manufacturer refurbished card

[Knunez]

Hey everyone
is It a good idea to buy this manufacturer refurbished card?
its a pretty good deal IMO
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-Twin-Fr...551?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item1c1f69dfc7
or this one new
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NVIDIA-GeFo...333?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item2a1475d26d
only thing i'm worried about with the original nvidia card is if I want to SLI down the roadI might not find that card again.
thanks for the help
-Knunez

 

[StrangleHold]

I've had a 50/50 thing with refurbished hardware. When I first started building computers I would get refurbished hardware if it had a pretty good discount. But about 50% of the time it had something still wrong with it and had to send it back. Have had better luck with what they called Open Box.

 

[Knunez]

thanks,
what do you think about the original Nvidia card?
does it cool well and will it OC well?

 

[StrangleHold]

Well after reading about them. The refurbished one does have a 30 day exchange warranty. But the open box has (No returns accepted) Go for the MSI.

 

[Knunez]

ok, thanks for the help