got mining optimized bios, but can run games perfectly fine with even better performance! The app you need is atikmdag patcher. Short story, it tells to confused drivers that everything is ok. It is a lot less risky procedure than reflashing bios where for example power loss can brick your card.
If that thermal paste was stock and not aftermarket, it's probably designed to work fine dry. At least that's what I think I recall hearing about manufacturer thermal paste. Has better longevity because it doesn't weaken from drying out, despite having slightly lower thermal effectiveness.
I can't find one under 100 most are around 120
Great vid, even better quality
My brother got two used RX 570s recently on eBay for around $85 USD each and they both work great in crossfire.
I have bought a new RX570 recently. The first 2 were broken. I was considering buying used to get a working one finally...
i lost it when you poll out the underwear lmao
here in NZ used almost always sells for near new prices, when my sons r9 270 died i had a hell of a time trying to get a sub $100 deal, ended up with an ex mining EVGA GTX750ti for $70, works perfectly
i have an RX470 3 years now and i noticed that in some games it hits over 80C while in others it stays at 65C, in both cases the fps are locked at 60 with vsync. in some games it also has the habit of having wild changes in temperature from 60 to 82 depending on what's on the screen. for example in a desert area the temps drop to 60 and in a forest it jumps to 82... at that point the fans are going at 100% and drop it back to 81.
Very risky indeed.
I bought a MSI 570 gaming from eBay. Clearly a used mining card. Fans have died, the lighting has failed and there is zero power to the PCB connector socket on the GPU.
Bought from a seller that was very hard to deal with and had to in the end file a charge back with my credit card company to recover my loss.
Bought a new Powercolor 570 and it's worth the extra few bucks for the price of them new.
Best card for the buck at 1080 gaming.
Just bought RX 570 4gb red dragon for $55...the fans are making some noise...hense the price. I have it tore down now to see if it can be revived.
Bought this exact RX 570 used as well and it works perfectly. I don't think the dude used it for very long either, It was clean and no mining done
The reason is that the stock gigabyte bios uses lower vcore voltage than the aorus which is 1150 MV at boost clock.
Take that mv and reduce it by 150 or 170 and you'll see it never going over 58.
Aorus bios = MSI gaming x bios (Same voltages same clock)
Gb stock bios= underclocked undervolted
Thank you for the video
I bought a non working ex mining Sapphire Pulse RX 570 from ebay for $35 australian a couple months back with the intention of trying to fix it, it turned out to be the same bios/driver issue within windows 10 and once reflashed and given some tlc (clean and new thermal paste) it worked like a charm and still is even overclocked, best bargain ive scored in a long time and an awesome 1080p gaming card.
i bought amd r9 390 with 120 dolar
I have that with 2700x 32gb ram