Open Box Mobo From Newegg?

joh06937

joh06937

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well i am looking to do a motherboard upgrade. i am looking on newegg and one open box motherboard (asus m4a79t) is about $40 cheaper than the non-open box one. has anyone had experience with open box items/motherboards from newegg? is it worth it or are there a lot of problems with them?
 
Open box in general isn't a bad way to go for cheap parts, however with mobo's it means that you will likely not be receiving the I/O shield. That is, the piece of metal that goes over the input/output ports on the mobo.
 
Open box has never done me wrong but please note you will most the time get NOTHING that comes with the board.

SATA cables
I/O Shield
IDE Cable
Extras etc

Sometimes though like on my current motherboard I got everything including the extras for the discounted price :) So if the accessories don't mean much to you then there is little risk that it wont work out of the box just fine.
 
That's what I'd worry about to. I know they usally say no accessories... With some things that wouldn't be an issue, but I kinda like my I/O panels :P Maybe you could contact Newegg and confirm what it comes with, if anything.
 
The_Other_One said:
That's what I'd worry about to. I know they usally say no accessories... With some things that wouldn't be an issue, but I kinda like my I/O panels :P Maybe you could contact Newegg and confirm what it comes with, if anything.
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yeah i was thinking i might try and do that, if it is possible.
 
It should work fine, but like others have said, don't expect any guaranteed accessories. I actually have a little story about that (not interesting.) I was about to get an open box Cooler Master Hyper TX3 cooler, but when you go through checkout with an open box item it warns you of their policy: anything not attached to the main product isn't guaranteed to be included. So I was pretty much like "WTF, so it might not come with the friggin LGA 775 mounting clips???" I sent Newegg an email asking them if at least the clips were guaranteed, and a guy named Steve replied to me and said that it wasn't guaranteed. I ended up getting the Kingwin RVT-12025D. So basically, if you can live without an I/O panel and sata cables and stuff then it's worth the discount. In fact, the board on my OC rig is panelless (Asus P5PL2 for $20 on ebay cha-ching! :)) and it actually acts as a pretty good air exhaust, believe it or not.
 
i'd rather spend the extra ten bucks and have my I/O panels and have straight CPU contacts on my motherboard.
 
an0nym0us said:
i'd rather spend the extra ten bucks and have my I/O panels and have straight CPU contacts on my motherboard.
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The boards aren't damaged, you will get straight CPU contacts.

$10 isn't worth it for an I/O panel I don't think, I mean how often do you look at the back of your case? Once the wires are in, no need for one really, hell there isn't a need for one at any point so long as you have colour and shape recognition
 
I had a bad experience with an open box motherboard once. It was cheap but stopped working. Spend the extra money cause if it breaks you can return it.
 
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