Good Refurb Sites

[BuzzKillington]

Refurbished Macs

HP Outlet

[x88x]

Lenovo Outlet

Awesome deals, especially in the 'New' and 'Redistributed' sections, where the thing was either never shipped or never opened, respectively.

[luciusad2004]

Would you guys trust some of the refurb gear in your rigs? I'm just curious because some of the cooler masters stuff like heat-sinks and power supplies seem HEAVILY discounted. Any sort of precautions you think I should take if buying this sorta stuff? I would hate to throw a bad heat-sink in my rig and fry the processor. It's so tempting but it kinda makes me nervous. What do you guys think?

[x88x]

I would check first to see what kind of warranty they offer. In general, if they offer at least a 30-day warranty I wouldn't have any problem getting a HS/F, case, or other similarly mechanical thing. For PSUs though, I would want at least a 60-90-day so I could actually run it for a couple months and stress-test it over time.

[el_magnifico]

*drools* holy flipping land-fish, batman!

i wish i had a credit card and a company that ships to Belize...that V10 would SO be mine!

[nevermind1534]

*drools* holy flipping land-fish, batman!

i wish i had a credit card and a company that ships to Belize...that V10 would SO be mine!

I take cash, checks, and money orders (in USD)

[x88x]

I take cash, checks, and money orders (in USD)

I'm actually more than a little surprised that doesn't go on more than it does, especially with smaller stuff likes laptops. It's pretty ridiculous how big the price difference is for a lot of stuff.

[nevermind1534]

Most of what I sell on ebay goes out of the country; almost half of what I sell goes to Brazil.

[jackmark]

You can't forget the Dell Outlet. I love that place. New stuff sent back with huge discounts. Older stuff too. We should sticky this and add to the first post. maybe add a UK section. We do have a lot of members from across the pond.

[rohit8]

holy crap some of those heatsinks at coolermaster are amazingly priced.